Original scientific paper
A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE HAGUE AND THE ROTTERDAM RULES
Vesna Skorupan Wolff
orcid.org/0000-0002-1591-7247
; Jadranski zavod HAZU, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
This paper constitutes systematic comparative analysis of the Hague and the
Rotterdam rules. The new and recent provisions of the Rotterdam rules are analysed
and discussed in detail. The author elaborates on important and controversial
provisions of the Rotterdam Rules. Differences between the Hague Rules and the
Rotterdam Rules are pointed out. The object of the examination are provisions
dealing with definitions, scope of application, obligations and liability of the carrier
and performing party as well as of the shipper, mandatory character of the provisions
of the Hague Rules and the Rotterdam Rules, transport documents and electronic
transport records, right of control, limits of liability, time for suit.
Keywords
Hague Rules; Rotterdam Rules; carriage of goods by sea; multimodal transport; unification of the carriage of goods by sea
Hrčak ID:
63261
URI
Publication date:
14.12.2010.
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