李江海

( 广东省广州市人民检察院,广州 510623)

【摘 要】经验法则是通过对经验的归纳所获得的有关事物性质、状态及事物间联系的知识,它是在特定时空范围带有普遍性的规律和现象;诉讼认识中运用经验法则获得对案件的认识,既反映了一般经验知识在认识中的普遍作用,也体现出诉讼认识的任务和目的的特殊要求;经验法则的诉讼功能与诉讼证据制度和 诉讼结构有着密切关系,在大陆法系诉讼认识中,它既是认识案件事实和法律解释的依据和推理的前提,也是制约法官心证的重要手段。

【关键词】认识; 经验法则; 自由心证; 诉讼功能

【中图分类号】D915.13

【文献标识码】A

【文章编号】1674- 1226( 2008) 04- 0418- 14 The Basic Conception and the Function of Experience Rule in Litigation.Li Jianghai.People’s Procuratorate of Guangzhou, Guangzhou, 510623

【Abstract】Experience rule is the knowledge about the property of things and the normal relations between things, and is always a local knowledge in a special period. In litigation, experience rule is applied for finding the facts of cases or evaluation of evidence, and during this process, experience rule reflects not only the normal prop- erty of knowledge, but also the requirement of law. The function of experience rule in litigation is related with the special procedure system and the construction of procedure. It provides a basic reason for judgment on one hand, and on the other, it guides the free evaluation of proof by judges at the same time。

【Key Words】Knowledge, Experience rule, Free evaluation of proof, Procedural function