商業事件審理法之商業訴訟事件範圍的探討

A Study of the Scope of Commercial Litigation Cases under the Commercial Case Adjudication Act

我國於2020年1月公布新增訂之「商業事件審理法」，並自2021年7月1日正式施行，本法適用範圍限定在商業事件的民事訴訟及非訟案件，而本文係就商業訴訟事件來進行探討。關於商業訴訟事件之範圍係規定在商業事件審理法第2條第2項，共有7款，本文認為可分成三大類別：第一類涉及訴訟標的金額或價額在新臺幣1億元以上者，規定在第1、2、6款；第二類涉及特定爭議事件，乃關於公開發行股票公司或與其有關的特定爭訟事件，規定在第3、4、5款；第三類涉及其他法律規定或被指定管轄的爭訟事件，規定在第7款。本文首先介紹這三大類別事件的規範內容與其可能面臨之問題。之後，由於商業訴訟事件尚可經司法院指定而被納入適用商業事件審理法，因此，本文接續簡介美國、英國、德國之商業法庭的管轄範圍，以供將來司法院行使指定權時的參考借鏡。最後，本文提出對商業訴訟事件範圍的幾點初步看法，作為結語，並期引起各界對此議題之關注與進行後續之研究。

"The“Commercial Case Adjudication Act”was enacted in January 2020 and went in force on July 1, 2021. The scope of the application of this Act is limited to commercial litigation cases and commercial non-litigation cases. This article only discusses commercial litigation cases. The scope of commercial litigation cases is stipulated in Article 2 Paragraph 2 of this Act. There are 7 Subparagraphs in total. This article divides them into three categories. The first category involves the price or value of the claim which is equal to or more than one hundred million New Taiwan Dollars, and is specified in Subparagraphs 1, 2, and 6. The second category involves disputed cases concerning publicly traded companies, and is specified in Subparagraphs 3, 4, and 5. The third category involves commercial litigation cases, which fall under the jurisdiction of the Commercial Court pursuant to other laws, or as designated by the Judicial Yuan. It is stipulated in Subparagraph 7. First of all, this article introduces the normative content of these three categories of commercial litigation cases and the problems that they may arise. Since commercial litigation cases can be designated by the Judicial Yuan and be included in the scope of application of Commercial Case Adjudication Act, this article will then introduce the jurisdiction of the commercial courts in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany for the reference of the Judicial Yuan’s exercising the designation power in the future. Finally, this article puts forward some preliminary opinions about the scope of commercial litigation cases as a conclusion, and hopes to draw the attentions of the public and to facilitate further researches on relevant issues."