Study Of The Rule Of Reinforcing Evidence Of Civil Litigation

In December,2019,the Supreme People’s Court issued a decision to modify the stipulations on evidence of civil litigation and prescribed the rule of reinforcing evidence of civil litigation correspondingly.The rule of reinforcing evidence of civil litigation refer to the rule by which the judges apply the reinforced evidence to increasing the probative force of major evidence so as to determine the effect of the facts of the cases in civil litigations.The rule of reinforcing evidence was firstly applied in the field of criminal litigation.Then the rule broke through the field of criminal litigation and was applied in civil litigations.At present,the rule of reinforcing evidence of civil litigation is still at a stage of exploration.A lot of problems still exist in legislation and judiciary,such as the scattered and simple stipulations of relevant laws,the unclear division of the scope of application,and the inconsistent standards for reinforcement,etc.All the problems above limit the effective application of the rule of reinforcing evidence of civil litigation.Therefore,the relevant laws and stipulations should be normalized;the reasonable and unified terms of application and the standards for identification should be established;and the application procedures of the rule of reinforcing evidence of civil litigation and its corresponding supporting measures should be improved.The reasonable application of the rule of reinforcing evidence of civil litigation and the realization of its value are beneficial to realize and guarantee the procedural justice and substantive justice of judiciary.Meanwhile,they are helpful to improve the rules of evidence and the system of evidence of civil litigation in China and meet the demand of the masses for judiciary.