我国的案例指导制度是在司法改革中的一项重要举措,它规范了法官的刑事裁量权,有效地弥补成文法的局限,提高法律适用法律,促进司法的公平正义。本文依照《最高人民法院关于案例指导工作的规定》,浅谈案例指导制度在司法实践中的功能,并且对普遍争论的问题深入研究,如案例指导制度与西方判例法的区别。 The case guidance system in our country is an important measure in the judicial reform. It regulates the criminal discretion of the judge, effectively makes up the limitations of the written law, improves the legal applicable law and promotes the judicial justice. In accordance with the “Provisions of the Supreme People’s Court on Case Guidance Work”, this article discusses the functions of the case guidance system in judicial practice, and studies the issues of general controversy, such as the difference between case guidance system and western case law.