On The Elective Of Liabilities

The contract law of the People's Republic of China combined three contract laws has gone into force on Oct. 1, 1999. The law gives many new concepts and principles that did not exist in three abandoned contract laws. This paper studies some of the new concepts and principles and pays attention to the pre-contract liability, contract liability, after-contract liability and its electives with torts liability. The research of this theme shows us that giving the right to choice the suit right to the party of a contract is essential to protect him.The electives of tort and contract have existed in maritime law. This paper studies the liabilities subject to the goods under the contract of carriage, such as the loss of, for damage to , or in connection with the goods covered by a contract of carriage. The result is that the action is more founded in contract than in tort or otherwise.