论环境侵权群体性诉讼处理机制的完善

由于环境侵权纠纷中受侵害对象的不特定及涉及人数众多的特点，环境侵权纠纷容易形成群体性诉讼。我国民事诉讼法确立的代表人诉讼制度就是专门处理群体诉讼的一种诉讼程序，对解决群体性纠纷有着重要作用，但由于该制度自身存在的问题及法院对其相对拒斥的态度，导致代表人诉讼制度在司法实践中遭受到冷落。因此完善代表人诉讼制度，并在群体诉讼处理机制中进行团体诉讼、示范诉讼及建立联动机制的探索，对及时妥善解决群体性诉讼案件、构建和谐社会具有重要作用。

On the Improvement of the Handling Mechanism of the Group Litigation in the Environmental Torts

The indeterminacy and the great number of the infringed objects result in group litigation in the environmental tort lawsuits. The representative action system established by the Civil Procedure Law of China is a litigation procedure specified for handling the group actions and plays an important role in settling group lawsuits. However, the representative action system is neglected in the judicial practices because there exists some problems in the system itself and the courts relatively reject it. Therefore, the improvement of the representative action system and a study on the establishment of the group action, model lawsuit and interactive mechanism system are very important for the timely and proper settlement of the group litigation and the construction of a harmonious society.