调解的重构(上)——以法院调解的改革为重点

The Reconstruction of Mediation:Centering on the Reform of Judicial Mediation(I)

调解作为中国自古就存在的一种纠纷解决方式 ,甚至是社会治理的一种制度性或体制性存在 ,在现代仍然有着极为重要的意义。本文采取一种综合各种功能的多元价值论 ,主张客观地认识调解的各种功能和价值。同时 ,力图通过对于以法院调解改革为重点获取的实证资料的分析 ,提出一种有关我国调解的功能和价值的建设性的意见或理论框架 ,实现一种对于调解的重构 ,以使其获得现代转型和重生。

As a way to settle disputes which has long existed in China, and indeed as an institutional mechanism in the society governance, Mediation is still of great importance in modern times. Under the multi-value principle, this article suggests to objectively understand the functions and values of mediation. By analyzing the positive materials collected on the reform of judicial mediation, this article tries to provide a theoretical framework for the functions and values of mediation in China, so as to achieve the reconstruction of mediation and make it transform toward modernity.