论案例指导制度

Analyze the Case Guidance System

2005年案例指导制度正式列入最高人民法院的司法改革之中,以实现统一和灵活适用法律的功能。指导性案例和司法解释是最高人民法院实现统一法律适用职能的两种形式,但它们在效力和形式上都不同,指导性案例不具有强制力。指导性案例的形成和效力来源亦不同于英美法的判例,它是下级法院作出的生效判决,由最高人民法院确认发布,下级法院在审判实践中参照适用。在大陆法系与英美法系日益融合的趋势下,指导性案例结合了两大法系的可能优势,形成中国司法改革的制度创新点。

＂The case guidance system,officially included in the judicial reform of the Supreme People＇s Court in 2005,functions both universally and flexibly in judicial practices.Guidance cases and judicial interpretation are two ways in implementing uniform application with difference both in force and form,but the former does not have compulsory force.The establishment of guidance cases and their source of effectiveness are also different from the Common Law System.A case decided by a lower court should be confirmed and proclaimed by the Supreme People＇s Court before it becomes a guidance case in judicial practices for the lower courts.With the two Legal Systems becoming more and more assimilated,the precedent guidance system,which integrates the potential advantages of both systems,is considered as an innovation of China＇s judicial reform.