远程审判及其法律规制

Remote Trial and Its Legal Regulation

远程审判是人民法院在受理案件增多、跨区诉讼日益呈常态化的背景下,顺应时代发展并借助网络,从办公信息化走向办案信息化过程中的一个伟大探索。它能够极大地提高审判效率、降低诉讼成本、便利公民参与诉讼。然而,这种带有实验性质的新型虚拟审判方式,也不可避免地面临其自身合法性、安全性问题以及法庭调查效果弱化、直接审理原则遭到侵犯等多种风险。为此,应尽快明确远程审判的合法地位,合理界定其适用范围,排除其在运作上的障碍,加速其规范化、普及化进程。

Remote trial,with the normalization of cross- regional litigation and people＇s court accepting more cases,is a great discovery which makes office informatization move towards case informatization by virtue of internet. Remote trial can greatly raise the trial efficiently,reduce the lawsuit cost and provide convenience for citizens to participate in litigation. However,this new experimental virtual trial way is inevitably faced with multiple risks,such as its own legality,security,weakening court investigation and infringing the principle of direct hearing. In order to avoid these risks,we should define the legislative status and the scope of remote trial as soon as possible,remove operation obstacles and accelerate its process of standardization and popularization.