德国地方层级公民投票诉讼制度与经验反省

德国地方公民投票诉讼制度在理论和实践上均比较成熟。公民创制提案申请拒绝之诉是该制度的重心,以其为主轴探讨公民投票诉讼制度的运作,可展示后者之机关诉讼、代表人制度等特色。同时,为使德国地方公民投票诉讼制度更加完善并切实保障直接民主效能的发挥,未来在公民投票过程中引入暂时性权利保护机制实属必要。这种德国经验的总结可以启迪我国的民主进程和诉讼法制的发展。

The Litigation System on German Local Referendum and Its Introspection

The referendum litigation system on local level in German is mature both in theory and practice. The refusal litigation of the initiative proposal request is the focus of the system itself, which could lead us to discuss the operation, the organ litigation and the representative system of the referendum litigation system. Meanwhile, it is essential to introduce a temporary protection mechanism into referendum, for the sake of perfecting the referendum litigation system and guaranteeing direct democracy. The German experience could enlighten our democratic process and improve our litigation system.