按照我国民事诉讼法规定,当事人打官司必须先预交诉讼费后人民法院才予立案受理。这条规定确实给那些合法权益受到侵害,迫切需要得到法律保护但经济又确有困难的当事人出了个难题。2000年7月12日,最高人民法院终于出台了《关于对经济确有困难的当事人予以司法救助的规定》,给那些困难的当事人解了燃眉之急。根据该 According to China’s Civil Procedure Law, a litigant must first file a lawsuit before the people’s court only accepts the case. This provision indeed poses a problem for those parties whose legitimate rights and interests have been violated and who urgently need legal protection but the economy is in real difficulties. On July 12, 2000, the Supreme People’s Court finally promulgated the “Provisions on Judicial Assistance to Those Who Are in Difficult Economic Positions,” which solved the pressing needs of those in difficulty. According to that