西方国家民事诉讼融资的影响及规范

On the Impacts and Regulation of Litigation Financing in Western

市场经济的发达和资本市场的扩张造成了商业金融对民事诉讼的入侵。当事人规避法律风险和寻求利益最大化的心理恰好迎合了这种入侵。消费型法律基金、给原告律师事务所提供贷款和投资商事诉讼是三种重要的诉讼融资方式,它们分别对民事诉讼的数量和民事审判的质量有不同的影响。虽然目前的影响并没有对民事诉讼制度造成根本性破坏,但是我们应该防止商业金融对诉讼制度的冲击。恪守民事司法公平与效率价值,是规范商业金融入侵民事诉讼应该遵循的价值标准。

The development of market-oriented economy and the expansion of capital markets make commercial finance intrusions into civil litigation.This intrusion is welcomed by parties who are aim to avoid legal risks and seek to maximize the benefits.The consumer legal fund,provide loans to plaintiff＇s law firms and investments in commercial litigation are the three main kinds of litigation financing.They each have different effects on the number of civil litigation and the quality of civil litigation.Although the impact of litigation financing makes no damages to civil procedure,we should prevent the impact of the commercial financial on litigation system.We should supervise and regulate litigation financing followed by the value of fairness and efficiency.