公益诉讼与和谐社会——以群体诉讼为考察对象

Public-interest Litigation and Harmony Society——on subject of Collective Litigation

建立和谐社会是现代法治的必然要求,公益诉讼与和谐社会休戚相关。囿于公益诉讼的特性,公益诉讼必须通过群体诉讼达致社会的和谐。群体诉讼的扩散性纠纷解决功能、公共政策形成功能以及程序保障功能都契合和谐社会的要求。

It is imperative to establish harmony society for rule of law. Public - interest litigation has consanguineous connections with harmony soci- ety. Public - interest litigation realizes social harmony by collective litigation because of the speciality of public - interest litigation. The functions ot diffusibly solving disputes, forming public policies and protecting proeedures meet the demand of harmony society.