大陆法系将诉讼时效的客体规定为请求权,而英美法系则将其规定为诉权。中国民法继受的是大陆法系传统,因而其诉讼时效的客体应当是请求权;而请求权又包括债权请求权、物上请求权、人格上请求权等,同时,诉讼时效的客体又并非为一切请求权,因而有必要对作为诉讼时效客体的请求权进行逐项研究。 Civil law sets the object of limitation of action as the right of claim, whereas the Anglo-American law sets it as the right of action. The civil law in China inherits the tradition of the civil law system, so the object of its limitation of action should be the right of claim. And the right of claim includes the right of claim, the right of claim and the right of personality. At the same time, the object of limitation of action is not For all the right to request, therefore it is necessary to carry on the item-by-item study on the right of claim as the object of limitation of action.