澳大利亚专家裁决机制及其启示

On the Enlightenment of the Expert Determination Mechanism in Australia

专家裁决是解决民事纠纷的一种合意型手段,与传统的纠纷解决方式相比,它拥有独特的优势,尤其是在专业化程度较高的案件中,这种优势体现得更为明显。影响甚至决定专家裁决采用程度的一个因素是,司法在面对专家裁决时持有何种立场或态度,即司法能否以及在何种情形下可以对专家裁决进行责难甚至将其撤销。从本质上讲,这是司法激进主义与司法克制主义之间博弈的结果。澳大利亚专家裁决机制的发展表明"有限司法"的理念已经逐渐被人们所接受,司法对专家裁决的干预应当保持必要的谨慎。

Expert determination is a contractual way to solve disputes.In contrast with traditional dispute solutions,expert determination has its own advantages,especially in cases of high specialization.One of the factors that could influence or even decide the application of expert determination is how the court treats the effectiveness of the determination,or in other words,whether and under which circumstances the court could censure or even revoke the expert determination.In nature,this is the result of the battle between the judicial activism and judicial restraint.The expert determination mechanism in Australia shows that the concept of limited jurisdiction has gradually been accepted by people,and the court should be of great prudence in judging the effectiveness of expert determination.