Applicable Law to International Multimodal Transport Contracts for Goods

Abstract

Determination of applicable law on International Multimodal Transport Contracts for Goods is one of high significance issues in legal studies. Existing conventions on transportation are only applicable to a specific transportation. They are not applicable to multimodal transportation. Since there is not a worldwide international convention regarding multimodal transport contracts for goods, it is not easy to determine the applicable law to a given case. This article deals with the applicable law and the method of its determination in regard to disputes arising from multimodal transportation. It also deals with the scope of applicable rules of multimodal transportation.

Keywords

• applicable law
• multimodal transportation
• liability
• contract for transportation of goods
• network approach