在我国的司法理论研究中,对于成文法体制下的判例机制与普通法体制下的判例机制,往往着眼于二者在观念上的差异性,却忽略了其内在机制的同一性。而在不同观念形态发展出的层层迷雾中,中国判例机制的制度化实践举步惟艰。笔者认为,在人类司法实践的微观领域中,无论判例是否法律渊源,司法判例机制的本体意义是同一的。所谓司法判例机制,是指司法中关于判例生发、传导、作用等一系列要素的组合及其运行过程中的性质和相互关系。判例机制是一种符合司法规律的特殊机制,它通过将“普遍性法律规范”与“具体事实境况”相链接,消解司法经验的多样性和个体性,缓解司法确定性与适应性之间的张力,进而维护法的安定性。司法判例机制的本体意义正 In the study of judicial theory in our country, the judicial precedent mechanism under the statute law system and the judicial precedent mechanism under the common law system tend to focus on the differences in their concepts, but neglect the identity of their internal mechanisms. However, the institutionalized practice of the Chinese case-determination system is difficult to implement in the layers of fog developed by different forms of ideology. The author believes that in the microscopic field of human judicial practice, no matter whether the precedent of legal precedent, the judicial significance of the judicial precedent mechanism is the same. The so-called judicial precedent mechanism refers to a combination of a series of elements in judicial proceedings on the occurrence, transmission and function of judicial precedents and the nature and interrelationship between them in their operation. The case law mechanism is a special mechanism which accords with the law of justice. It can resolve the judicial certainty and adaptability by linking the “general legal norms” and “the concrete facts and circumstance ”, dispelling the diversity and individuality of judicial experience The tension between the sexes, thus maintaining the stability of the law. Ontological Significance of Judicial Case Mechanism