浅析行政听证——兼论我国行政处罚听证程序之完善

行政听证是二十世纪社会民主化进程的产物,其涵义是“听取对方的意见”。我国已逐步确立了行政听证制度。英国行政听证的理论基础源于古老的自然公正原则;而正当程序原则构成美国行政听证的基石;在中国,行政听证理论上源自依法行政原则。在听证蕴涵的所有价值中,保障公民权利是其首要价值;但是人们往往忽视听证制度更深层次的价值即:节省行政资源,提高行政效率。我国行政处罚听证程序存在诸多立法上的缺陷,实践中也产生许多条文理解上的争议,需要进一步发展和完善。

Analysis of Administrative Hearing--With the Perfection of Administrative Punishment Hearing Procedure

Administrative hearing is the result of social democratic development.It means,"listening to administrative counterparts explanation and arguments".Administrative hearing procedure has been founded in China.The theoretical basis of hearing in England is the principal of"natural Justice";in America it's based on the principal of "due legal process";but in China,administrative hearing originates from the theory of"rule of law".Of all the values of hearing,the foremost is"protecting civil rights".To some degree,saving administrative sources and raising administrative efficiency is the value of hearing lying deeper and often being ignored. China's administrative punishment hearing procedure has many defects and misunderstandings in its clauses,which need to be perfected.