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商业第三方资助诉讼的中国实践及域外经验借鉴

陈文婧   

  1. (华东政法大学 中国法治战略研究中心,上海 201620)
  • 收稿日期:2018-11-25 出版日期:2019-04-26
  • 作者简介:陈文婧(1985-),女,福州人,华东政法大学中国法治战略研究中心助理研究员,法学博士,研究方向:商法、比较法。
  • 基金资助:
    国家社科基金青年项目,项目编号:17CFX072;上海市高校青年东方学者资助计划项目,项目编号:QD2016059。

Commercial Third-Party Funding Litigation: Overseas Experience and Practice in China

CHEN Wen-jing   

  1. (Center for Rule of Law Strategy Studies,East China University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai 201620,China)
  • Received:2018-11-25 Online:2019-04-26

摘要: 因诉讼成本高、审理周期长、诉讼结果不确定等原因,当事人常因经济压力及诉讼风险而放弃起诉。在法律援助、司法救助等作用有限的情况下,当事人如何转嫁诉讼成本、降低诉讼风险,从而实现权利救济,是实践中亟待解决的问题。借鉴域外的第三方资助诉讼制度,近年来我国多家商业机构开始尝试商业第三方资助诉讼模式实践,通过为当事人先行垫付相关诉讼费用等方式,解决当事人“诉讼贵”等问题,但其具体实施路径以及配套监管措施等尚处于探索阶段,并无统一规范。鉴此,我国在第三方资助诉讼的具体应用中应当采取审慎态度,并借鉴域外的实践和监管经验,为行业发展提供基本的规范和引领,使其既能为当事人实现诉权提供切实的帮助,又能避免该行业产生“野蛮生长”的乱象。

关键词: 第三方资助诉讼, 司法救济, 诉讼成本, 诉讼风险

Abstract: Because of the high cost of litigation, long trial cycle and uncertain outcome of litigation, the parties often give up litigation because of economic pressure and litigation risk.Under the limited role of legal aid and judicial assistance, how to transfer litigation costs and reduce litigation risks so as to realize rights relief is an urgent problem to be solved in practice.In recent years, many commercial organizations in China have begun to practice the mode of commercial third-party funding litigation by drawing lessons from the overseas third-party funding litigation system. They have solved the problem of “litigation expensive” by prepaying related litigation costs for the parties. However, their specific implementation paths and supporting regulatory measures are still in the exploratory stage, and there is no unified norm.In view of this, our country should adopt a prudent attitude in the specific application of third-party funding litigation, and draw lessons from overseas practice and supervision experience to provide basic norms and guidance for the development of the industry, so that it can not only provide practical help for the parties to realize their right to sue, but also avoid the “barbaric growth” of the industry.

Key words: third-party funding litigation, judicial remedy, litigation costs, litigation risk