以民间法为规范依据的新式婚姻一度在香港广泛流行。为了尽量避免因新式婚姻有效性问题而生的纠纷,以及在此类纠纷发生之时合理地解决纠纷,香港基于对民间法“势力”大小及其优缺点的衡量,在不同时期里采用了不同的方式处理国家法与民间法之间的关系。国家法或默认,或取代,或借鉴民间法,其结果均有利于预防及解决纠纷。这些经验值得我们认真对待。 The new marriage based on the civil law was once widely prevalent in Hong Kong. In order to avoid disputes arising from the validity of the new marriage as much as possible and to resolve the disputes reasonably when such disputes occur, Hong Kong, on the basis of the measurement of the size and advantages and disadvantages of the " Different ways of dealing with the relationship between state law and civil law. National laws or by default, or replace, or learn from civil law, the results are conducive to the prevention and resolution of disputes. These experiences deserve our serious treatment.