诉讼与仲裁的功能比较--兼论仲裁的功能优势

作为一种社会解决纠纷机制来说,诉讼的主要功能仍在于解决纠纷、消除冲突.这对于维护社会秩序是非常必要的.但是,作为一种特殊的纠纷解决方式和社会控制机制,诉讼也不可避免地存在着结构性功能缺陷.与诉讼相比,仲裁的特点在于其程序简便、结案较快、费用开支较少、不具备行政特色、能独立公正和迅速地解决争议,给予当事人充分地自治权;同时具有客观性、灵活性、保密性、终局性和裁决书易于得到执行等优点.这种优势正是各国定位仲裁与诉讼关系的基础.

On the functions of lawsuit and arbitration--Talking about the arbitration functions advantage

As a kind of system about settling dispute, the lawsuit's functions settled dispute, dispel clash. But the lawsuit existed structural function lack. Compare with the lawsuit, the characteristics of arbitration are simple and convenient procedure and so on. At that time, it has objectivity, flexibility, classified nature etc. This advantage was foundation which located the lawsuit and the arbitration relations.