当下中国正处在社会转型时期,构建“和谐社会”已经成为一种基本理念,这一理念对新时期的民事司法提出了新的要求。这种新的要求至少涉及三个方面的含义:一是如何在司法程序中,有效平衡公正与效率的关系;二是如 Nowadays China is in the period of social transformation and building a “harmonious society” has become a basic idea. This notion puts forward new requirements on civil justice in the new period. This new requirement involves at least three meanings: First, how to effectively balance the relationship between fairness and efficiency in judicial proceedings; second,