海运合同的法律适用问题研究

Observations Concerning the Application of Law on Shipping Contract

海运合同是国际商事合同中较为特殊、较为复杂的合同 ,在海运合同中当事人意思自治受到限制 ,传统的法律选择方法不能有效地发挥作用。在国际海运领域则存在大量的国际公约 ,而且事实上国际公约以直接或间接的方法发挥着作用。因此 ,在海运合同领域 ,确定“国际公约直接适用原则”和“适用与国际公约最接近的法律”是既有必要又完全可行的。

Shipping contract, in which the autonomy of the will of the parties is restricted but the conventional law may fail to exercise its effective power, belongs among one of special and complicated international business contracts. There are a lot of international treaties in international shipping fields, which actually are effective directly or indirectly. It is, therefore, necessary and absolutely feasible in shipping contract field to set up the principles of 'the immediate application of the international convention' or 'application of the closest acts of the international convention.