Benefits of Civil Disputes Resolution And Its Cost

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K01364
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 05060:Civil law-related
• Research Institution: Tokyo Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: KANEKO HIRONAO 東京工業大学, リベラルアーツ研究教育院, 准教授 (00293077)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 民事訴訟費用 / 裁判を受ける権利 / 裁判所書記官

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Litigation cost for civil trials, some reforms have been made to decrease filing fees. One of the reforms, the authority to assess cost which party should bear had been moved from the judge to the court clerk. As various new civil disputes occurred, the assessment of economic benefits at stake in disputes does not calculate the amount but also needs to evaluate substantive judgment of right or debt. It is necessary to clarify the criteria or standard for judgment by the court clerk to assess the benefits. This research also considered the rationality of the standard of calculating fee for specific dispute types.

Free Research Field

民事訴訟法

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

民事裁判を利用する際に必要になる民事訴訟費用の負担は，憲法32条の定める国民が裁判を受ける権利の保障にも関係する。そのため，裁判に必要になる費用の負担は適切で公平になるように，法制度上も実務の運用上も常に検討が必要になる。そこで，新たな紛争で問題になる経済的利益の考え方や，司法改革の一環として裁判所書記官の権限となった訴訟費用額の確定などに必要な基準の検討等を行った。