民法解释在处理旅游合同纠纷中的作用——以孟元诉中佳旅行社旅游合同纠纷案为例

The Role of Civil Law Interpretation in Tour Contract Disputes: A Case Study of Meng Yuan vs.Zhongjia Travel Agency

现今旅游纠纷日益增多,而在我国旅游行政管理部门及司法实践中,普遍存在"无法可依"的认识误区,以及回避纠纷性质,重结果轻分析的倾向。《最高人民法院公报》公布的"孟元诉中佳旅行社旅游合同纠纷案"及其判决,虽然并未引起旅游业界、法学界的太多争议,但其在旅游合同性质认定及解除权问题上的认定,存在着一定的问题和瑕疵。本文从民法解释的角度重新审视该案,并对该案判决提出较为具体的不同意见,以呼吁业界通过解释现行民事立法,充分发挥其在解决旅游民事纠纷中的作用。

Tour contract disputes are on rise.However,in the practice of tourism administration agencies,many tend to evade the nature of the disputes with more emphsis put on the result rather on the anaylsis of the case because of the no-law-to-follow mindset.The Meng Yuan vs.Zhongjia travel agency case,published in ＂Gazette of the Supreme People＇s Court＂ didn＇t arouse much controvasy neither in tourism indsutry nor in laws circle.However,it left certain problems and defects in establishing the nature of tour contracts and right of rescission.This paper reexamines the case closely from Civil Law Interpretation perspective and puts forward some specific opinions about this case to appeal to the industrial circle to play its role in dealing with tourist civil affairs disputes through interpreting the current civial legislation.