论当事人收集证据的程序保障

我国在20世纪90年代的民事庭审方式改革中引入了举证责任原则,庭审的对抗性由此得以增强,证据的重要地位也逐渐凸现,这就要求加强当事人收集证据的程序保障。但我国关于当事人收集证据的程序保障的法律规定是严重缺失的,这不仅严重影响了诉讼程序效用的发挥,也阻碍了我国诉讼制度的改革进程。因此应通过加快程序保障措施的法律化,构建独立的审前准备程序,扩大律师的调查取证权,设立书证、视听资料、物证提出命令制度及庭外证人证言收集制度等措施加强当事人收集证据的程序保障。

On the Procedural Safeguard of Parties' Right for Collecting Evidence

The principle of burden of proof is introduced during the reform of our civil court trial,which objectively requests enhancing the procedural safeguard for litigants' collection of evidence because of the increase of antagonism in the court trial and the highlight of the evidence.However,our legislation's critical absence of the procedural safeguard for litigants' collection of evidence has not only influenced the utility of proceedings but also obstructed the reform process of the whole lawsuit system.This text maintains enhancing the procedural safeguard for litigants' collection of evidence by ways of institutionalizing the measures of procedural safeguard,granting the justice command in the lawsuit,valuing the lawyers' role in the lawsuit and specifying the measures of collecting evidence of the party and his agent.