日前 ,上海市浦东新区人民法院在审理一起劳动争议的案件中 ,首次将电子邮件打印件作为定案的有效证据。此种操作 ,在全国司法审判中尚属首例。该案的案情及争议的核心问题所引申出的证据法上的命题为 :在当前我国的法律框架下 ,电子邮件可否作为诉讼证据 ?此外 ,浦东新区人民法院还从另一起真实案例中抽象出“违约金与损害赔偿是否可以同时适用”的讨论模型。本刊特发表该院法官的二组讨论文章 ,以期待学术界能够举一反三 ,推动我国法官理论水平的提高。 Recently, Pudong New District People’s Court in Shanghai trial of labor disputes in the case, for the first time the e-mail print as a valid proof of the verdict. This kind of operation is the first case in the national judicial trial. The case law and the core issues of the controversy evoked by the law of evidence proposition is: In the current legal framework in our country, the e-mail can be used as evidence of lawsuit? In addition, the People’s Court of Pudong New Area from another real case abstraction “Whether liquidated damages and damages can be applied simultaneously” discussion model. In this issue, we publish two sets of discussion articles by judges of the court to expect the academic community to give top priority to one another and promote the improvement of the theoretical level of our judges.