公众判意的法理解析——对许霆案的延伸思考

本文把社会公众对于司法个案处置的主流性、主导性意见表述为公众判意。公众判意不仅体现了公众对司法个案处置的评价与期待,更蕴含着公众复杂的社会愿望和社会诉求。表达判意已成为公众参与政治、参与社会管理,实施对司法社会监督的一种形式。正确认识公众判意的特性及形成的社会条件,揭示公众判意的合理性与偏失,赋予公众判意以恰当的地位,是我国推进法治,尤其是深化司法改革的一项有益实践。

A Jurisprudential Analysis on Public Opinion

This thesis defines the popular and leading opinions of the general public on the adjudication of a specified pending case as the public judgment.The public judgment not merely manifests the opinions and expectations of the general public with regard to the adjudication of a specified case but also embodies the complex social claims and assertions.The expression of the public judgment is a means whereby the general public may participate in politics,social governance and monitoring of the judicial activities can be conducted.A proper understanding of the characteristics of the public judgment and its social conditions,a rational analysis of the justifications and the adverse impacts of the public judgment and confining the public judgment to a reasonable position is indeed a beneficial practice in promoting China's process of the rule of law and particularly in furthering China's judicial reform process.