司法独立形态考

Studies on the Formation of Judicial Independence

司法独立是法治社会的基本要求 ,是实现司法公正、走向社会正义的重要途径和保证。它与法律运行的特点、方式 ,以及法律规范调节社会关系所形成的结果有关。司法独立的实现 ,需要具备某些前提条件和必要的制度环境。司法独立作为一项法治原则 ,具有某种局限性。司法独立是引导和保障司法公正的途径和手段。实现司法独立是我国司法改革的一个重要目标 ,但不是司法改革的全部内容。

Judicial independence is the basic requirement for the society ruled by law. It is an important way leading to social justice and a guarantee for realizing judicial impartiality. The author believes that judicial independence relates to the characteristics and patterns of legal practice as well as the results in the social relationship regulated by laws. It needs some prerequisites and necessary circumstances of legal system to realize the judicial independence. But it has some limitations if the judicial independence is regarded as a principle of constitutionality. Judicial independence is only the means or the way leading to protection of the judicial independence. Anyway, to realize the judicial independence is one of the main targets to reform Chinese judicial system, but it does not mean the whole content of the judicial reform.