庭审方式改革与控辩审之角色定位

刑事审判的效率与公正虽取决于多种因素,但是与刑事庭审的方式确有着密切的关系。在庭审过程中法官调查证据、适用法律的形式、途径以及控、辩、审三方的地位及相互关系对事实的认定、证据的取舍、法律的适用的都会产生直接的影响。我国原有法官唱主角的庭审方式已经不再适应现代刑事司法的要求,庭审方式的改革和完善已成为刑事司法改革的重点内容之一。改革的目标就是厘清控、辩、审三方职能和关系,正确界定法官的地位和作用,确保刑事审判中的控诉、辩护和审判职能应分别由三方各自独立而互不依附的诉讼主体承担,三方的诉讼行为也不得与其诉讼职能相违背,与他们进行或参与审判活动的具体目标应该保持一致。

The Revolution of Trial and the Roles of the Prosecutor,the Defender and the Judge

Despite various factors,the efficiency and justice of criminal trial depends heavily on the way that the trial is organized.The form and route that the judge collects evidence and adopts statutes in trials,as well as the roles of the prosecutor,the defender and the judge and their selection of the facts,evidences and statutes,cast direct influence on the result.The original form of trial,in which the judge plays the leading role,can no longer meet the requirement of modern criminal judicial process,and the ...