美国集团诉讼作为一种典型的群体性纠纷的解决机制,它在保护被害人的权利、提高诉讼效率等方面的功能是显而易见的。我国现在尚未建立完善的群体性纠纷解决机制,集团诉讼显然值得我国借鉴。本文拟对集团诉讼的功能进行简要分析,希望能够得出对我国群体性纠纷解决机制有益的借鉴依据。 As a typical mechanism for settling group disputes, the actions of the U.S. group litigation are obvious in protecting the rights of victims and improving the efficiency of litigation. At present, our country has not yet set up a perfect group dispute resolution mechanism, and the group litigation apparently deserves our country’s reference. This article intends to make a brief analysis of the functions of the group litigation, hoping to draw some useful references to the group dispute resolution mechanism in our country.