作者：刘昕杰
作者介绍：四川大学法学院副教授，法学博士
出版日期：2015年10月9日
内容提要 设立实验法院是近代中国以地方试点为特点的司法改革。这场司法改革 以提高诉讼效率为目标，先后选择了璧山和重庆两地法院试行《实验办法》。实验法院通 过整顿法警队伍并设立职员值日、审检联席会议等制度，革新行政风纪; 通过增强法院职 权、便利当事人诉讼，提高诉讼效率。实验成果大多被采纳，《实验办法》中的许多制度成 为修订新诉讼法的依据。由于地方司法改革涉及到中央立法、司法和行政权的交界，实验 法院匆匆终止。厘清和分析实验法院这段历史，可以展现许多诉讼制度在中国吸收、演进 的历史细节，实验法院所体现的从地方试点到中央立法这一司法改革思路也对当下有所裨 益。
关键词 实验法院 司法改革 民国法制
Abstract: Establishing experimental court is the only time to reform the judiciary via the local pilot in Ｒepublican China． The target of the judicial reform is improving litigation efficiency． The reform chose local courts in BiShan and ChongQing for the trial implementation of The Experimental Ｒegulation． In the aspect of court system，it innovates administrative discipline by integrating the bailiff team，setting up staff on duty，joint meeting of the interrogation and prosecution system and so on． In the proceedings，it enhances authority of courts，facilitating proceedings for parties，improving the litigation efficiency by applying The Experimental Ｒegulation． The results of the experiment were mostly adopted， and many systems in The Experimental Ｒegulation became the basis of the revision of the procedural law． Because of the local judicial reform involves the central legislative，judiciary and administrative power，the experimental court terminated hastily． To clarify and analyze the history of experimental court can show many history details about the evolution of modern litigation system． The experimental court embodies the judicial reform ideas that from the local pilot to central legislation is also benefiting to contemporary．