法律文化差异与中美侦查制度

中美两国的法律文化在中央集权与地方分权、社会本位与个人本位以及权力至上与法律至上等层面的取向上存在明显的差异。这些差异深刻地反映在两国侦查制度在侦查组织制度、侦查行为、侦查程序结构等诸多方面的差异之中。比较研究表明，美国为其侦查制度在法律文化中政府权力向个人权利的妥协的价值取向而付出了相当的代价；同时，我国在借鉴与吸收某些西方的诉讼理念与制度的过程中，不应忽视中西方在法律文化上存在的差异。

On the Difference in Legal Cultures and the System of Criminal Investigation of China and America

In the legal cultures of China and America, obvious difference exists in the choices in many aspects such as the distribution of legal power, legal selfish departmentalism, and the alternatives in upholding power or law,which are clearly reflected on the difference in the organization, action, and procedure of the two countries' systems of criminal investigation.