我国民事证人制度的构建与完善

证人证言已成为现代各国民事诉讼使用最为广泛的一种证据,我国现行的民事证人制度,由于司法传统、诉讼模式、价值取向的选择原因, 导致证人立法内容疏漏或缺陷,造成诉讼中法官职权主义居主导地位,证人权利义务被极度忽视,从而严重制约了证人作证制度效果的发挥。一方面要对证人不履行作证义务予以法律规制,另一方面要制定有关证人权利方面的相关立法,以完善证人权利、义务统一性的有效机制。

Constructing and perfecting the system of civil attestors

The attestor's attestation has been a popular proof in the civil lawsuit in many countries. In China's current system of civil attestors, the attestors'rights and obligations are neglected extremely for the judicial tradition, lawsuit pattern or tropism of value. As a result, the judge's authority is dominant in the lawsuit that restrict the effect of attestor's proof severely. On the one hand, attestors should be legally regulated for nonfulfillment of the attesting obligation; On the other hand, the legislation on the attestors' rights should be established to perfect the unity of the attestors' rights and obligations.