试析信用证的法律性质及其相关法律关系

The Analysis of Legal Character and Relative Legal Relation of Letter of Credit

信用证的法律性质是确定信用证交易中各方当事人之间权利义务的基础。信用证的法律性质问题,历来是各国学者争论的焦点,至今无一定论。而要界定信用证的法律性质,必须从分析其各个当事人之间的法律关系着手,前者以后者为基础。因为信用证先于法律产生,是国际贸易实践的产物,所以,对其法律性质的探究,须将法理与信用证惯例结合起来,从中得出符合信用证交易习惯的结论。

The Legal Character of Letter of Credit is the basis of analyzing the relative legal relation of letter of credit. This problem has always been questioned by studiers all over the world. Because letter of credit is prior to law and it derives from modern commercial practice. Learning the legal character of letter of credit must connect the jurisprudence with commercial convention. From that, we could draw a conclusion that letter of credit has a special character.