试论中国国际信托关系的法律适用

信托源于遥远的古代,但作为一种法律制度发展起来则是从11世纪的英国最先开始的。在借鉴英美法系和大陆法系信托制度的基础上,中国于2001年4月28日颁布了《信托法》。然而,不无遗憾的是,该法并没有对涉外信托的法律适用作出规定。这对于加入WTO之后中国国际信托关系的发展缺乏应有的预见性,也给人民法院审理涉外信托纠纷案件留下了法律适用的难题。因此尽快建立和完善中国国际信托关系法律适用规范已成当务之急。首先回顾了中国信托法律制度的演变过程,然后阐析了中国国际信托关系法律适用的原则,最后提出了完善中国国际信托关系法律适用的若干法律思考。

On the Law Application of International Trust Relation in China

As a kind of property system, trust originated from England in the 11th century. China promulgated its Trust Law on April 28, 2001 with reference to the trust systems of both the Common Law system and the Civil Law system. However, it's a pity that there are no conflict rules with regard to the foreign-related trust. Therefore, there has left a difficult task for the people's courts to decide the applicable law problem in foreign-related trust disputes. First of all, this article recalls the history of China's trust legal system, and then analyzes the principles of the law application, and finally it puts forward some legal considerations on the improvement of trust application law system of China.