2011年,中国《涉外民事关系法律适用法》引入了"有利条款"。六年多来,这种比较型冲突规范因其迥异的适用逻辑和比较法气质,在实践中遭遇了司法规避,至今未见严格准确适用"有利条款"的司法案例。司法困境的原因何在?走出困境只能仰赖立法修改乃至废除"有利条款"吗?通过对"有利条款"的历史溯源和实践中的裁判逻辑进行分析,可以发现司法困境既存在立法论根源,又存在司法技术阙如的问题。通过对现有案例进行法教义学梳理和分析,再通过设计和评析虚拟案例的方法,可以发现,在司法实践中准确适用"有利条款"具有可行性,并不存在实质性的障碍,至少能在个案层面上建立清晰、具有可操作性的裁判规则。法官不应以司法规避放弃裁判的职责。寻找"更有利的法",就是寻找更睿智的法官。在司法实践中积极适用"有利原则"具有重要的理论价值,有助于从中观层面上发展比较法理论。在中国深化对外开放和建设"一带一路"的背景下,同样别具实践价值。
In 2011,China introduced"the favorable clauses"in the Law of the People's Republic of China on Application of Laws for Foreign-Related Civil Relationships. Since then,for more than six years,"the favorable clauses"have encountered judicial evasion in practice because of its unique logic of application and comparative law temperament. By now,there is no strict and accurate application of "the favorable clause"in judicial cases. How shall we explain the judicial refusal of applying such legal rules? Shall the only way out of this predicament depend on legislative changes and even the repeal of "the favorable clauses"? Looking into the history of "the favorable clauses"and the logic of adjudication in practice,both legislative and judicial factors can be found. Through review and analysis of existing cases,and by the method of designing and analyzing a virtual case,it comes to the conclusion that there is no essential obstacle to apply "the favorable clauses"in individual cases. Judges should not seek to evade the duties of adjudication. Searching for the better law means to search for the more intelligent and responsible judges. Actively applying "the favorable clauses"contributes both to the development of comparative legal theory,and to the improvement of judicial capacity in handling foreign-related cases,which is of special value in the background of China's deepening open policy and promoting the Belt and Road Initiative.