略论举证责任分配的司法裁量

On the Judicial Discretion in the Allocation of Burden of Proof

我国已经以民事司法解释的形式确定了举证责任分配的司法裁量制度,这个制度对于及时有效地弥补单一通过制定法进行举证责任分配的缺陷,确保法院及时审判案件和充分实现个案的妥当性具有重要的意义。它应当在法律和司法解释均无明确规定和规定的适用将会导致不合理的分配结果两种情形下适用,应当由各级法院依据一定的准则进行,并且应当遵守严格的程序规范。

The judicial discretion in the allocation of burden of proof has been set up on civil judicial interpretation in China.This system will make great contribution not only to redeeming the defect of allocating burden of proof by statute laws simply, but also to ensuring prompt trail and justice of individual case. It should be applied in two circumstances: one is that neither the statute laws nor the judicial interpretations have definite provision to allocate burden of proof, the other is that the applying of existing provisions in a special case may give rise to unfair result. Furthermore, when the Courts apply the judicial discretion, they must conform to particular principles and must comply with strict procedural rules.