法学家 ›› 2015, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (3): 152-163.

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自然人属人法与经常居所的中国式选择、判准和适用
——兼评《涉外民事关系法律适用法司法解释(一)》第15条

杜焕芳,法学博士,中国人民大学法学院副教授。   

  • 出版日期:2015-06-15 发布日期:2015-07-01

Personal Law of Natural Persons and Habitual Residence: Choice, Determination and Application in China

Du Huanfang, Ph.D. in Law, Associate Professor of Renmin University of China Law School.   

  • Online:2015-06-15 Published:2015-07-01

摘要: 《涉外民事关系法律适用法》将自然人属人法主要定位于经常居所地法,局部兼顾本国法,但缺乏对经常居所连结点的界定。自然人经常居所的判定准据涉及连结点的解释和法律适用,主要有等同方法、客观方法、目的方法和综合方法四种判定方法。《涉外民事关系法律适用法司法解释(一)》第15条的规定体现中国式选择,即自然人经常居所的判定准据从法院地法到冲突法,自然人经常居所的判定方法从单一标准到叠加标准。在涉外民商事司法实践和法律适用中,应当按照冲突法的语境来理解经常居所,综合考虑经常居所判定标准的叠加适用,解决经常居所的可能冲突和连结点的时际变更,慎重考量经常居所的例外情形和公共政策。

关键词: 自然人属人法, 经常居所, 判定准据, 判定方法, 司法适用

Abstract: The 2010 Law on Application of Laws concerning Foreign-related Civil Relations mainly formulates, forthe first time,personal law of natural persons as the law of natural persons’ habitual residence. But it lacksthe definition of the habitual residence. To determine this concept is related to interpretation of connectingpoints and application of law. There are basically four kinds of determination methods, namely, equal method, objective method,purpose method and synthetic method. Article 15 of the Judicial Interpretation onLaw on Application of Laws concerning Foreign-related Civil Relations is characterized as Chinese choice, that is,applicable law to determine habitual residence is from the lex fori to the conflict of laws, and themethod of determination for the habitual residence is from a single standard to double one. In the practice of foreign-related civil and commercial adjudication and application of law, the habitual residence should beunderstood in the private international law context, and determined by double criteria. At the same time, itneeds to solve the conflicts of the habitual residence and its intertemporal conflicts and to carefully considerthe exception of the habitual residence and public policy.

Key words: Personal Law, Habitual Residence, Application of Law, Determination Methods, Judi-cial Practice