法官的释明权又称为阐明权,是指在当事人在诉讼中声明或者陈述不清楚、不充分,或在举证和质证过程中当事人存在能力不足和缺陷时,法官依职权以告知、解释、提醒等方式,在不影响中立的前提下,适当引导当事人明确诉讼请求、固定争点,以及引导和协助当事人对案件的主要事实和主要证据进行有效和积极辩论的一种权能。笔者同意此种表述,即释明权既是法官法定的权力,也是法官的法定义务。 Judicial interpretation, also known as the right to clarify, refers to the parties in the proceedings in the statement or statement is not clear, inadequate, or in the process of proof and cross-examination of the parties’ lack of competence and defects, the judge ex officio to inform, explain, Remind, etc., without prejudice to neutrality, properly guide the parties to clarify the claims, fixed issues, and to guide and assist the parties to the main facts of the case and the main evidence of a valid and active debate of the power. The author agrees with this statement that the right of interpretation is not only the legal power of the judge but also the legal obligation of the judge.