小额诉讼程序立法草案评析

Comment on the Draft Legislation of the Small Claims Procedure

小额诉讼程序是我国民事司法改革的有益尝试,《中华人民共和国民事诉讼法修正案(草案)》关于小额诉讼程序的现有规定明确了小额诉讼与简易程序的关系、小额诉讼程序适用的案件范围以及小额诉讼程序的强制适用等问题。但小额诉讼程序并不完善,存在一定的瑕疵和问题,其运作在操作不当的情况下可能会背离程序设立的初衷,应该对其进行理性的精致化制度建构。

Small claims procedure is a useful try of the civil judicial reform of China. The draft legislation of the small claims procedure makes clear the following topics ： the relationship of the small claims and the summary procedure; the range of the case which should be applied to the small claims; the mandatory application of the small claims. However, the draft legislation of the small claims procedure is imperfect and the rational construction is necessary to the small claims procedure. Otherwise the small claims procedure may be deviate from the original intention.