Original scientific paper
International Convention on Maritime Liens and mortgages, 1993
Gordan Stanković
; Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Rijeci, Rijeka, Hrvatska
Abstract
The topis of this paper is the third unification project in the field of maritime liens and mortgages. The author provides an analysis of the motives for the Convention, as well as of the preparatory activities, main characteristics, and a majority of its provisions. He points to the legal and economic reasons which, at the beginning of the nineteen- eighties, urged for a prompt unification in the field of maritime liens and mortgages.
He provides an outline of the preparatory activities undertakenby the Comite Maritime International (CMI), as well as the joint efforts by the IMO and UNCTAD on drafting the Convention.
The main part of the paper consists of a detailed survey and a commentary of the Convention's relevant provisions, which the indication of the reasons behind each provision, and a comparison with the provisions contained in the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules on Maritime Liens and Mortgages, 1967, as well as the CMI's 1985 Lisbon Draft Revision of the said Convention.
At the end the author provides a catalogue of advantages and drawbacks of the 1993 Convention, and attempts to assess the chances as to its international acceptance.
Keywords
International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules on Maritime Liens and Mortgages (1967); International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules on Maritime Liens and Mortgages (1993); maritime liens; mortgages; unification
Hrčak ID:
201679
URI
Publication date:
20.12.1995.
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