关键词: 司法鉴定, 司法鉴定管理, 鉴定意见, 证据采信, 公信力

Abstract: As a typical representative of applying natural science and technology to solve factual problems in litigation, forensic appraisal has played a key role in promoting judicial modernization and forensic justice. The parties to the litigation have given great trust in appraisal opinions. However, as problems continue to be exposed, it has also been criticized by all walks of life. To re-establish the credibility of forensic appraisal, in addition to a correct understanding of the evidence validity of forensic appraisal in terms of concepts and avoiding the situation of “following appraisal only”, it is also necessary to observe appraisal from the management perspectives such as management mode, management scope, and management methods, and from the perspective of litigation such as appraisal initiation, appraisal implementation, and from evidence perspectives such as appearance of appraisers, expert assistants, and authentication of appraisal opinions, so as to improve forensic appraisal credibility. At the same time, it is necessary to reinterpret some concepts such as the enforcement of the party’s right to apply for appraisal, the application of technical standards of appraisal, and the basic mode of admissibility of appraisal opinion, so as to correct the microscopic misunderstandings in the theoretical and practical circles.

Key words: forensic appraisal, forensic appraisal management, appraisal opinion, evidence admissibility, credibility