试论航海过失免责的生命力——兼对汉堡规则废除航海过失免责的理性分析

Life vitality of Exception of Nautical Fault -An analysis on the abolition of Exception of Nautical Fault in Hamburg Rules

航海过失免责是很有特色的承运人过失免责事由之一。航海过失免责对国际海上货物运输具有积极的作用而且对国际海上货物运输立法的机制产生了很大的影响,在法经济学的观点下,航海过失免责显示了强大的生命力。对这一过失免责的生命力进行理性分析,同时对汉堡规则的出台的历史时机和条件提出了质疑。

Exception of Nautical Fault is characteristic of carrier s liability system. This paper tries to analyze rationally the life vitality of the Exception of Nautical Fault with the concept of Economy theories of Law on the basis of analysis and appraisal of positive function of the Exception of Nautical Fault, including influence on legislation of the international transport of goods by sea. The paper also questions the historical occasion and condition of the concerning the abolition of the Exception of Nautical Fault in Hamburg Rules.