[美]Edward K.Cheng 著 汪诸豪 王振禹 梁远航 译

【摘 要】美国联邦证据规则可以为他国司法体系的证据法改革提供参考的起点，但其远不是什么理想的模板或蓝图。作为标准的联邦证据规则显然受到了美国司法体系多方面特质—陪审团制度、聚焦口头证人证言、庭审假定—的深度影响。相反，一国的证据法改革者们必须要精细地挑选，要明白虽然美国联邦证据规则里包含了许多概念性的先进理念，但同时也承载了大量不足信的历史元素。只有通过整合美国联邦证据规则中的精华、本国自身法律传统和现代社会科学，证据法改革的努力才会有希望取得突破。

【关键词】美国联邦证据规则 ；借鉴 ；概念性先进理念 ；过时的假定 ；现代社会科学

【中图分类号】D915.13

【文献标识码】A

【文章编号】1674-1226（2015）05-0632-10

Thinking beyond the federal rules. Edward K. Cheng. Tarkington Chair of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Law, Vanderbilt Law School. Tanslated by Wang Zhuhao.

【Abstract】The U.S. Federal Rules of Evidence offer a starting reference for evidentiary reform in other jurisdictions, but they are far from an ideal template or blueprint. The Federal Rules are far too influenced by idiosyncratic aspects of the American legal system – its jury system, focus on oral testimony, assumption of trials–to be a standard. Instead, evidence law reformers in other countries have to pick and choose carefully, understanding that while the Federal Rules contain many conceptual advances, they also harbor a lot of dubious historical elements. Only by combining the best of the Federal Rules, their own respective legal traditions, and modern social science can reform efforts hope to make progress.

【Key Words】 U.S. federal rules of evidence, Borrowing, Conceptual advances, Historical assumptions, Modern social science