诉讼时效冲突问题探讨

On the Conflicts of Limitation of Actions

由于世界各法域关于诉讼时效的规定各异,加之各法域在一定条件下无不承认外法域法在本法域内的域外效力,因此在涉外民商事纠纷中就必然会产生适用何法域诉讼时效规定的冲突。导致诉讼时效冲突产生的原因主要是各法域对诉讼时效的识别不一以及冲突规范不同。要解决诉讼时效冲突,应从统一诉讼时效的识别、诉讼时效冲突规范以及国际统一诉讼时效实体规则三种办法入手。文章最后对我国在解决诉讼时效冲突问题上应选取的态度提出了建议。

Because the provisions on limitation of actions in different jurisdictions around the world are different,in addition,to some degree one country never denies the extraterritoriality of the foreign law in its own jurisdiction;it's unavoidable for the conflicts of limitation of actions to occur in civil and commercial disputes with foreign elements. The causes for the conflicts of limitation of actions mostly include:the characterization of limitation of actions in every jurisdiction is dissimilar;the conflict rules in every jurisdiction are different.To settle the conflicts of limitation of actions,this article suggests three methods as follows:to unify the characterization of limitation of actions, conflict rules of limitation of actions and international uniform substantive rules.At last, this article puts forward some suggestions about what position China should take when facing the problems of conflicts of limitation of actions.