论环境侵权审判中的选择性司法行为

On the Selective Judicial Behavior in the Environmental Tort Trials

在我国环境侵权案件的审判中,法官的选择性司法现象屡见不鲜。通过对系列判决书的判决理由加以微观考察,有助于揭示该领域司法权运作的真实面相:在诸多外在条件约束下,部分法官不得不根据对自身效用函数的评估,利用自身的司法专业技术,剪裁、切割法律规范,以实现相应的策略性目标,在外观上呈现出"形式主义——自由裁量"两极化偏移的特征。环境侵权审判中的选择性司法行为可能会给我国环境司法带来诸如增加防御成本、扭曲法律激励机制、法院人力资源的逆向选择等一系列消极影响。

The judge＇s selective behavior is common occurrences in the environmental tort trials of China. Microscopic Examination of a series of judgments is helpful to reveal the true face of the operation of the judicial power. It appears that judicial behavior has two dimensions, formalism or Discretionary. Based on their assessment of the utility function, the judges often take the appropriate strategic behavior under the cover of Normative discourse by specialized judicial technical instrument in a variety of ways, which may bring cer- tain negative effects to the China＇s environmental administration of justice, such as increasing of defense costs, adverse selection in human resources, and the negative externalities caused by the exercise of judicial power.