我国法院在承诺函性质认定中存在的问题及完善对策

在司法实践中，我国法院在是否可以采用推定的方法来认定承诺函性质的问题上存在认识分歧。对于承诺函的性质，英美法系国家和大陆法系国家的法院分别采用“文字解释法”和“目的解释法”来进行认定。在司法实践中，应当允许法官从探求当事人真实意图的角度出发，结合与案件有关的证据来对承诺函的性质进行合理的推定。

An Analysis of the Problem on Classification of Letters of Comfort and the Method for Improvement

In judicial practices,the different courts in China take different stances on whether the judges may classify the letters of comfort by deduction.As to classification of letters of comfort,judges in common law system adopt the method of literal interpretation while those in civil law system adopt the method of teleological interpretation.In order to make judgments in accordance with the true intention of the parties,judges in China may classify the letters of comfort by reasonable deduction according to the relevant evidence.