群体诉讼的起诉成本分析

Cost Analyses of Group Actions

随着经济全球化的加快和我国加入 WTO的日益临近 ,“小额多数”的现代型纠纷不断涌现 ,但我国的代表人诉讼制度存在严重的功能缺陷。以法律的经济分析为理论视角 ,比较中外四种典型群体诉讼制度的起诉成本 ,我国代表人诉讼制度的起诉成本最大 ,其后依次是选定当事人制度、团体诉讼、集团诉讼。这也正是作为“经济人”的广大消费者不愿进行代表人诉讼的重要原因之一。

With the development of globalization and the approaching of China's entrance to WTO, disputes concerning “small amount of claim but lange amount of victims” arise frequently. Comparing with four types of typical group action system, the cost of complaint of representative action system in China rank first, and then the selection of the party, ream action and group action. Such is a primary reason for consumers' reluctance to choose representative action.