一、本书背景——民事司法改革的中国实践改革开放以来,我国的司法制度在探索与革新中不断发展。20世纪80年代末至90年代中期,我国法院系统展开了轰轰烈烈的民事审判改革运动,其内容涉及诉讼制度、审判组织、法院体制和司法管理等诸多方面。在改革初期,为了防止法官在审理案件过程中先人为主,提高审判工作的公开性和高效性,各地法院以强化庭审功能作为改革重点,普遍推行“一步到庭”(或称“直接开庭”)的 First, the background of this book - China’s practice of civil justice reform Since the reform and opening up, China’s judicial system in the exploration and innovation continue to develop. From the late 1980s to the mid-1990s, the court system of our country launched a vigorous civil trial reform movement, which covered many aspects such as litigation system, trial organization, court system and judicial administration. In the early stage of the reform, in order to prevent the judges from predominating the trial of the case and improve the openness and efficiency of the trial work, the courts in various places regarded the trial function as the key point for reform and generally implemented “one step to court” “Direct hearing ”)