中国司法能动性的开启及其规制--以最高人民法院《民事证据规定》为中心的分析

在法律方法演进的过程中,司法能动性的开启是中国法治发展的必然,并将逐步地成为法律方法的基础。司法能动性的特征与司法被动性的特征并存而且统一于整个民事诉讼过程,必将推动社会经济的变革和法律文明的进程。司法能动性之核心在于法官的自由裁量权。而法官自由裁量权的制度安排往往通过证据制度来体现。最高人民法院《民事证据规定》从多角度肯定了法官在举证责任分配、证据的审查判断等方面的自由裁量权,彰显了司法的能动性特征。

The Rise and Regulation System of Judicial Activism in China:An Analysis Based on The Provision of Civil Evidence Formulated by the Supreme Court

With the development of the legal methodology, the rise of judicial activism is inevitable in the development of rule of law in China and will gradually become the foundation of the legal methodology. The characters of both judicial activism and passivism complement each other and form an integral in the practices of civil process and will lead to great changes in the reform of social economy and the progressive course of law civilization. The core of judicial activism lies in the discretion power of the judge, and the system of the discretion power is chiefly reflected through legal proof system. From multi-angled views, The Provision of Civil Evidence affirms the discretion power of the judge in deciding which party has the liability to prove and produce evidence and in examining evidence. At the same time, the role of judicial activism is stressed.