不方便法院原则在中国的适用

不方便法院原则是英美法系国家采纳的一项拒绝管辖权的基本原则。我国引入不方便法院原则将有利于国际司法协助,有利于降低诉讼成本。在我国适用该原则应具备一定的条件,即我国法院对案件具有管辖权,案件的处理结果与我国利益关系不大,必须存在一个替代法院且由替代法院审理案件更为方便等。不方便法院原则适用程序的启动必须以被告人提出申请为前提,同时被告须承担举证责任,最后我国法院应采用裁定驳回原告的起诉。

The Application of Inconvenient Court Principle in China

Countries of Anglo-American law system adopt inconvenient court principle as a fundamental one to refuse jurisdiction and the introduction of this principle into our country will help international judicial assistance and lower lawsuit cost. In china, the application of this principle should satisfy the conditions as follows: the case is within the jurisdiction of our courts; the results of cases concern few interests of our country; a substitutionary court should exist and it will trial cases more conveniently. Defendant's application is prerequisite to the procedure of inconvenient court principle and the defendant should bear the burden of proof. Finally, our courts should adopt determination to dismiss a prosecution of a plaintiff.