中国特色法律体系日臻完善，以立法为中心的研究视角正逐渐转移至司法为中心，近年来关注于具体操作层面的法律方法论在逐渐兴起。如何将法律规范贯彻于实践之中并实现法律的统一适用，是推进法治建设的核心问题。指导性案例作为中国历史传统的延续与发展，是对两大法系的借鉴与融合，是法治理论与实践相结合的重要产物，以其为研究对象具有十分重要的意义和价值。

本文除绪论和结语外，主要分为三个章节。第一章主要从理论层面对指导性案例基本概念和前提条件进行分析，为实证研究提供必要铺垫。第一部分概念界定，主要是梳理指导性案例的概念及与类似概念的辨析，援引及援引的主要分类。第二部分是对适用指导性案例的前提条件进行分析，主要是效力定位与类案的判断。在梳理以上内容的过程中，其中存在的不足之处也应予以注意和解决，比如援引规则的粗疏、指导性案例效力地位有待强化、类案检索有待完善等。

第二章刑事指导性案例司法援引现状分析。在前文的理论研究基础上，对刑事指导性案例司法援引的情况进行实证研究。综合最高人民法院官网、人民法院案例库、北大法宝、中国裁判文书网等权威数据库的数据信息，对刑事指导性案例的发布情况和具体援引情况进行数据分析，对刑事指导性案例发挥的积极作用予以肯定，具体包括促进立法的完善、统一刑事法律的适用以及增强刑法的可预测性。同时其司法适用过程中存在的问题也不容忽视，总结归纳了刑事指导性案例在司法适用中存在的六大问题并分析其产生的具体原因。

第三章刑事指导性案例司法援引完善路径。是基于上文的分析和比较，把握制度和主体两个大方向，从制度保障、案例运行机制、类案检索、主体应用能力四个维度提出完善建议。第一，完善制度保障，强化效力规定、明确援引规则。第二，优化案例运行机制，统筹案例供给、编写和退出机制。第三，类案检索智能化，深度融合人工智能和大数据，建立统一的法律案例库，推动手动检索向智能推送的转变。第四，提升主体应用指导性案例的能力，针对法官群体建议提升职业素养和改革法官评价制度，除此以外还需凝聚社会共识共同推进案例指导制度的建设。

The legal system with Chinese characteristics is becoming more and more perfect, and the research perspective centered on legislation is gradually shifting to the judicial center. In recent years, the legal methodology focusing on the specific operation level is gradually emerging. How to implement legal norms into practice and realize the unified application of laws is the core issue of promoting the construction of rule of law. As the continuation and development of Chinese historical tradition, guiding cases are the reference and integration of the two major legal systems, and the important product of the combination of rule of law theory and practice. Taking them as the research object has great significance and value.

In addition to the introduction and conclusion, this paper is mainly divided into three chapters. The first chapter mainly analyzes the basic concepts and preconditions of guiding cases from the theoretical level. The first part of the definition of the concept is mainly to sort out the concept of guiding cases and the discrimination with similar concepts, citing and citing the main classification. The second part is the analysis of the preconditions for the application of guiding cases, mainly the effect positioning and the judgment of class cases. In the process of sorting out the above contents, the shortcomings should also be paid attention to and solved, such as the inadequacy of the invoking rules, the validity status of guiding cases to be strengthened, and the retrieval of similar cases to be improved.

The second chapter analyzes the current situation of judicial invocation of criminal guidance cases. On the basis of the above theoretical research, this paper makes an empirical study on the judicial invocation of criminal guidance cases. Based on the data and information from authoritative databases such as the official website of the Supreme People's Court, the case database of the People's Court, PKULAW, and China Judgments Online, data analysis was carried out on the release and specific invocation of criminal guidance cases, and the positive role played by criminal guidance cases was affirmed. This includes promoting the perfection of legislation, harmonizing the application of criminal law and enhancing the predictability of criminal law. At the same time, the problems existing in the process of judicial application can not be ignored. Six problems existing in the judicial application of criminal guidance cases are summarized and the specific reasons are analyzed.

The third chapter is the path to improve the judicial invocation of criminal guiding cases. Based on the above analysis and comparison, it grasps the two general directions of system and subject, and puts forward suggestions for improvement from four dimensions: system guarantee, case operation mechanism, case retrieval and subject application ability. First, improve the system guarantee, strengthen the effectiveness of the provisions, clearly invoke the rules. Second, optimize the case operation mechanism, and coordinate the case supply, preparation and withdrawal mechanism. Third, intelligent case retrieval, deep integration of artificial intelligence and big data, the establishment of a unified legal case base, to promote the transformation of manual retrieval to intelligent push. Fourth, improve the ability of the subject to apply the guiding cases, and propose to improve the professional quality and reform the judge evaluation system for judges. In addition, it is necessary to gather social consensus to jointly promote the construction of the case guidance system.