随着科技的突飞猛进和社会分工的日益细化,法院在司法活动中经常需要借助专家意见来处理专业问题。在英美法系各国,法院处理专业技术问题时主要依赖由专家证人(expert witness)提供的专家证据(expert evidence,亦称专家意见证据)。所谓专家证据,是指具有专门知识或技能的人,如医生、精神病专家、药物学家、建筑师、指纹专家等依其知识或技能对案件中的有关问题提供的 With the rapid development of science and technology and the increasingly detailed division of labor in society, courts often need expert opinions to handle professional issues in judicial activities. In the common law jurisdictions, courts rely mainly on expert evidence provided by expert witness in the handling of technical and professional issues. The so-called expert evidence, refers to those who have the expertise or skills, such as doctors, psychiatrists, pharmacologists, architects, fingerprint experts in accordance with their knowledge or skills on the case of the relevant issues provided