检察民事公益诉讼适用惩罚性赔偿实务研究——以办理消费民事公益诉讼为视角

Practical Research on the Application of Punitive Damages in Procuratorial Civil Public Interest Litigation--From the Perspective of Handling Consumer Civil Public Interest Litigation

市场经济的快速发展,在高额的利益追逐下,部分经营者违背当初经营目的,导致消费者权益受到严重的侵害。在对消费者保护的层面而言,传统的私益救济已不能满足市场法治的发展需要。相比之下,检察民事公益诉讼制度自法律授权以来,惩罚性赔偿制度的引入,反而能够修正经营者与消费者在市场地位上的失衡,更有效的约束经营者的行为,更广泛的实现对消费者的集体救济。

With the rapid development of the market economy,for the pursuit of high profits,some operators violated the original business purpose,resulting in serious violations of consumer rights.And in terms of consumer protection,traditional private benefit relief can no longer meet the development needs of market rule of law.In contrast,since the procuratorial civil public interest litigation system has been authorized by law,the introduction of the punitive damages system can correct the imbalance between operators and consumers in the market,so as to effectively restrict the acts of operators,and achieve a wider range of the collective relief for consumers.