陈福民、须建楚在“《民事诉讼法》第161条的理解与执行”一文(刊《法学》1991年第10期)中提出:民事案件二审应不受上诉请求范围的限制。笔者对此不敢苟同,认为:民事案件二审应只对上诉请求的有关事实和适用法律进行审查,不应全面审查。第一,二审对一审判决进行全面审查,有可能加重上诉人的民事责任。由于上诉,反而加重了民事责任,当事人就不敢上诉了。这样不仅不利于保 Chen Fumin and Xu Jianchu proposed in “Understanding and Enforcement of Article 161 of the Code of Civil Procedure” (Journal of Law, No. 10, 1991) that the second instance of civil cases should not be limited by the scope of appeal. I do not agree with this, that: the second instance of civil cases should only review the relevant facts and applicable law of the appeal request should not be fully reviewed. First, the second instance of the first instance verdict to conduct a comprehensive review may increase the appellant’s civil liability. Due to the appeal, but increased the civil liability, the parties did not dare to appeal. This is not only bad for insurance