诉讼时效：保护还是限制

诉讼时效作为一种督促债权人积极行使权利的法律制度,是一个从实践到理论都引人关注的问题。在我国当前的法治水平条件下,除当事人可主张诉讼时效利益外,法庭在审判活动中亦可主动援用诉讼时效作为裁判依据;同时,诉讼时效的中止、中断与当事人对已过诉讼时效的债务的重新确认是完全不同的事情,应予严格区别。

Limitation Period of Action - Protection or Restriction?

As a legal system urging creditors to actively exercise their rights,limitation period of action aroused general concerns in both practice and theory.Because of China' s imperfect legal condition,parties of action can have claim to the benefits of limitation period of action and the court can also actively make judgment according to it.Moreover,we should strictly differentiate among suspension,inter-ruption and parties' reaffirmation of the debts having exceeded the limitation period of action.