【专题导引】司法权威是法律权威的体现,也是法律权威的组成部分,是我国法治化进程的关键。过去很长时间,人们习惯于把实现社会正义与社会秩序的希望寄托于立法,以立法中心主义的视角分析法律的运行。在中国特色社会主义法律体系已经基本形成的情况下,法学界从20世纪末对法律权威的关注转向对司法权威的关注,固然可以理解成工作重点的转移,但这种转向的实质性原因在于:即使有完备而良善的法律体系,如果没有司法,法治也不能实现;没有司法权威,则无法达成社会正义和秩序,无法达成社会利益的协调,无法缓和社会矛盾、解决社会纠纷。我国之所以在当下会遭遇一些政治与社会难题,在根本上是由于司法机关没有权威,难以承载人们对社会公平正 【Subject Guidance】 Judicial authority is the manifestation of legal authority as well as an integral part of legal authority. It is the key to the process of rule of law in our country. For a long time, people were accustomed to pinning hopes on the realization of social justice and social order in legislation and analyzing the operation of law from the perspective of legislative centralization. Under the circumstances that the legal system of socialism with Chinese characteristics has basically taken shape, the attention paid by the legal scholars to the authority of the judiciary from the attention of the legal authorities in the late 20th century can certainly be understood as the transfer of the work priorities. However, the substantive reasons for this shift include: Even if there is a complete and good legal system, the rule of law can not be realized without justice. Without judicial authority, social justice and order can not be reached, coordination of social interests can not be achieved, social conflicts can not be alleviated, and social disputes can be solved. The reason why our country will encounter some political and social problems nowadays is due to the fact that the judiciary has no authority and can not carry people’s fairness toward social fairness