引言谈到民事司法危机,人们倾向于将其限定在审判程序上,并把它描述为审判程序费用过高,审判周期过长或者令普通民众难以接近等现象。这也是近年来引发各国民事司法改革的主要原因。其实在此之外,还存在着一个同样严重、但却在很长时间内被人们忽视的危机——民事执行危机。〔1 INTRODUCTION When it comes to the crisis of civil justice, one tends to limit it to trial and describe it as an over-arching trial, a long trial cycle, or inaccessible to the general public. This is also the main reason that has triggered the civil justice reform in various countries in recent years. In fact, there is an equally serious crisis that has been overlooked for a long time - the civil execution crisis. 〔1