仲裁程序中的专家证人制度述评

A Commentary on Expert Witness Mechanism in Arbitration

无论在诉讼程序还是在仲裁程序中,专家证人都是确定案件事实中专业性问题的决定性力量。尽管专家证人的概念具有统一性,但是仲裁程序中的专家证人有着诸多特征,这些特征多是由仲裁程序的本质决定的。如何将专家证人在仲裁程序中的作用发挥到最大,同时避免他的偏袒性导致仲裁裁决的不公,这一问题一向是理论界与学术界关注的焦点。作为应对,仲裁立法与仲裁规则中建立了一系列机制,不但规范专家证人的职能,而且一再维护仲裁庭的主导地位。

Both in litigation and arbitration,expert witness is a decisive factor in deciding facts which involve expertise.Although the meaning of expert witness is the same in both procedures,expert witness in arbitration has a number of characteristics,which is resulted by the very nature of arbitration. Academy and practitioners have always focused on the maximum advantage of expert witness in arbitration and the minimization of its defects which might lead to an unjust arbitral award.As a response,there are series of mechanisms in legislation and arbitration rules,not only do they regulate the function of expert witness,they also secure the predominance of the arbitral tribunal.