少数民族聚居地方的人民法院邀请一些权威人士协助法院调解解决纠纷,既发扬着优秀传统文化,也在探索新时期解决少数民族民事纠纷的调解新机制。本文从历史上的权威调解特点分析,提炼出新时期权威人士协助法院调解的内涵,并论述了应当限制调解的范围。 People’s courts inhabited by ethnic minorities invite some authorities to assist the courts to mediate and settle disputes. Both the excellent traditional culture and the mediation mechanism for settling ethnic disputes in the new era are being explored. This article analyzes the characteristics of the authoritative mediation from the history, extracts the connotation of the authoritarian assisting the court mediation in the new period, and discusses the scope that the mediation should be restricted.