《民事诉讼法》第六十四条第一款及相关规定的解释方法——从中国民事审判方式改革的实践出发

An Approach to Interpreting Paragraph 1,Article 64 of Civil Procedure Law and Related Regulations

《民事诉讼法》第64条和《关于民事诉讼证据的若干规定》第2条是关于举证责任的规定。中国民事审判方式改革实践过程中,恰逢外国举证责任理论的引进。外国理论与中国实践的结合,悄然引发了举证责任解释方法的摇摆不定,直接导致司法实践的迷惑。理论的产生有其本土起源,举证责任作为民事诉讼的脊梁,这种先天特性,决定了其解释方法首先要从中国本土出发,从中国民事审判方式改革的背景入手。

Both Article 64 of Civil Procedure Law and Article 2 of Some Provisions on Evidence in Civil Procedures are provisions about burden of proof. Methods of civil adjudication in China are being reformed when theories of burden of proof are introduced from foreign countries. The integration of foreign theories and Chinese practice brings about vacillating approaches to interpreting burden of proof which confuses judicial practice. Any theory has its origin. As the backbone of civil adjudication, burden of proof should be interpreted in the background of the reform of civil adjudication methods in China.