小额诉讼中强制与合意之调适

我国现行小额诉讼程序存在着过度僵化适用的情形,主要表现在案件限额标准之上。强制性是小额诉讼程序最重要的特征之一,通过对小额诉讼强制性表征的分析,发现当前司法实践中已经逐步确认当事人合意选择适用小额诉讼制度。合意适用进入小额诉讼是完善我国小额诉讼程序的最佳路径,通过在小额诉讼中加入当事人程序选择权,平衡小额诉讼当事人的权利与义务,扩大小额诉讼适用的范围。可以借鉴我国台湾地区的运作模式,根据诉讼标的额的大小分别确定强制性适用、合意性适用和强制性不适用的层次空间。

On the Coordination between Enforcement and Acceptability of Small Claims

The problems of China's current small claims procedure lie in the rigidity and inflexibility of application, mainly displayed in quota standard. As one of the most important features in small claims procedure, enforceability plays a critical role in it. And through the analysis of enforceability representation of small claims, it could be found that the current judicial practice has gradually confirmed the parties choose to apply a desired small claims system. It is the best way to improve China’s small claims procedure by adding parties’ application into small claims, which includes adding parties’ procedure selective rights, balancing the rights and obligations of the parties and enlarging the range of small claims’ application. According to the operation mode in Taiwan, the applicable and inapplicable space levels of compulsory and desirable mode can be determined by litigation costs.