On the Expert Assistant System and the Improvement thereof
Wang Gui-yu · Zhongguo sifa jianding · 2013
With the implementation of the amended Criminal Procedure Law in 2012,China has established the expert assistant system. This system can improve the effectiveness of the litigants' cross-examination and urge the court to review the accuracy of expert opinions. However,there are some defects in the expert assistant system,such as the lack of measures to ensure the neutrality of the expert assistants,and the limited scope of function. In order to give full scope to this system,we should take some measures to improve it,such as making clear the experts' primary responsibility,setting up database of expert assistants,strengthening the principle of neutrality of appraisal,establishing the principle of conflict of interests.