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Study On International Maritime Cargo Transport Carrier Liability Principle

Posted on:2012-05-09Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:T DaiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2216330368991585Subject:International Law
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International maritime cargo transport carrier liability governs the principles of the burden of proof allocation, exemption conditions and methods of the responsibility for damages and other major issues, so it is one of the core issues on the whole legal system of carriage of goods by sea. As the international carriage of goods not only determines the shipping industry, but also determines international trade industry ,the insurance industry and other related industries, the shipping industry is one of the seven industries that is the lifeline of national security and the economy, the maritime transport of goods means a lot to countries today, and there is not unanimous responsibility principle in the world, so finding the criterion fitting our country needs to revise advanced legislations, and also to equal to China's national conditions.This article is made up of four parts. In the first part of the article analyses and discusses the basic theory of the carrier transport of goods by sea, at first article defines the responsibility principle of liability of the carrier transport of goods by sea, and then compares types of ocean carrier responsibility principle of other countries, empirical analyses the history of the principle of liability and then finds the function of the Principles of Responsibility in the history, finally the article finds out the value and criteria the responsibility principle should be reflected on. In the second part the article compares the existing international conventions and the legislations of responsibility principle of liability of the carrier transport of goods by sea, by comparison the analysis the article finds that similarities and differences of the existing legislation on responsibility principle of liability of the carrier transport of goods by sea. In the third part, at first the article evaluates china's current the responsibility principle of the carrier, then discusses some hotspots, finally the article finds the criterion fitting our country needs and gives some sound proposals, the fourth part of the summarizes the full text. Through this paper the author finds responsibility principle of liability of the carrier transport of goods by sea personally, so as to give an idea to China's lawmakers who amend "maritime law " so that they can perfect their thoughts, it is my honor to write this article as a Graduate students of law school on the way of China's rule of law process.
Keywords/Search Tags:international maritime transport of goods, the carrier, responsibility principle, improvement
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