錢大軍 蘇杭

地方法院內部審判規則的大量存在已是不爭的事實。雖然這種規則不合乎法律規定，但卻被廣泛遵守與適用。究其原因，是因為地方法院內部審判規則具有能滿足地方法院審判需求的功能——而此種功能是中國目前的立法和司法體制所無法提供的。因此，對地方法院內部審判規則的治理，不應一禁了之，而應從功能的角度，在探究它的存在原因後再行決策。地方法院內部審判規則在具有提供審判依據顯性功能的同時，也加劇了中央和地方之間的緊張狀態。對此，中央應當轉變對地方法院內部審判規則的治理策略，即在承認其合法性的前提下加以規制，這樣才能在體系容忍的範圍內，發揮地方法院內部審判規則的正功能，限制其反功能，充分實現其功能預期。

Governance of the Internal Adjudication Rules of the Local Courts: A Functional Perspective

Dajun QIAN and Hang SU

The existence in the local courts of a large number of internal adjudication rules is an indisputable fact. Although such rules are not in compliance with the law, they are in fact effective because they meet the adjudication needs of the local courts, which current legislation and the judicial system are unable to do. Therefore, such rules should not simply be banned; rather, the reasons for their existence should be explored from a functional perspective before any decision on what to do with them is made. The internal adjudication rules of local courts have the manifest function of providing a basis for trials, while their latent function has caused tension between the central and local governments. In this case, the central government should change the governance strategy of the internal adjudication rules of local courts, and regulate these rules, on the premise that the central government recognizes their legitimacy. Such rules can then exert a positive function, and fully achieve what they are expected to achieve, while their dysfunction can be restricted within the bounds of what can be tolerated within the system.