实践中的刑事一审期限:期间耗费与功能探寻——以S省两个基层法院为主要样板

Time Limit for Completion of Criminal Trials in Practice: An Empirical Study

透过审限耗费角度的实证研究可以发现,我国基层法院刑事审判程序具有如下特征:庭前程序的"事务化",庭前程序沦为纯粹的案件管理活动;庭审程序的"速审化",庭审时间耗费少,庭审节奏明快;庭后程序的"中心化"与"间隔化"。传统观点认为,我国刑事审限制度具有人权保障和效率提升功能。通过比较和实证的考察发现,我国"贯通式"审限的真实功能为通过监控法官的审理行为,达到塑造与行政化司法制度结构相契合的审理主体的目的。

An empirical study on limitation for completion of trials reveals that the grass-root Chinese Peo-ple＇ s Courts normally have the features in trying criminal cases： too much pretrial formality with which pretrial procedure is indeed degraded as case management; too little time spent on court trial rendering it like a summa-ry one; and post trial procedure being centralized and inter-separated. Traditionally, time limit for completion of trials is held conducive to human rights protection and efficiency increase. A comparative and empirical stud-y shows that by means of surveillance of judges＇ behavior, it really serves as a means to cultivate judges to meet the requirement of the administrative judicial system.