Australian and New Zealand Maritime Law Journal

1998: Conference Proceedings
Addresses

Frank Stewart Dethridge Memorial Address 1998: Harmonisation of Maritime Laws and the Impact of International Law on Australasian Maritime Law

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  • The Hon Sir Anthony Mason

Published 1998-09-26

Keywords

  • maritime law uniformity,
  • maritime law harmonisation,
  • Hague Rules 1924,
  • Hague-Visby Rules,
  • public international law,
  • international conventions,
  • Carriage of Goods by Sea Amendment Act 1997 (Cth),
  • Australian Amended Hague Rules,
  • carriage of goods by sea,
  • private international law
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Abstract

Mason contrasts the harmonisation of maritime rules with the concept of maritime law uniformity, and refers to the significant departures made by Australian and New Zealand legislation from the Hague and Hague-Visby Rules. Further, the author considers what problems may be created by those departures, the impact of international law generally on Australian municipal law, and the approach which has been taken by the courts to the incorporation of international law, especially the provisions of international conventions, into municipal law.

This copy of the address was originally published in Volume 14, No 1 of the MLAANZ Journal (1999).

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