论我国公益诉讼制度的构建

公益诉讼肇始于古罗马法,发展于资本主义国家,成熟于英美等国。公益诉讼在保护公共利益,抑制行政权力滥用,防止不正当竞争,保护弱小群体等方面发挥了重要的作用。我国自实行社会主义市场经济以来,宪法逐步放权于私益,私益受到侵害可以通过诉讼方式予以救济,而公益受到侵害则无诉讼方式予以救济,造成公共利益的巨大损失。因此,建立我国的公益诉讼制度,维护公共利益不受侵犯,实现宪法规定的公民权利就成为急切之事。

On the Construction of Public Interest Litigation System in China

Public interest litigation came from Roman law,grew up in the capitalist countries,and matured in the United States and UK.Public interest litigation has played an important role in protecting the public interest,curbing the abuse of executive power,preventing unfair competition,and protecting the disadvantaged groups.Since the implementation of China's socialist market economy,the Constitution gradually decentralized some of its rights to private interest.Then the private interest infringed can be relieved...