民事诉讼中证人出庭作证问题浅析

从多年来民事诉讼的司法实践看,证人出庭作证率一直很低,其原因是多方面的。但其主要原因之一是在司法理论上没有界定民事诉讼证人作证的性质问题。目前,在司法理论界存在着两种观点——权利说与义务说,然而权利说的不可操作性与义务说的侵犯"私权"的嫌疑也成为民事诉讼审判改革的障碍。随着市场经济即法治经济、信用经济的理念已逐渐深入人心,民事诉讼中证人作证也就应是证人的市场信用义务,在此基础上,民事诉讼证人作证制度也就具有了坚实的司法理论支持和极强的可操作性。

Analysis on Witnesses Testifying in Court in Civil Procedure

From the perspective of civil procedure practice,the ratio of witnesses testifying in the court is very low because of many reasons,among which it is the key that there is no clear definition on the nature for witnesses testifying in court in civil procedure.At present,there are two views in the Justice Theory session: one is the theory of rights and the other the obligations.However,the non-operability of the Rights Theory and tort suspects of obligations has become the barriers to the reform of civil trials.With the concept of market(economy,) i.e.legal economy and credit economy,entering into people's mind,witness testifying in court should(become) a market credit obligation,based on which the system of witness testifying in court becomes(operable) and has theoretical support from the justice theory.