Privatization of Judicial Services
本文从广义上定义私有化，探讨司法服务领域因资源不足和意识形态支持而转向不透明、低问责的法院处置模式，并分析其对当代社会政体意义的影响。
Privatization should be conceived broadly to encompass government's withdrawal from any domain. So conceived, privatization policy includes changes in the organization and delivery of public services that are not always recognized and discussed as services, such as in the case of the civil court system. Contemporary changes in judicial services which are reported here describe the movement toward less visible and less accountable modes of court disposition brought about by a lack of resources coupled with a prevailing ideology that supports private modes of dispute resolution. These developments raise concerns about the effect of privatization on the meaning of polity in contemporary society.