Study On The Liability Regime Of Multimodal Transport Operator

The multimodal transport becomes more and more important in the world economic development. As a developing country, we need mostly to expedite its development heathily. From the very beginning, the law of the multimodal transport is eager for international uniformity, however, there is no mandatory international convention existing till now and thus the development of the international multimodal transport is impeded. Our domestic law concerning multimodal transport also appears its weakness before the need of the development of the transport industry and should be revised and improved.On the basis of the principal of traditional civil and commercial law, by the way of researching on the related legal systems of different countries and regions and relavant conventions and rules comparatively, using for reference of theories and ideas of the law and economics reasonably, this aticle clarifys the concept of international multimodal transport, making analysis of the legal status of multimodal transport operator, freight forwarder and terminal operator and the legal relationship between them and the cargo party. Simultaneously, the paper mainly studies the liability regime of the multimodal transport operator and the uniformity thereof. Finally, the paper designs the preliminary legal framework of the liability regime of multimldal transport operator of China and it is hoped to be beneficial to study and improve the liability regime of international multimodal transport operator.