约定不明时合同履行地的确定——《中华人民共和国合同法》与《联合国国际货物销售合同公约》的比较研究

在约定不明的情况下合同履行地点如何确定,《中华人民共和国合同法》和《联合国国际货物销售合同公约》的规定存在差异。前者的规定旨在探求当事人的真实意思,确定了"约定─推定─法定"的顺序补缺原则;而后者采取了刚性的规定方式,明确规定了三种情形下合同的履行地点。本文在分析比较二者的不同规定的基础上指出在实践中应注意的问题。

On determination of place of contract implementation when not contracted explicitly--Comparison between The Contract Law of PRC and The United Nations Convention Governing Contract for International Sales of Goods

Difference exists between The Contract Law of PRC (hereafter called The Contract Law) and The United Nations Convention Governing Contract for International Sales of Goods (hereafter called The Convention) on determining the place of contract implementation when not contracted explicitly. The Contract Law establishes an orderly supplementing principle of Agreement-Inference-Stipulations in the light of the original thoughts of the parties; while The Convention adopts a rigid stipulation that ascertains the place of implementation in three circumstances. This article points out the problems we should pay attention to in practice on the basis of a comparison of the related stipulations and an analysis of their difference.