法理视野中的刑事诉讼效率和期间:及时性原则研究

On the Criminal Litigation Efficiency and Duration of Action: the timing principle

公正和效率是现代司法的两大价值目标。司法效率的实现有赖于刑事诉讼法对诉讼期间的科学规范和司法实践对法定期间的严格遵守。为此 ,及时性原则已成为各国指导诉讼效率和期间的基本准则 ,它要求控制诉讼时间、提升诉讼节奏、简化诉讼程序。我国的刑事诉讼在诸多方面贯彻了及时性原则的精神 ,但也存在着检察院单方面决定延长羁押期限、对集中审理缺乏规定、简易审判程序类型单一和功能受限等问题 ,有待完善。

Justice and efficiency are two values of modern justice. The effective realization of judicial efficiency depends on the scientific arrangement of duration of action imposed by criminal procedural law and strict observance of prescribed time by judicial practice. So timing principle has been a general principle, in all countries, to guide judicial efficiency and period. It requires the control of duration of action, enhancement of judicial pace and simplification of judicial procedure. The spirit of the timing principle has been implemented by our criminal litigation in many aspects, but there are some problems to be solved, such as the prosecutor's unilateral power to extent the term of custody, absence of regulation for centralized judgment, the monopoly in form and limitations on function of summary procedure.