社会组织提起环境公益诉讼的成本负担问题研究

The Cost Burden of Environmental Public Interest Litigation Initiated by Social Organizations

作为提起环境民事公益诉讼的重要主体,社会组织能充分发挥保护环境公益和调和多元价值的效能,但在司法实践中,高昂的诉讼成本抑制了社会组织参与环境公益诉讼。为提高社会组织参与环境民事公益诉讼的积极性,应当考虑将环境公益诉讼成本转由社会分担作为对“败诉者负担”规则的补充,并完善环境公益诉讼基金制度,设定费用负担规则,限定最大支付限额,扩大基金来源并强化对基金的监督管理。

As an important subject of environmental civil public interest litigation,social organizations can give full play to the effectiveness of protecting environmental public interest and harmonizing multiple values.However,in judicial practice,the high litigation cost inhibits social organizations from participating in environmental public interest litigation.In order to improve the enthusiasm of social organizations to participate in environmental civil public interest litigation,we should consider transferring the cost of environmental public interest litigation to the society as a supplement to the Loser’s Burden Rule,improve the environmental public interest litigation fund system,set the cost burden rule,set the maximum payment limit,expand the source of the fund,and strengthen the supervision and management of the fund.