Recently, it was reported that starting next year, the judgment documents of courts at all levels across the country will no longer be made public on the open network, but will be transferred to the internal network of the courts, and only the internal personnel of the courts will be able to consult them, and ordinary people will no longer have a chance. This news has aroused widespread attention and discussion.
Judgment Document Network is currently a very well-known ** in China, and you can check every precedent of every level of court in the country in the past years. This requirement was put forward by the Supreme People's Court, and in order to achieve the openness of judgments, the Supreme People's Court requires courts at all levels across the country to put the adjudication documents of each judgment on the online judgment documents as much as possible, and any ordinary person can consult them anytime and anywhere. The implementation of this ethical policy has indeed increased the workload of many grassroots judges, because they have to carefully prepare judgment documents and go online. This makes judges very cautious when writing rulings, and they must be logical and clear in language to ensure that the rulings can be better understood by the people of the country.
Over the past decade, the quality of judgments and judgments of many courts has improved significantly as a result of the Internet. Especially for ordinary people, their right to arbitrarily review these judgments on the Internet gives them a good opportunity to learn and understand the law. As a result, the public reaction to this rumor has been very strong, with many seeing it as a denial of the public's right to know and participate.
Some people worry that if judgment documents are no longer made public and can only be accessed by court insiders, then prosecutors, lawyers, legal scholars, and other people related to the judiciary may not be able to view judgment documents. Not to mention ordinary people, who will never be able to know the verdict in question. This has undoubtedly had a negative impact on judicial transparency and impartiality.
Why is this happening?There could be many reasons for this. First of all, we need to realize that China is a civil law country, not a case law country, unlike the United Kingdom and the United States. In the United Kingdom and the United States, it is important for lawyers to find precedents that they can use to communicate with judges and defend themselves. In China, the law is written law, and courts at all levels may have opposite judgments on the same matter under different legal interpretations. In addition, after the judgment documents are put online, the different judgments of different courts in some similar cases are also easy to be discovered by ordinary people, which may bring confusion and distress to some parties.
Although the judgment will no longer be made public, we believe that these issues will continue to be regulated and adjusted within the court to ensure that the court's judgment is fair, open and transparent. In the future, other avenues of information may emerge to meet the needs of the public so that ordinary people can better understand and participate in the administration of justice.
In short, the fact that judgment documents will no longer be made public from next year has aroused great concern and controversy on the Internet. While there are some concerns that this will have a negative impact on judicial transparency and fairness, we believe that steps will be taken within the Court to adjust and address these issues. We also hope that the public's right to know and participate can be guaranteed through other means. What are your thoughts on this change?Do you have any suggestions for the openness of judgment documents and the transparency of the judiciary?