论录像证据可采的基本法理

录像材料再现案件事实能力的优势和劣势都同样明显,这决定了录像证据有着较为特殊的可采性规则。美国、英国、加拿大和日本的立法例表明,录像证据可采有三个基本法理,即录像证据与录音证据的可采性规则不一致;影响录像证据可采性的特定因素是形式真实性要件;不同表现形式的录像证据可采性规则不同。我国有关录像证据的规定存在诸多问题,应当按照上述法理加以完善。

Basic Legal Principles of the Admissibility of Video Evidence

Video evidence has its merits and demerits while revealing the facts of a case, which determines that rules for its admissibility are peculiar.Three basic principles of the admissibility of video evidence can be found in legislations in the USA,Great Britain,Canada and Japan.Firstly,the admissibility of video evidence is different from that of record evidence.Secondly,what concerns the admissibility of video evidence is the requirement of its actual forms.Thirdly,different forms of video evidence have different admissibility rules.Since the rules of the admissibility of video evidence are far from satisfactory in China,they should be improved in accordance with the aforesaid three principles.