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Study On The Legal System Of Operator Liability Of Internaitonal Multimodal Transport Of Goods

Posted on:2012-07-02Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Z P XuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2166330335488268Subject:Law
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Multimodal transportation is the main way of international transportation of goods. The research object of this paper is the legal system of multimodal transport operator liability, which is the core content of international multimodal transport of goods.The structure of this paper is as follows:Chapter One gives a general introduction of international transportation of goods in two sections. The first section analysis the concept and futures of international transportation and multimodal transport operator;The second section clarifies the basic component of legal system of multimodal transport operator liability, including the form of liability, the basis of liability, the period of liability, the period of liability, and the limit of liability.Chapter Two compares three international legal documents of last century regulating international multimodal transportation, including ICC Uniform Rules for a Combined Transport Document, 1975, UNCTAD/ICC Rules for Multimodal Transport Documents , 1992 and United Nations Convention on International Multimodal Transport of Goods , 1980 .The first two sections review the regulations regarding international multimodal transport operator liability .The third section studies the Similarities and Differences among these three legal documents. Chapter Three arranges four sections to introduce and discuss the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea with respect to the multimodal transport operator liability multimodal transport operator liability, pointing out the innovation of this convention.Chapter Four reviews the legal system of multimodal transport operator liability in China with two sections. The first section discusses relating rules in Marine Law and Contract Law, concluded with the summary of drawbacks of the legal system. The second section provides suggestions for the further perfection of our legal system of multimodal transport operator liability.
Keywords/Search Tags:Multimodal Transportation, Multimodal Transport Operator, Liability system
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