On July 27,2023,the Supreme People's Court issued the Provisions on People's Assessors with Specialized Knowledge Participating in Environment and Resource Case Trials,marking the formal establishment of the expert juror system in China after years of practical exploration.However,the Supreme People's Court had previously expressed that there would be no regulations on the expert juror system in its report on the pilot reform of the people's assessor system,and the objective conditions have not significantly changed.The issuance of this judicial interpretation at this time appears to be overly hasty:the expert juror system lacks legal basis,as the higher law does not support the division of people's assessor into ordinary and expert categories.It also conflicts with the inherent tension between the people's nature and elitism of jurors;furthermore,it is logically flawed,lacking both necessity and rationality.Therefore,it is advisable to strictly control the application scope of the expert juror system and to determine its future existence before the amendment of the People's Assessor Law.
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