简易程序是民事诉讼法规定的一项独立的审判程序,它是人民法院第一审程序中普通程序的简化,适用于基层人民法院和人民法庭审理简单的民事、经济纠纷案件。它起诉方式简便,审理程序简便,传唤方式简便,因而既方便群众诉讼,又可提高办案效率。但是,由于一些审判人员对简易程序理解片面,造成了在审判实践中适用简易程序的随意性。例如,有的 The summary procedure is an independent trial procedure stipulated in the Civil Procedure Law. It is a simplification of the ordinary procedures in the first instance procedure of the people’s court and is applicable to cases involving simple civil and economic disputes handled by grassroots courts and people’s courts. It has a simple method of prosecution, simple trial procedures and simple calling methods, thus facilitating mass litigation as well as handling efficiency. However, due to the fact that some judicial officials understand the summary procedure unilaterally, it leads to the arbitrary application of the summary procedure in the trial practice. For example, some