Australian and New Zealand Maritime Law Journal

2007: Conference Proceedings
Articles

The UNCITRAL Draft Instrument/Convention: From Hague Rules to Whose Rules?

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  • Norman J. Lopez

Published 2007-09-27

Keywords

  • maritime law reform,
  • maritime law uniformity,
  • multimodal transport,
  • multimodal convention,
  • UNCITRAL Draft Convention on Transport Law,
  • carriage of goods by sea,
  • Hamburg Rules,
  • Hague Rules 1924,
  • Hague-Visby Rules,
  • carrier liability,
  • freedom to contract,
  • carrier obligations,
  • UNCITRAL Working Group III On Transport Law
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Abstract

Lopez discusses and develops some of the issues surrounding the law of carriage of goods by sea and the new UNCITRAL draft convention on transport law, asks if the UNCITRAL draft convention is needed, and suggests going on a different voyage to uniformity, in the due course of time. Lopez considers uniformity of the law and freedom of contract, provides a  description of the historical development of 'uniform' maritime law and conventions, and asks, why do we need uniformity and how do we get there?

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