惩罚性赔偿制度研究

惩罚性赔偿是英美普通法法系中的一种法律救济措施,也是英美法系中富有争议的法律制度之一。在我国民事法律中,《中华人民共和国消费者权益保护法》第49条在合同责任方面首开惩罚性赔偿之先河,并在随后的《中华人民共和国合同法》第113条中得到进一步确认,更被民法学者列入民法典的草案之中。但我国法律中关于惩罚性赔偿之规定存在诸多不足,于现实生活中并没有产生预期效果。我们应适当加大惩罚性赔偿的适用范围,使之适用于侵权和合同纠纷、妨害民事诉讼等多个领域,全面保护受损害方的合法权益。

Research on Punitive Damages System

Punitive damages is a legal remedy measure in British and American common law systems and one of the controversial law systems.Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Consumer Rights and Interests first mentioned the System of Punitive Damages at the hand of contract and ability in the 49th item,and then it was made sure in the 113th item of Contract Law of People Republic of China.It is even listed in the draft of Civil Codes by civil law scholars.However because there exist many deficiencies about rules of punitive damages in our Chinese laws,there is no expectation achieved in the reality.The application range of punitive damages should be enlarged,suitable for tort and contract dissensions and criminal lawsuit and so forth,to protect the legal rights and interest of the aggrievd party.