論大型公眾公司董事的責任－－兼評近期發生的追究董事責任的案例

本文以論述追究董事對公司的責任時，以日本法律上的問題點為目的。1993年的《日本商法典》修改了股東追究董事對公司責任的股糸代表訴訟制度，該改革實行後，特別是對大型公眾公司董事追究責任的訴訟不斷增加。本文通過對案例的分析和研究指出了現行日本法律制度的諸多問題：（1) 分析董事對公司應負責任的原因（尤其是對經營判斷的錯誤和違反監視及監督義務等成為問題時）；（2 ) 作為董事對公司應負責任的人員範圍（是否包括高級管理人員的問題）；以及（3 ) 董事負責任時的賠償金額等問題。

This article purports to discuss the problems in the Japanese law while pursuing director’s liability to their Company. The Japanese Commercial Law modified its provisions on shareholders’ representative action in pursuing director’s liability to the Company. After this reform, the majority of litigations are mainly from large public Companies. This article points out several questions in the Japanese legal system through case analyzing and studying： (1) the reasons why directors should bear liability to the Company (especially when directors make mistakes during the process of management decision or breach their duty of surveillance or supervision), (2) the ranges of the persons who should bear the liability to company (that is, whether to include the superior officials), and (3) the amount of the damages when directors are pursued.