论基于最高人民法院巡回法庭的区域司法协同

在党中央强调区域协调发展的战略背景下,区域司法协同作为法治中国建设和区域治理的交汇点,强调将区域内的司法问题作为一个整体加以审视。区域司法协同不仅构成了区域法治必要的组成部分,也符合现今中国区域发展的基本趋势,还有助于破除司法地方化的弊病。但同时也面临着规范冲突、制度保障不足、发展动力缺失、区域内部不平衡等问题。与之相应,最高人民法院巡回法庭在全国范围内的全覆盖,有助于通过消减司法地方化、统一区域法律适用、司法协作常态化等方式,有力推动区域司法协同。在这一过程中,巡回法庭还应当注意处理区域“建构性”与“自生自发”之间的矛盾,并弥合自身功能定位同司法协同目标之间的缝隙,进而建立联席会议制度和“日常办公室”,不断优化和完善“便利型”“治理型”“交流型”三类区域司法协同机制。

Regional Judicial Coordination Based on the Circuit Court of Supreme People's Court

Under the strategic background of the CPC Central Committees emphasis on regional coordinated development, regional judicial coordination, as the intersection of the construction of the rule of law in China and regional governance, emphasizes that judicial issues in the region should be examined as a whole. Regional judicial coordination not only constitutes a necessary part of the regional rule of law, but also conforms to the basic trend of regional development in China today, and also helps to eliminate the drawbacks of judicial localization. But at the same time, it also faces problems such as normative conflicts, insufficient institutional guarantees, lack of development momentum, and intra-regional imbalances. Correspondingly, the full coverage of the circuit courts of the Supreme People's Court across the country will help to effectively promote regional judicial coordination by reducing judicial localization, unifying the application of regional laws, and normalizing judicial cooperation. In this process, the circuit court should also pay attention to dealing with the contradiction between the “constructive” and “spontaneous” feature of the region, and bridge the gap between its own functional positioning and the goal of judicial coordination, so as to establish a joint conference system and “daily office”, thus continuously optimizing and improving the three types of regional judicial coordination mechanisms of “convenience”, “governance” and “communication”.