專家輔助人制度研析

Analyses on the Expert Assistant System

2012年修訂的《刑事訴訟法》和《民事訴訟法》正式確立了專家輔助人制度，擴展了具有專門知識的人參與訴訟的具體方式。在此背景下，本文從證據學視角，由學理和實務兩個層面，闡明專家輔助人的由來，探究其價值功用，分析其立場定位，討論其訴訟地位。專家輔助人之意見具有證據屬性，而對專家輔助人意見的審查判斷，應遵循三大特殊規則。同為當事人聘請的專業人士，專家輔助人與律師在庭審質證環節須有明確的角色定位和分工。

Along with the amendments to the Criminal Procedure Law and the Civil Procedure Law publicized in 2012, the expert assistant system is officially established in China, expanding the way in which the persons with expertise can get involved in litigation. In this context, the authors analyze some essential academic issues from evidence law and in both theoretical level and practical level, including the origin of 'expert assistant' ，the function and values of expert assistant system, the proper status and orientation of expert assistants. The authors also propose three target evidence rules exclusively to examine expert assistant opinions, and advocate that the functional positions and assignments expert assistant lawyers should be separated and differentiated under cross-examination.