司法改革的目标——使司法成为公平正义的有效防线

我国新一轮司法改革已经启动。党的十八届三中全会为这新一轮司法改革确定了方向、目标及具体任务。对研究者来说，需要在正确认识这一轮司法改革的方向的基础上，首先研究这次司法改革所设定的目标，以便理解和落实司法改革的具体方法、步骤，顺利推进司法改革。基於司法能否成为社会公平正义的有效防线，对司法改革的整体目标的实现，具有十分重要的意义，而这个目标的实现，不仅需要对司法体制进行改革，而且需要其他相关制度的改革与之配套。因此，我们将以正在进行的信访制度改革为重点，探讨这次司法改革，如何进一步保障司法成为我国社会公平正义的有效防线，以切实推进法治中国建设。

Goal of the Judicial Reform --Making Judicature the Defense Line of Fairness and Justice

A new round of judicial reform in China has already been started, whose direction, goal and concrete tasks have all been determined at the 3rd Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Researchers, based upon a proper understanding of the direction of the judicial reform, need, first and foremost, to study the goal set for it so as to better comprehend and implement the specific methods and steps, smoothly pushing forward the reform. It is of considerable significance whether judicature can serve as the effective defense line of social fairness and justice for the realization of its overall goal, which requires not only the reform of the judicial system, but also that of other relevant systems to be commensurate with the former. In view of this, we will probe this judicial reform and the vey way of further guaranteeing judicature to become the effective defense line of social fairness and justice in China, with the focus on the ongoing petition system, aiming to push forward the construction of a China under the rule of law.