治安法官是指英国自中世纪以来,授权主要审判轻微刑事案件或民事案件的一种地方基层司法文官。因其任职资格的宽泛抽象性,远不像职业法官的任职资格严格,因而有学者认为其不为法官。但从其涵义、职责来看却是实实在在履行了职业法官的职责,实属英国法官的一类。 Magistrates’ Judges refer to a local grassroots judicial officer authorized by the United Kingdom since the Middle Ages to try mainly minor criminal cases or civil cases. Due to the broad abstraction of their qualifications, far from the professional qualifications of professional judges strict, so some scholars think it is not a judge. However, from the point of view of its meaning and duty, it actually fulfills the duty of a professional judge, which belongs to the category of British judges.