Conference Presentations
Frank Stewart Dethridge Memorial Address 1982: Unification of Maritime Law - Universalism on Trial
Published 1982-07-04
Keywords
- carriage of goods by sea,
- CMI,
- Hague Rules 1924,
- Hague-Visby Rules,
- Hamburg Rules
Abstract
In this FSD Memorial Address, The Hon Tan Boon Teik, Attorney-General of Singapore, analyses maritime law as a 'universal discipline', considering international attempts to unify the legal rules applying to the carriage of goods by sea. These include the efforts of the CMI in creating the Hague Rules and Visby Protocol. The author also makes predictions about the impacts of the Hamburg Rules, and encourages an ongoing universalist approach to maritime law.