试论精神病鉴定的启动

On the Initiation Procedure of Psychiatric Assessment

精神病鉴定的启动权归属问题一直颇具争议,针对目前精神病鉴定启动程序的现状与问题,对国外相关法律制度进行考察与借鉴,不难发现,当事人启动模式在我国当前的司法环境中不适宜推行,会遇到某些难以逾越的现实障碍,其可行路径是在现有公检法机关启动的模式基础上稍加完善,适当限制公检法机关启动精神病鉴定的自由裁量权,以保障当事人的合法权利。

The Initiation Procedure of Psychiatric assessment has always been controversial, of which the initiator, factor considered and the burden of proof tend to become the focuses of experts and public opinions. In dealing with the current situations and problems and learning from the experience of foreign related legal systems, the author holds that the foreign mode is not suitable in our country s current judicial environment and will encounter some formidable realistic obstacles. The feasible path is to perfect the existing system and properly restrain the right of discretion in order to ensure the legal rights of the parties involved.