国际私法是一门相当复杂的学科,要真正地把握它,必须要有一套科学的研究方法。一般认为,国际私法的研究方法有法理学研究法、成案研究法、历史研究法、比较研究法、综合研究法等,本文试对这些方法作些比较研究.一、法理学研究法和成案研究法第三世界国家由于历史上长期受帝国主义殖民主义统治,国家没有主权,国际私法的发展起步较晚,传统的国际私法理论主要是大陆法学派与英美法学派的理论。这两派的研究方法在表现形式上亦有不同。①因而有人将国际私法的研究方法分为大 Private international law is a rather complicated discipline. To really grasp it, we must have a scientific research method. It is generally believed that the research methods of private international law include jurisprudence research method, case study method, historical research method, comparative research method and comprehensive research method, etc. This paper attempts to make some comparative studies on these methods. Since the third world country under the rule of law has long been dominated by imperialism and colonialism in history, the state has no sovereignty and the development of private international law started very late. The traditional theory of private international law is mainly based on the theories of continental law schools and Anglo-American law schools. The research methods of these two schools also differ in their manifestations. Therefore, some people have divided the research methods of private international law into big ones