“舆论参与司法”是转型中国一种突出的司法景观,究其深层次机理,实为当下中国社会回应转型的一种独特形式,亦是民众政治参与的一种重要渠道,可谓政治参与和司法民主的结合。其实施路径是通过对司法个案的参与,达到参与政治社会制度层面的结果。这一景观的产生有深刻的时代烙印,与中国社会转型期的国情紧密相关。它以“公平、正义”为主题,以常识、价值取向和法律为基础,形成了一个商谈性的公共领域,一定程度上解决了当前社会转型期政治参与的困境,对于建设法治中国及公民社会有重要意义。当然,其错位与越界的负面影响也应给予足够重视和有效防范。 “Public participation in judiciary ” is a prominent judicial landscape in China’s transformation. Studying its deep-seated mechanism is actually a unique form of contemporary Chinese social response and also an important channel for public political participation. It can be described as political participation And judicial democracy. Its implementation path is through the participation of judicial cases, to participate in the political and social system level results. This landscape has a profound imprint of the times and is closely related to the national conditions in the transitional period of China’s society. Based on common sense, value orientation and law, it has formed a negotiated public sphere and has, to some extent, solved the predicament of political participation during the current social transformation. It is also of great importance for building a rule of law China and Civil society is important. Of course, its dislocation and the negative impact of cross-border should also be given sufficient attention and effective prevention.