诉讼程序中的电子证据定位

电子证据是随着现代科技发展而反射到诉讼证据方法中不可回避的问题。本文通过对国外立法介绍以及对我国证据立法的现状进行分析,重点对确立电子证据的法理依据进行了论证,从理论和实务两方面进行探讨和评析,认为电子证据既不易归为视听资料,也不易归为书证。而应单独成为一种新型的证据种类,以便更好地解决商务电子交易中发生的纠纷。

Position of the Electronic Evidence in Legal Prodedings

Electronic evidence is an inevitable problem that is reflected to the lawsuit evidence methods with modern development in science and technology. Through the introduction of legislation in foreign countries and the analysis on the current situation of evidence legislation in our country, this article primarily demonstrates the legal principle basis of establishing electronic evidence. It undertakes further discussion and evaluation from the two respects of theory and practice, drawing the conclusion that electronic evidence should not be classified into the category of audiovisual material, nor does it belong to documental evidence. Electronic evidence should become a new type of evidence in order to better solve the dispute taking place in electronic commercial transactions.