Notes to Chapter Three
1.See WESTLAKE,A TREATISE ON PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW (7th ed.,1925).
2.See DICEY,CONFLICT OF LAWS (6th ed.,1949).
3.J.H.C.MORRIS,THE CONFLICT OF LAWS 276 (14th ed.,1993).
4.PETER NORTH & J.J.FAWCETT,CHESHIRE AND NORTH’S PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW 605 (13th ed.,1999).
5.Boys v.Chaplin [1968] 2 Q.B.1 (C.A.) 20 per Lord Denning M.R.
6.ALBA MAYSS,PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS 135 (3rd ed.,1999).
7.Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Minfa Tongze [GPCL] art.146 (1986) (PRC).
8.LIN FENG,CONSTITUTION LAW IN CHINA 221 (2000).
9.Zuigao Renmin Fayuan Guanyu Shiyong Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Minfatongze Ruogan Wenti de Yijian [Supreme People’s Court,Opinions on Application of the General Principle of Civil Law of the People’s Republic of China],92 Zuigao Renmin Fayuan Gongbao 22[Bulletin of Supreme People’s Court] (1988) (PRC).
10.Hessel Yntema,The Historic Bases of Private International Law,2 AM.J.COM.L.297,304 (1953).
11.See generally Perry Dane,Vest Righted,‘Vestedness’ and Choice of Law,96 YALE L.J.1191,1194-95 (1987); Lea Brilmayer,Rights,Fairness and Choice of Law,98 YALE L.J.1277,1281 (1989).
12.Zhengxin Huo,Reshaping Private International Law in China: The Statutory Reform of Tort Conflicts,5 JOURNAL OF EAST ASIA AND INTERNATIONAL LAW 93,97(2012).
13.See (2001)-Erzhong-Min-Chuzi-No.3311 [The first judgment of Beijing Second Intermediate People’s Court].
14.See (2003)-Xizhong-Jing-Chuzi-No.074 (The first judgment of Xi’an Intermediate People’s Court).
15.See 2001 Act Regarding the Conflict of Laws on Torts of 11 Apr.2001,stb.2001,190 art.3(3) (Neth.); Einführungsgesetz zum Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuche (“EGBGB”) [Introductory Act to the Civil Code],May 21,1999,BGBI.I at 1026,art.40(2) (F.R.G.); Regulation (EC) No.864/2007 on the Law Applicable to Non-Contractual Obligations (Rome II),arts.4(2),5(1),6(2) & 9,2007 O.J.(L 199) 40.
16.See Legge di riforma del sistema italiano di dritto internazionale private e processuale [Law Reforming the Italian System of Private International Law] of May 31,1995,Gazz.Uff.no.218,art.62 (Italy).See also Symeon Symeonides,Oregon’s New Choice-of-Law Codification for Tort Conflicts: An Exegesis,88 OR.L.REV.963,1001 (2009).(https://www.daowen.com)
17.PETER STONE,EU PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW 340-342 (2006).
18.Zhengxin Huo,Reshaping Private International Law in China: The Statutory Reform of Tort Conflicts,5 JOURNAL OF EAST ASIA AND INTERNATIONAL LAW 93,100(2012).
19.See Tung-Pi Chen,Private International Law of the People’s Republic of China: An Overview,35 AM.J.COMP.L.470 (1987); Henry R.Zheng,Private International Law in the People’s Republic of China: Principles and Procedures,23 TEXAS INT’L L.J.240 (1987).
20.Huo,supra note 18,at 101.
21.Zhengxin Huo,Shewaiqinquan Zhizhai de Falvshiyong-yi 7.23 Yongwenxian Tebiezhongda Tielu Jiaotongshiguzhong Waijishangwangchengke de Peichang wei Shijiao [Applicable Law to Torts—A Commentary on the Dispute between the Dead and Injured Foreign Passengers and China’s Railway Ministry in the Wenzhou Train Collision of July 23],6 FASHANG YANJIU [STUDIES IN LAW & BUSINESS] 12(2011).
22.Koji Takahashi,A Major Reform of Japanese Private International Law,2 J.PRIVATE INT’L L.311,332 (2006).
23.Xiao Song,Qinquan Chongtufa Yibanguize Zhiqueli,Jiyu Luoma II yu Zhongguo Qinquan Chongtufa de Duibi Fenxi [On the General Rule of Tort Conflicts,A Comparative Analysis on Rome Convention II and Chinese Tort Conflicts] ,3 FAXUEJIA[JURISTS]165-166 (2010).
24.See INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT AND PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW: HEADING FOR THE FUTURE 144 (Josef Drexl ed.2005).
25.Zhengxin Huo,An Imperfect Improvement: The New Conflict of Laws Act of the People’s Republic of China,60 INT’L & COMP.L.Q.1065-1093 (2011).
26.JUNJU MA & YANMAN YU,MINFAYUANLUN [CIVIL LAW] 202-203(4th ed.2011).
27.Zhengxin Huo,Reshaping Private International Law in China: The Statutory Reform of Tort Conflicts,5 JOURNAL OF EAST ASIA AND INTERNATIONAL LAW 93,113(2012).
【注释】
[1]E.g.German courts hold that the most favourable law would apply to the victims in this case; Swiss private international law provides that if the defendant’s act occurs in one State,and harm occurs in another State,the latter’s law is applicable if the defendant could have foreseen that harm would occur in that State.See Symeon Symeonides,Rome II and Tort Conflicts: A Missed Opportunity,56 AM.J.COM.L.173,189,222 (2008).
[2]U.K.Conflicts Act 1995(Miscellaneous Provisions),s.10.For detailed information of this section may be referred to: http：//www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/42/section/10),last visited on March 1,2017.
[3]The investigation blamed faulty signal systems and mismanagement,available at http：//www.gov.cn/ldhd/2011-12/28/ content_2032218.htm; http：//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenzhou_train_collision,last visited on March 30,2017.
[4]China amended the Patent Law in 1992,2000 and 2008,respectively; the Copyrights Law in 2001; the Trademark law in 1993,2001 and 2013,respectively.Despite stronger statutory protection,it has to admit that China continues to be a haven for counterfeiters and pirates.According to one copyright industry association,the piracy rate remains one of the highest in the world.Detailed information may be available at http：//www.mac.doc.gov/China/Docs/businessguides/IntellectualPropertyRights.htm,last visited on March 20,2017..