Treatment of Foreign Law - Dynamics Towards Convergence?
暫譯: 外國法的處理 - 向趨同的動態?
Nishitani, Yuko
- 出版商: Springer
- 出版日期: 2018-08-12
- 售價: $10,030
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $9,529
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 643
- 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
- ISBN: 3319859463
- ISBN-13: 9783319859460
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商品描述
This work presents a thorough investigation of existing rules and features of the treatment of foreign law in various jurisdictions. Private international law (conflict of laws) and civil procedure rules concerning the application and ascertainment of foreign law differ significantly from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Combining general and individual national reports, this volume demonstrates when and how foreign law is applied, ascertained, interpreted and reviewed by appeal courts. Traditionally, conflicts lawyers have been faced with two contrasting approaches. Civil law jurisdictions characterize foreign law as "law" and provide for the ex officio application and ascertainment of foreign law by judges. Common law jurisdictions consider foreign law as "fact" and require that parties plead and prove foreign law. A closer look at various reports, however, reveals more differentiated features with their own nuances among civil law jurisdictions, and the difference of the treatment of foreign law from other facts in common law jurisdictions. This challenges the appropriacy of the conventional "law-fact" dichotomy. This book further examines the need for facilitating access to foreign law. After carefully analyzing the benefits and drawbacks of existing instruments, this book explores alternative methods for enhancing access to foreign law and considers practical ways of obtaining information on foreign law. It remains to be seen whether and the extent to which legal systems around the world will integrate and converge in their treatment of foreign law.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
本書對各個法域中外國法的處理現行規則和特徵進行了深入調查。私法國際法(法律衝突)和有關外國法的適用及確定的民事程序規則在不同法域之間存在顯著差異。本卷結合一般性和個別國家的報告,展示了外國法在何時以及如何被適用、確定、解釋和由上訴法院審查。傳統上,衝突法律師面臨兩種對立的處理方式。大陸法系法域將外國法視為「法律」,並規定法官可依職權(ex officio)適用和確定外國法。普通法法域則將外國法視為「事實」,並要求當事人提出和證明外國法。然而,對各種報告的深入分析顯示,大陸法系法域之間存在更為細緻的特徵及其自身的細微差別,以及普通法法域對外國法的處理與其他事實的不同之處。這挑戰了傳統的「法律-事實」二分法。本書進一步探討了促進外國法獲取的必要性。在仔細分析現有工具的優缺點後,本書探索了增強外國法獲取的替代方法,並考慮了獲取外國法信息的實際途徑。尚待觀察的是,全球各地的法律系統在處理外國法方面是否會整合和趨同,以及其程度如何。
作者簡介
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
西谷優子(Yuko Nishitani)自2015年4月起擔任日本京都大學法學研究所的國際私法與商法教授。在此之前,她曾於日本東北大學(1997-2007)和九州大學(2011-2015)擔任教授。她於海德堡大學獲得博士學位(1997),並在海德堡、漢堡和科隆(德國)、米蘭和佛羅倫斯(義大利)、紐約(美國)、洛桑(瑞士)、巴黎(法國)以及海牙(荷蘭海牙國際私法會議)進行研究。她的研究領域包括國際私法、國際商法、國際民事訴訟法、比較法以及家庭與繼承法。