环境侵权惩罚性赔偿的适用范围

Analysis on the Applicable Scope of Punitive Damages for Environmental Tort

通过对关于环境侵权惩罚性赔偿适用范围不同观点的梳理和分析,指出环境侵权惩罚性赔偿适用范围存在争议的主要原因在于对惩罚性赔偿基础理论认知差异、对法律规定的解释与理解不同、对环境侵权惩罚性赔偿需救济的损害类型的认识不同等三个方面。通过对这些原因进行进一步分析,得出环境侵权惩罚性赔偿应当同时适用于环境私益诉讼和环境公益诉讼的结论。

By sorting out and analyzing different viewpoints,this paper points out the main reasons for the dispute over the application scope of punitive damages for environmental torts.It believes that it lies in three aspects:the difference in the cognition of the legal basis theory,the difference in the interpretation and understanding of the legal provisions,and the difference in the understanding of the type of damage that needs to be remedied.Through further analysis of these reasons,it draws the conclusion that punitive damages for environmental tort should be applicable to both environmental private interest litigation and environmental public interest litigation at the same time.