一、国际民事管辖权的意义 国际民事管辖权通常指一国司法机关审判含有涉外因素的民事案件的权限。它主要涉及国际性民事案件在相关各国法院间的管辖权的分配,而不涉及国内民事诉讼的具体管辖制度,如地域管辖、级别管辖等,因而与国内民事管辖权不同。另一方面,国际民事司法管辖权指的是司法管辖权,它关心的是法院如何获得审理案件的权力,因而也不同于立法管辖权。还要说明的是,这里的“民事”一词不仅包括传统意义上的民事关系,如婚姻、继承等,而且包括属 I. Significance of International Civil Jurisdiction International civil jurisdiction usually refers to the jurisdiction of a country’s judicial authority to try civil cases involving foreign elements. It is mainly related to the distribution of jurisdiction of international civil cases among the courts of the relevant countries, but not to the specific jurisdictions of domestic civil litigation, such as geographical jurisdiction and level jurisdiction, which is different from the domestic civil jurisdiction. On the other hand, international civil jurisdiction refers to jurisdiction. It is concerned with how the courts have the power to hear cases and therefore also different from the legislative jurisdiction. Also note that the term “civil” here includes not only the traditional civil relations, such as marriage, inheritance, etc., but also includes the genus