中國大陸民事訴訟中的簡易程式和小額程式

The Summary Procedure and Small Claim in the Civil Procedure Law of PRC

2012年中國大陸對民事訴訟法進行修訂，在第一審訴訟程式分為普通程式和簡易程式的基礎上，於簡易程式之內又增設了小額程式。簡易和小額這兩種程式反映了「程式分化」或「繁簡分流」的訴訟原理及司法政策，在程式規範的法解釋論上也涉及一系列的問題。本文對簡易程式和小額程式的最新發展加以概述，並介紹其各自關涉的基本論點或問題。

In 2012, the civil procedure law in mainland China was revised. One of the changes was about the procedure of first instance, which had been categorized into ordinary procedure and summary procedure before the revision, on this background, a new kind of procedure, that is, small claim procedure, was added into the summary procedure in this revision. The change represented the litigation principle and judicial policy of differentiation of procedures and it involved a series of problems in the interpretation of the relevant norms. This paper will summarize the newest development of summary procedure and small claim procedure.