The Study On The Legal Status Of Consignor In UNCITRAL Draft Convention On The Carriage Of Goods [Wholly Or Partly] [by Sea]

Although the consignor is a concept of transport law,it is also the extension of the vender of the trade law in the transport law,because the right to delivery of the goods is often belonged to a person who is the owner of the goods and who is usually the seller in trade law.The provisions about the rights and duties of consignor under the transport Law will directly affect the interests of the seller under the trade law. This paper describes the changes of the status and the rights and obligations of consignor in UNCITRAL Draft Convention on the Carriage of Goods[wholly or partly][by Sea]in detail.And on this basis,we focus on the influence of these changes on F.O.B.terms,especially the vendor in F.O.B.and then we put forward some solutions in light of China's shipping and international trade situations in order to further improve the system of the shipper.Besides Preface and Conclusion,this dissertation is divided into 3 chapters as follows:Chapter 1 introduces the consignor system in UNCITRAL Draft Convention on the Carriage of Goods[wholly or partly][by Sea]at length,and focuses on the changes of the rights and obligations of the consignor and evaluation.Chapter 2 describes the various deformations of F.O.B.terms in practice,and analyses the effect of the consignor system under UNCITRAL draft of transport law on the interests of seller in trade and carriage of goods in the traditional operating model of F.O.B.and even analyses the influence on the applicability of traditional model of F.O.B.itself.Chapter 3 mainly discusses the characteristics of the shipper system in Chinese Maritime Code(CMC) and its situations in the administration of justice in practice. And then we put forward some solutions in light of China's shipping and international trade situations in order to further improve the system of the shipper.At last the paper focuses on the analysis of the attitudes and measures to the consignor in UNCITRAL Draft Convention on the Carriage of Goods[wholly or partly][by Sea].