涉外民事诉讼协议管辖条款之检视——兼评最高人民法院(2009)民三终字第4号裁定书

Examination on the Clause of Choice of Court in Foreign——Related Civil Procedure in China-A Perspective of Shandong Jufeng Network Case

涉外民事诉讼协议管辖的基础是当事人意思自治。选择法院协议作为一种特殊类型的合同,具有独立性,应由当事人选择的法律或者在法律选择无效的情况下由被选择法院所在国的法律去判断该协议是否有效。《民事诉讼法》不仅要规定涉外民事诉讼程序中的协议管辖条款,而且应该更加规范,而不是简单地援用国内案件的协议管辖条款,同时应明确选择法院协议的适用范围,及其法律效力的法律选择和判断要件。

Except statutory and discretionary jurisdiction, foreign - related jurisdiction by agreement should be decided by the parties. As a special contract, the choice of court agreement is so independent that its validity is governed by the law chosen by the parties or by the law where the country of choice of court situated. Amendments to the Civil Procedure Law should not only provide clause of the foreign - related jurisdiction by agreement, but also rule it more standardized, rather than simply apply provision of jurisdiction by agreement in domestic cases. At the same time, the Civil Procedure Law should make the scope of application of choice of court agreement more clear, and stipulate its legal effect, confirmative elements and choice of law.