司法与民主,看似颇为对立。司法须恪守独立、中立之审判准则,民主则强调民众的参与。然而司法民主化以及司法如何民主化,却始终是司法改革不可回避的大命题。最近一段时间,各级人民法院推进司法民主的创新之举不断涌现,它们既构成了当下司法改革的重要推动力,也在学界、坊间引发了不少争议。为此,本刊刊发相关评析文章,盘点当下司法民主化的最新动向,解析“司法”与“民主”之间的复杂平衡。 Judicial and democratic, it seems quite antithetical. Justice must abide by the independent and neutral standards of judgment while democracy emphasizes the participation of the public. However, democratization of the judiciary and democratization of the judiciary have always been the unavoidable big proposition of judicial reform. Recently, the people’s courts at all levels to promote the innovation of judicial democracy continue to emerge, they constitute not only an important impetus for the current judicial reform, but also in academia, caused a lot of controversy. To this end, the magazine published relevant analysis of the article, inventory the current judicial democratization of the latest trends, “judicial ” and “democracy ” complex balance between.