摘要
“不方便法院”说是指一国法院认为某个涉外案件更适合在外国审理或者本国法院不适合审理 ,而拒不行使管辖权的一种自由裁量权。它起源于英格兰 ,后来逐渐发展成为英美国际私法上影响法院行使国际管辖权的一项重要制度。该说缺乏合理性 ,没有统一的适用标准 ,且赋予审理案件的法官过多自由裁量权 ,很容易被当事人或者法院操纵 ,往往导致适用结果的不一致。除一些普通法国家和地区外 ,其他国家都拒绝接受该说。我国法院在审理涉外案件中也不宜适用该说。
The doctrine of forum non conveniens can be defined as a general discretionary power of a court to decline the exercise of jurisdiction over a foreign related case on ground that such case is better tried by a foreign court or not appropriate to be tried by a local court. Originated in England, it has gradually developed into an important system in Anglo American private international law profoundly affecting the determination of international jurisdiction. This system lacks reasonableness and unified standard of application. It gives the judges too much discretionary power in handling cases and can be easily manipulated by a party or the court, leading to inconsistency of the results of application. Apart from a few common law countries and regions, this doctrine is rejected by the majority of the countries in the world. The Chinese court should not apply this doctrine in handling foreign related cases.
出处
《法学研究》
CSSCI
北大核心
2002年第4期138-153,共16页
Chinese Journal of Law
