争议中运用的社会科学证据——评《科学证据与法律的平等保护》

Social scientific evidence used in dispute——book review of scientific evidence and equal protection of the law

《科学证据与法律的平等保护》是由美国学者昂舍塔所撰写的关于社会科学证据的著作。该书立足于公法视角,对用于证明"立法事实"的社会科学证据的理论及实务问题进行了深刻的阐释。该书不仅展现了社会科学证据的五大实践方面的功能,同时也指出了在实务中运用这类证据所面临的诸多方面的争议。为了令社会科学证据在诉讼实务中真正起到作用,证据规则的完善是必由之路。该书尽管着眼于法官造法体制中"立法事实"的证明,但对中国相关诉讼制度及证据规则的完善仍具有重要的参考意义。

Scientific Evidence and Equal Protection of the Law is a book written by American scholar Angelo N.Ancheta on social scientific evidence.Based on the perspective of public law,this book gives profound interpretation on the theoretical and practical issues of social scientific evidence.Not only does this book reveals five practical functions of social scientific evidence,but it also shows various controversies that such evidence confronts in practice.In order to make social scientific evidence really work in litigations,the inevitable course must be the perfection of evidence rules.Although the book focuses on proof of legislative facts in the judge-made law system,but it still provides good reference to China in improving its litigation system and evidence rules.