公民诉讼起源于美国,从诞生到今天已经接近四十年,美国的公民诉讼判例对该制度的创新和发展起着非常重要的推动作用。同时该制度对于环境法律的全面实施,公民积极参见环境保护有重要作用。深入理解美国公民诉讼制度的内容,对于我们了解国外的环境公益诉讼及对我国公益诉讼的改善都具有较大的意义。 Citizen litigation originated in the United States, nearly forty years from its birth to today, and the precedent of civil litigation in the United States plays a very important role in promoting the innovation and development of the system. At the same time the system for the full implementation of environmental laws, citizens actively see the environmental protection has an important role. A thorough understanding of the content of the U.S. citizen litigation system is of great significance for us to understand the environmental public interest litigation abroad and to improve our public interest litigation.