客观、全面地认识和对待调解

诉讼调解是富有中国特色的民事纠纷解决方式,有着深厚的传统文化蕴涵。新中国成立之后,中国的民事诉讼调解经历了从一度过热到渐渐趋冷,然后又走向重兴的“U”字形过程。在这中间有许多可以认真总结的经验,也有许多引人思考的问题。但从国际司法界的发展大势来讲,调解,即ADR日益为世界各国所采纳和接受。ADR即英文Alter-nativeDisputeResolution的缩写,其字面意义为“代替性纠纷解决方式”,也可以根据其内容实质意译为“审判外纠纷解决方式”或“非诉讼纠纷解决程序”、“法院外纠纷解决方式”等。包括中国在内的世界各国都在探讨和摸索ADR的实践经验,原则是既将非诉讼解决纠纷机制引入民事诉讼程序,强调调解作为非诉讼解决纠纷方式的地位,同时又不使其偏离法治的轨道。当前,无论在现实层面还是在法理层面,诉讼调解一直是中国法学界和社会舆论的热点话题,同时也是一个至今仍有争议的法律问题。各种仁者见仁、智者见智的观点都在不同程度上深化着人们的认识。应当说,理论探讨可能对司法实践产生影响,司法实践同样也会推动理论的发展,这或许正是从事学术研究的正确方法。

Another Exploration of Alternative Dispute Resolution

The chair's words Alternative dispute resolution is one kind way of solving civil disputes with Chinese characteristics and cultural tradition. Since the founding of P.R.C in 1949, China's alternative dispute resolution has been gone from heat to cold and the to "U" shape. In this process we can sum up some experience and meanwhile we must think about some problems. Many foreign countries besides China have been probing into and feeling about ADR's practical experience whose principle is to draw non-lawsuit dispute resolution into civil lawsuit procedure, stressing its method of resolving disputes but not breaking away from its political track. Now alternative dispute resolution is a heated topic and it is also a disputed lawful thing. Various views of it have been deepening people's understanding. Perhaps the mutual promotion of lawful theory and practice is the correct way of academic studies.