马锡五对于今天的普通民众来说是一个陌生的名字,然而他在中国法制史上却是一个无法抹去的标志性符号。马锡五在民主革命时期曾任陕甘宁边区高等法院陇东分庭庭长、陕甘宁边区高等法院院长等职。在抗战时期,没有受过任何正规法学教育的马锡五,以依靠群众、调解结案等审判方式,创造了贯彻司法民主的审 Ma Xiwu is an unfamiliar name to today’s ordinary people, yet he is a symbol that can not be erased in the legal history of China. During the democratic revolution, Ma Xiwu once served as President of the Longdong Chamber of the High Court of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region and as dean of the High Court of the Shaan-Gan-Ning Border Region. In the period of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Ma Xiwu, who had not received any formal legal education, created the trial of judicial democracy by relying on the masses, mediating cases and trial methods