主观预备合并诉讼的适用检视与借鉴

Application Evaluation of the Subjective Preliminary Combination of Litigation and Its Reference Function

日韩及我国台湾地区就主观预备合并诉讼已有丰富的适用实践。通过对其适用的典型案例所反映出的颇具争议的问题,如适用价值、被告地位不安定、诉讼系属及当事人诉讼地位等问题进行充分理论检视后,可发现,相关理论已能较好地消解学界对被告地位不安定等问题的疑虑,虽然在复杂上诉审情形下被告诉讼地位及其裁判问题还有较大争议,但这并不足以否认该制度设立趣旨。这些实践经验总结及理论争鸣,为我国大陆地区将来构建主观预备合并诉讼提供了有益经验借鉴。

Japan, South Korea and the Taiwan region of China have made rich practice in applying the subjective preliminary combination of litigation. A thorough theoretical evaluation of the controversial issues which emerge in some typical cases to which it applies, such as application value, defendant’s unstable status, action dependence and parties’ litigant status, reveals that relevant theories have been used to resolve the doubts of academic circle about some issues like defendant’s unstable status. Although there is still a lot of controversy over the status of the accused and its adjudication under the complicated appeal trial situation, this is not enough to deny the significance of the enactment of the law. Such practice summarization and theoretical argument might provide useful experience for the future construction of subjective preliminary combination of litigation in China's Mainland.