Author : Duygu Damar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (13 download)
Book Synopsis Mehr Freiheit wagen im Transportrecht (Risking More Freedom in Transport Law). by : Duygu Damar
Download or read book Mehr Freiheit wagen im Transportrecht (Risking More Freedom in Transport Law). written by Duygu Damar and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English Abstract: Identity of carrier clauses continue to be generally used in bills of lading of time charterers. In German and international literature and jurisprudence, such clauses have largely been regarded as a posing an agency problem. Further, German case law has considered identity of carrier clauses as an issue relating to the incorporation of terms and mostly viewed such clauses as insignificant. This article looks at the issue from a different angle and examines whether the clause could have justified imposing joint and several liability on shipowners and time charterers/carriers under the contract of carriage, and in so doing closed the legal gap that existed until the 2013 entry into force of § 509 of the German Commercial Code (HGB). The inquiry concludes that the prohibition against partial retentions would not be violated if identity of carrier clauses were understood as imposing joint and several liability and that such an approach would withstand an appropriateness test under § 307 (1) and (2) BGB.
