Notes to Chapter Six
1.GUOJI SIFA [PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW] 366 (Huang Jin ed.,2nd ed.,2004).
2.MARTIN WOLFF,PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW 567 (2nd ed.,1950).
3.GUOJI SIFA [PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW] 368 (Huang Jin ed.,2nd ed.,2004).
4.J.G.CASTEL,CANADIAN CONFLICT OF LAWS 347 (2nd ed.,1986).
5.J.H.C.MORRIS,THE CONFLICT OF LAWS 314 (1993).
6.GUOJI SIFA [PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW] 373 (Huang Jin ed.,2nd ed.,2004).
7.J.G.CASTEL,CANADIAN CONFLICT OF LAWS 466 (2nd ed.,1986).
8.J.H.C.MORRIS,THE CONFLICT OF LAWS 354,355 (1993).
9.MARTIN WOLFF,PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW 589 (2nd ed.,1950).
10.GUOJI SIFA [PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW] 375 (Huang Jin ed.,2nd ed.,2004).
11.J.G.CASTEL,CANADIAN CONFLICT OF LAWS 349 (2nd ed.,1986).
12.Bradford v.Young (1885),29 Ch.D.617,at 623 (C.A.).
13.Studd v.Cook (1883),8 App.Cas.577,at 591 (H.L.).
14.Re Williamson (1931),40 W.W.N.416 (C.A.).
15.Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Jichengfa [Succession Act of the People’s Republic of China] (1985) (PRC).
16.Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Minfa Tongze [GPCL] (1986) (PRC).
17.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).
18.Tung-Pi Chen,Private International Law of the People’s Republic of China: An Overview,35 AM.J.COMP.L.,476 (1987).
19.See Xu & Guo,Lun Jicheng de Falvshiyong [On Choice of Law in Succession],ZHENGZHIYUFALV [POLITICS AND LAW] 128,130-131 (1983,Vol.7).
20.Article 20 of the 1959 CONSULAR CONVENTION BETWEEN THE PRC AND USSR,in ZHONGHUA RENMIN GONGHEGUO FAGUI HUIBIAN [COMPENDIUM OF THE LAW OF THE PRC](1959),vol.10,at 224.(https://www.daowen.com)
21.Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Jichengfa [Succession Act of the People’s Republic of China] art.36(1984) (PRC).
22.See arts 887 and 900 of Civil Code of Japan.
23.See PETER NORTH & J.J.FAWCETT,CHESHIRE AND NORTH’S PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW 38 (13th ed.,1999).
24.Zhongguo Gongmin tong Waiguoren Banli Hunyin Denji Jixiang Guiding [Provisions of Registration of Marriage between a Chinese and a Foreigner],in The People’s Republic of China State Council Bulletin 831 (September 30,1983,No.18).
25.Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Shewai Minshi Falvguanxi Shiyongfa [Act on the Application of Laws over Foreign-related Civil Relationships] art.51 (2010) (PRC).
26.Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Jichengfa [Succession Act of the People’s Republic of China] Chapter 3 (1985) (PRC).
27.Id.,at art.22.
28.Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Minfa Tongze [GPCL] art.11 (1986) (PRC).
29.See Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Minfa Tongze [GPCL] art.143 (1986) (PRC); 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] arts.179-181 (1988) (PRC).
30.Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Jichengfa [Succession Act of the People’s Republic of China] art.17 (1985)(PRC).
31.Tung-Pi Chen,Private International Law of the People’s Republic of China: An Overview,35 AM.J.COMP.L.,477 (1987).
32.Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Shewai Minshi Falvguanxi Shiyongfa [Act on the Application of Laws over Foreign-related Civil Relationships] art.32 (2010) (PRC).
33.Id.,at art.34.
34.Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Jichengfa [Succession Act of the People’s Republic of China] art.32(1985)(PRC).
35.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] art.191 (1988) (PRC).
【注释】
[1]Moreover,according to the judicial interpretation of the Succession Act issued by the Supreme People’s Court,in the succession of movables involving foreign elements,the succession shall be governed by the law of the seat of the deceased,i.e.governed by the law of the country where the deceased has his last domicile before his death.Zuigao Renmin Fayuan Guanyu Guanche Zhixing Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Jichengfa Ruogan de Yijian [Opinions of the Supreme People’s Court on Issues in the Implementation of the Succession Act of the People’s Republic of China],art.63,dated Sept.11,1985.
[2]Pursuant to Succession Law,decedent’s spouse,children and parents are the successor(s) in the first order.Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Jichengfa [Succession Act of the People’s Republic of China] art.10 (1984) (PRC).
[3]However,Chinese scholars believe that the doctrine of renvoi has no place in the field of obligations.HAN DEPEI & XIAO YONGPIN,GUOJI SIFAXUE[PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW] 83-84 (2004).
[4]It should be noted that conflict rules for interpretation of a will was included in the previous drafts,however,it fails to surface in the final text.