在衝突法的領域中,當一個司法案件牽涉到兩個州或兩個國家以上時,承審法官常面臨到該適用何州或何國的法律來審判該司法案件的問題。眾多理論裡面由Currie教授提出的“政府利益分析”曾引起廣大的討論及迴響,本論文就是以“政府利益分析”為主體,探討該理論的基礎背景、理論本身的利弊得失、在實務上的可行性、還有如果該理論的缺失是可以補救的,我們可以透過怎樣的修正來使該理論更加完備等種種課題。 本文透過對美國相關司法案件的參照與分析來了解“政府利益分析”此理論在美國的具體運作成果、承審法官對此理論的看法以及法官判決中可藉以參照之處。論文結論包含對Currie教授的“政府利益分析”理論的反思與心得、法院判決的佐證還有回饋到我國司法體系後,讓法官在涉外民事相關案件的選法過程中可資借鏡的期許。
When judges are to choose one of the laws of two or more involved states to solve a legal suit, they are confronted with the problem of figuring out the most appropriate and relevant law in the first place. With so many traditional or current theories, Professor Currie’s “governmental interest analysis” remains a significant and still prevailing one. The main aim of this thesis is to interpret the “governmental interest analysis” approach in conflict of laws, to analyze the pros and cons of this choice-of-law approach and find out solutions, if there are indeed some deficiencies or unpersuasive viewpoints of it, to cure this approach of those faults and climb to a more consummate status. However, in applying “governmental interest analysis” to the choice-of-law process, the stances that judges take are not always the same. Thus, through the case-by-case analysis of relevant cases can we have a more clear insight to this approach and get a more objective conclusion. The conclusion includes the examination and revision of Currie’s “governmental interest analysis” and the expectations that the judicial system of Taiwan can also benefit from it in dealing with foreign civil legal suits.