论当事人证据收集权的程序保障

当事人是民事诉讼证据收集的主角,对作为裁判对象的事实基础负责,有必要为当事人收集证据提供程序保障。法律传统、诉讼理念、律师代理情况与立法成本等是构建当事人证据收集制度路径选择中的考量因素。增加文书提出命令、重构庭前证据交换制度、通过切断当事人对书面证言之依赖进而强化证人出庭作证是提升当事人收集证据能力的基本出路,应该纳入到民事诉讼法修正案草案中。

Protection of the Right on Evidence Collection by Parties in Civil Litigation

In civil evidence collection system,the parties is the leading role and responsible for providing evidence,the civil procedure law should safeguard the parties’ right to collect evidences especially when their burden of proof is strengthened.Facing with various suggestions,how to choose the specific evidence collection approach suitable for China? There are several considering factors: legal tradition,litigation theory,the situation of lawyer agency and the legislative cost.In order to improve the parties’ ability to collect evidence,we should establish the order of putting forward evidence to court,reconstruct the evidence-exchange system and perfect the witness appearing in court system,through revising the Civil Procedure Law of PRC.