中国涉外民事关系法律适用的案例指导制度

[主持人语]案例指导是对法院审判工作经验的成功总结,是上级法院指导下级法院审判工作的一种重要手段。从新中国成立到90年代,我国案例指导工作经过了曲折的变化过程,既有成绩和经验,也有教训与不足。进入新的世纪,最高人民法院《五年改革纲要》和《二五改革纲要》为我国案例指导制度的发展提出了制度设想,人民法院案例指导工作进入制度建设的快速发展期。目前,互联网和信息技术迅速发展,案例的整理和编辑方式发生了急剧的变化。伴随着我国经济的成长和社会的进步,案例指导的模式也需要及时调整。因此,对于我国案例指导制度的构建积极进行探索和分析,具有重要的现实意义和理论价值。参加此次案例指导专题讨论的研究者,既有长期从事司法实践工作的法官,也有年轻的法学理论工作者,他们从不同角度对于案例指导问题进行了探讨。有的作者研究了公益诉讼中的案例指导,有的作者探讨了我国涉外民事案件法律适用的案例指导问题,还有的作者分析了民法法系中案例的地位和效力,对于案例在其他民法法系国家和地区的法律地位及法律效力进行了考察与比较研究。这些文章的观点或许还需要修改和完善,但理论探索本身即是我国案例指导制度构建的重要组成部分,我们期待着更多的学者和司法实践工作者参与其中。

The Establishment and Exploration of Cases Guidance System (topic for special discussion)

Cases guidance is successful summary of court judgment experience and an important means of the high court guiding low court.From 1949 to the 1990s cases guidance went through turns and twists filled with experience and lesson.Since 2000 cases guidance has developed fast and come into system.Now the Internet has made the ways of cases change greatly with which modes of cases guidance should be adjusted,so establishing cases guidance system has both theoretical and practical significance.The researchers at this conference of cases guidance are judges with practical experience and young theorists of law who gave further exploration from different angles.The cases come from lawsuits of public welfare,cases of civil rights involving foreign countries,status and effectiveness of cases from civil law.Perhaps these opinions in the essays need to be amended and perfected,but theoretical exploration is also an important component of establishing cases guidance system.