符号学的三重证据法及其在证据法学中的应用

根据符号学理论,证据作为一个符号现象本质上是一种意义生产机制而非证据事实本身。符号学证据理论认为,人类文化记忆和证实的最基本方式包括"听"(口述证据)、"看"(图像证据和实物证据)以及介于这二者之间的第三状态"写"。符号学更关注不同的证据符号间的关联方式的研究,可称为证据间性研究,即一种证据符号的性质不仅取决于它与待证事实之间的真实关联性.而且取决于它与其他证据符号之间的互动关系。这种互动关系的最基本类型就是言、文、象综合运用,我们称之为三重证据法。本文利用符号学三重证据法探讨了一些证据法的基本问题。

Tri-fold Evidence Methodology in Semiotics and Its Application in Law of Evidence

According to the semiotic theory,evidence is regarded as a semiotic phenomenon,and it is basi- cally used to verify fact but not the fact itself.The semiotic evidence theory believes that the basic modes of hu- man cultural memory and verification include"listening"(oral evidence),"seeing"(pictorial evidence or real evi- dence),and"writing"(documentary evidence),the third state intervenient between the first two states.Semiotics pays more attention to the study of relevancy between different evidential symbols,the so-called inter-evidentiality study.That is to say the property of a symbol not only depends on the true relevance between the symbol and the facts to be proved but also depends on the interaction between the symbol and other symbols.The most basic type of this interactive relationship is the integrative application of speech,writing and vision,so-called Tri-fold Evi- dence Methodology.With the methodology,some basic problems in Law of Evidence are also discussed in this pa- per.