论我国外国法无法查明困境——基于110份涉外民商事案例的实证分析

On the Dilemma of Unidentifiable Foreign Law in China—An Empirical Analysis Based on 110 Foreign-Related Civil and Commercial Cases

摘要: 在中国司法实践中，外国法“无法查明”的现象频繁出现，主要原因在于一方面当事人承担过重的查明责任，另一方面中国法院在认定“外国法无法查明”的标准不清、界限不明。通过对110份案件样本进行实证分析，综合我国外国法查明制度的相关研究以及司法实践，本文提出我国立法应当从诉讼成本、查明效率等综合考量下对《〈法律适用法〉司法解释(一)》第17条中的“合理途径”、“合理期限”等用语规定可参考的量化标准以及对法院认定“无法查明”作合理限制。

Abstract: In China’s judicial practice, the phenomenon of “unidentifiable” foreign law appears frequently, mainly due to the fact that on the one hand, the parties bear too heavy a burden of ascertainment, and on the other hand, the Chinese courts’ criteria for determining that “unidentifiable” foreign law is unclear, and the boundaries of such criteria are not clear. Through the empirical analysis of 110 case samples, synthesize China’s foreign law identification system of research and judicial practice, this paper proposes that China’s legislation should be from the cost of litigation, identification of the efficiency of the comprehensive consideration of The Comprehensive Consideration of the Law Application’s Law Judicial Interpretation (I) of article 17 of the “reasonable way”, “reasonable period” and other terms in article 17 of The Comprehensive Consideration of the Law Application’s Law Judicial Interpretation (I) to provide for reference to quantitative standards and reasonable restrictions on the court’s determination of the “unidentifiable”.