涉外自然人经常居所地认定问题研究

Research on the Determination of the Habitual Residence of Foreign Natural Persons

摘要: 经常居所地作为《涉外民事关系法律适用法》当中的一个特有概念，在法理意义上区别于民法上的经常居住地以及《海牙公约》中的惯常居所，这个概念虽然是我国《涉外民事关系法律适用法》中的一个创新之处，但正是因为其新颖性导致在比较法上很难找到相关借鉴做法，并且因为其新颖性使得目前我国立法对其概念界定不严谨以及司法实践对其概念与其他相似概念造成混淆。然而，经常居所地作为我国《涉外民事关系法律适用法》的主要连接点在处理我国涉外民事关系中的作用极为重要，因此有必要对经常居所地的概念进行理清以解决其在司法实践中混淆适用的现状。

Abstract: As a unique concept in the Law on the Application of Law in Foreign Related Civil Relations, the concept of regular residence is different from the regular residence in civil law and the habitual residence in the Hague Convention in legal sense. Although this concept is an innovation in China’s Law on the Application of Law in Foreign Related Civil Relations, its novelty makes it difficult to find relevant reference practices in comparative law. Moreover, its novelty has led to the current lack of rigorous definition of its concept in Chinese legislation and confusion between its concept and other similar concepts in judicial practice. However, as the main connecting point of China’s Law on the Application of Law in Foreign Related Civil Relations, the concept of regular residence plays an extremely important role in handling foreign-related civil relations in China. Therefore, it is necessary to clarify the concept of regular residence to solve its confusion in judicial practice.