滥觞于古希腊和古罗马时代的陪审制度,堪称人类文明进程中迄今历史最为悠久、生命力最为顽强的一种司法制度。从一定程度上讲,陪审制度不仅跨越了地域上的空间屏障(东西方国家都有该制度),而且跨越了不同法系、不同法律文化传统的障碍(普通法系和大陆法系均实行该制度),甚至超越了不同意识形态的羁绊(资本主义国家和社会主义国家都有该制度)。可见,古老的陪审制度已经成为人类社会为追求司法民主化而共同创造的一种制度文明,陪审文化堪称人类最古老的 Initially jury system in ancient Greece and ancient Rome, called the history of human civilization has the longest history, the most tenacious vitality of a judicial system. To a certain extent, the jury system not only spans the geographical barrier of space (both in East and West countries), but also hurdles the barriers of different legal systems and different legal and cultural traditions (both common law and civil law System), and even beyond the fetters of different ideologies (both in capitalist and socialist countries). It can be seen that the ancient jury system has become a system of civilizations jointly created by the human society for the pursuit of judicial democratization. Jury culture is the oldest of human beings