试论法官庭外调查权

现行刑事诉讼法规定,刑事公诉案件审判过程中,法官对控辩双方所提出的证据出现疑问,要休庭进行调查核实.此"调查权"是法官的"自向证明",是审判权的积极运用.目前来看,法官该权力的行使有一定的必要性,是我国当前刑事诉讼模式的要求,实体公正的体现;但同时也要在调查目的、条件、时间、方式、手段等方面做严格限制,要明确此调查仅为裁判职权的例外,是在用尽庭上调查证据的一切手段后采取的措施.

Comments on the Judge's Power of Out-of-Court Investigation for Evidence

According to the current Criminal Procedure La w,during the process of trial and for the public prosecution cases, judge should declare recess and investigate and verify the evidence if he questions the evidence offered by the accuser or the defendant. This power is the "self-oriented proof" of court and the positive exercise of jurisdiction. Nowadays, the reservation of this power is necessary to certain extent; the requirement of our current proceeding model is beneficial to the substantial justice. But this power , as the exception to jurisdiction, is the choice after all other ways on the court investigation and should be strictly restricted on the aim, condition, time, method and etc.