跨域法院联合调解的系统审视和突破路径

Cross-Regional Joint Mediation by China's Courts:A Systematic Examination of Its Nature and the Path to Its Improvement

随着国家区域一体化发展战略的深入实施,跨域法院间的司法协同进一步加强,部分跨域法院尝试开展联合调解,取得了相当成效。跨域法院联合调解兼具“联合”和“调解”的复合属性,与法院单独调解相比,可以高效化解跨域纠纷,助力跨域司法协同。然而,通过系统性审视,发现跨域法院联合调解尚面临联合调解壁垒、程序规范缺失、平台保障不力、与现有调解制度衔接不畅等诸多困境。为突破困境,可构建跨域法院联合调解共同体,制定具体程序规范,建立线上跨域法院联合调解平台,同时明确联合调解适用范围指引规范和结案方式以实现与现行调解制度的衔接。

As China's regional integration strategy deepens,judicial coordination between cross-regional courts has been further strengthened.Some cross-regional courts have begun to experiment with joint mediation,which has achieved notable success.Joint mediation by cross-regional courts,which combines elements of“joint”and“mediation”,can effectively resolve cross-regional disputes and facilitate regional judicial collaboration more efficiently than individual court mediation.Upon systematic review,a number of challenges remain such as barriers in joint mediation,lack of procedural norms,insufficient support from platform,and inadequate integration with existing mediation systems.To overcome these obstacles,it is advisable to construct a community for joint mediation among cross-regional courts,devise specific procedural operational guidelines,establish an online platform for joint mediation,and clarify guidelines on the scope and modes of case closure for joint mediation to ensure alignment with current judicial mediation systems.