1988年以来,武汉市各级人民法院遵循宪法中“人民法院审理案件,除法律规定的特别情况外,一律公开进行”的规定,把公开审理作为改善执法活动、提高民事审判工作水平的重心,积极探索和改进民事审判方式,取得了一定成绩。1989年1至8月全市法院民事案件公开审理的,占应当公开审理案件数的95.18％。通过审判实践,我们深深体会到,实行公开审理,既是贯彻宪法原则的要求,也是审判工作适应社会主义商品经济发展,提高办案效率和办案质量的有效途径。 我们对民事案件实行公开审理,经历了一个认识、实践,总结、推广的过程。1988年年初,市中级人民 Since 1988, the people’s courts at all levels in Wuhan have followed the provisions of the Constitution, “People’s Courts handle cases except for special cases prescribed by law, and conduct them openly.” The public hearing serves as the focus of improving law enforcement activities and raising the level of civil trial work. Active exploration and improvement of civil trial methods have yielded some achievements. From January to August 1989, courts in civil courts in the city held public hearings, accounting for 95.18% of the cases that should be publicly heard. Through trial practice, we have come to realize that the implementation of open trial is not only the requirement of implementing the principles of the Constitution but also an effective way for the trial work to adapt to the development of the socialist commodity economy, improve the handling efficiency and handle the case. We conducted a public trial of civil cases and went through a process of understanding, practicing, summarizing and promoting. In early 1988, city-level people