印證與最佳解釋推理－－刑事證明模式的多元發展

Corroboration and Inference to the Best Explanation: Diversification of the Mode of Criminal Proof

印證一直被學界和實務界普遍接受為我國的刑事證明模式，但是近期研究對印證模式的正當性提出了質疑。印證模式主要在定義、效果和方法等方面受到一些學者的批判。解決以上問題，首先需要擱置不必要的語義爭議，其次是完善印證模式運行的制度環境，此外是探索新的證明模式。當前最迫切的是，探索新的證明模式以與印證模式互補。最佳解釋推理由於可以檢驗印證、解釋孤證和加強心證，並且與印證具有相容性，在一定條件下可引入司法領域作為彌補印證模式缺陷的一種新的證明模式。

Corroboration has been accepted as Chinese mode of criminal proof by scholars and practitioners, but some current researches have questioned the validity of this model. The problem of definition, effect and method are the main defects of corroboration. To solve the above problems, we should put aside the unnecessary notional disputes at first, and improve the system environment for running corroboration mode better, and then explore a new mode of proof. The essential task is to explore the new mode of proof so as to complement the defects of corroboration. Inference to the best explanation has the function of testing the effect of corroboration, explaining the meaning of isolated evidence and enhancing the accuracy of verification of evidence, so it can be introduced into the judicial field as a kind of new mode of proof.