我国行政首长出庭应诉制研究

The System of Chief Magistrate Appearing in the Court and Participating in the Proceedings

行政首长出庭应诉是指公民、法人或者其他组织依法向人民法院提起行政诉讼,被起诉行政主体的法定代表人或者相关负责人参加庭审的诉讼活动。行政首长参加庭审活动,对满足诉讼当事人合理诉求、督促政府转变工作职能等具有重要的意义。然而,在当前的司法实践中,行政首长出庭应诉制度存在诸多不足,需要对其进行完善。本文先就"行政首长出庭应诉制"制定的原因、背景以及主要内容进行介绍,并将其与旧的行政诉讼法部分进行对比、分析修改的原因,在此视域下重点是探讨"行政首长出庭应诉制"对行政法制建设的积极意义以及如何健全完善"行政首长出庭应诉制",希望研究结果能够为行政法制建设添砖加瓦。

The appearance of the chief magistrate in court refers to the litigious activities that attended by the representative or responsible person of administrative subject when it is prosecuted by certain citizen,legal person or other organization in people’s court.The appearance of the chief magistrate in court plays a significant role in the accommodation of parties’ reasonable claim and the transformation of government functions.However,current juridical practice has many defects that need to be mended.This passage first introduces the reason,background and main contents of the system of ＂the appearance of chief magistrate in court＂ and then makes the comparison between the existing and conventional system and explains the reasons for amending the conventional system.Under this field of vision,the passage gives the priority to the discussion on the positive meaning of the system to the construction of administrative law system and the further perfection of this system,aiming to make the due contribution to the process of the construction.