实质化参与视角下值班律师角色定位研究
摘要
我国的值班律师制度历经多年的试点和发展,在法律援助体系之中逐渐
确立了重要地位,而值班律师作为刑事诉讼法律援助的重要角色,能够弥补
特殊情况下的法律援助缺漏,促进人权保障和司法公正,值班律师的角色价
值也在刑事诉讼各阶段得到了认可。但是当前刑事诉讼法律援助体系倾向于
将值班律师定格为“有限度的法律帮助者”,对于法律帮助的形式要求与实
质效益有待进一步规范,法律帮助的深浅与边界也存在争议,如此模糊的角
色定位不仅导致值班律师难以实质化参与刑事诉讼,还限制了值班律师角色
价值的呈现,主要体现在诉讼地位尴尬、权利与职责不够确切以及作用有限
三个方面,我国刑事诉讼法律援助体系改革应当在基于现实需要的基础上,
同时适当批判性地借鉴域外国家的有关经验教训,及时在立法层面和实务层
面对现实需要予以调整与回应,尝试在诉讼地位、权利职责、主体作用三个
维度改良当前面临的问题,摆正值班律师角色的定位偏差,赋予值班律师灵
活宽泛的实质化参与途径,探索值班律师发挥实质性作用的多种方向。
关键词:实质化参与;值班律师;角色定位;法律帮助
RESEARCHONTHEROLEORIENTATIONOF
LAWYERSONDUTYFROMTHEPERSPECTIVE
OFSUBSTANTIALPARTICIPATION
ABSTRACT
TheondutylawyersysteminChinahasundergoneyearsofexperimentation
anddevelopment,graduallyestablishinganimportantpositioninthelegalaid
system.Asanimportantroleincriminallitigationlegalaid,ondutylawyerscan
fillthegapsinlegalaidinspecialcircumstances,promotehumanrightsprotection
andjudicialfairness,andtheirrolevaluehasalsobeenrecognizedinvarious
stagesofcriminallitigation.However,thecurrentcriminallitigationlegalaid
systemtendstocategorizedutylawyersaslimitedlegalhelpers.Theformal
requirementsandsubstantivebenefitsoflegalassistanceneedtobefurther
standardized,andthedepthandboundariesoflegalassistancearealso
controversial.Suchvaguerolepositioningnotonlymakesitdifficultforduty
lawyerstosubstantivelyparticipateincriminallitigation,butalsolimitsthe
presentationoftheirrolevalue,mainlyreflectedintheawkwardlitigationstatus
ThereformofChinascriminallitigationlegalaidsystemshouldbebasedon
practicalneeds,whilecriticallydrawingonrelevantexperiencesandlessonsfrom
foreigncountries,andtimelyadjustingandrespondingtopracticalneedsatthe
legislativeandpracticallevels.Effortsshoul