误读的司法民主——司法过程中的“超当事人主义”现象解读

Misreading Judicial Democracy: An Interpretation of the Phenomenon of Super-adversary System in the Judicial Process

当前我国司法实践中存在一种"超当事人主义"现象,其暴露出司法的信任危机。"超当事人主义"现象的背后,正是我们对司法民主观念的误读。司法民主的核心内容是为民众提供可实现的公正裁判。从法律修辞学的视角而言,具备可接受性的裁判必须以司法权威为前提;在提高法官人格魅力的同时,淡化整个司法过程的人格化因素;司法体系在信息认知方面必须对当事人足够开放,而在规范层面则应该严格限制法外因素进入。法官对裁判后果的评价,应超越于"让当事人满意"的简单后果论,在司法过程中坚守并追求"规范性共识"。

Nowadays there is a phenomenon of super-adversary system in China＇s judicial practices, which shows the trust crisis in justice and misreads of judicial democracy. The core of judicial democracy is to provide realizable impartial judgment for people. The acceptability of judgment depends on the judicial authority in the view of Legal Rhetoric; with building up the judge’s charisma, human elements should be weakened in a complete judicial process. The Judicial system should be so open to the parties that they can get enough information and the non-legal rules should be strictly limited. Beyond to the satisfaction of the parties, the judge should insistently pursue the normative consensus in a complete judicial process.