提单与票据法律性质之比较研究

Comparative study of legal nature of bill of lading and negotiable instruments

提单和票据是人们将无形的财产性权利记载于证券纸面之上,使之成为一个特殊的“物”,通过证券这个“物”的占有变动来实现“物”所表彰的权利转移。这种“权利证券化”的设计,简化了流通程序,促进了交易的发展。提单、票据经济性功能得以发挥的本源在于其证券性的法律性质。故提单、票据与证券在法律性质上存在若干相通、相似之处。本文拟从证券角度对提单、票据法律性质进行辨析、研究。

Bill of lading and negotiable instruments are the special objects on which property right is written. It is easy to transfer rights only through possession assignment, which makes the circulating procedure become simple and promotes the developing of bargaining. The economic functions of bill of lading and negotiable instruments are based on their securities legal nature, so they have something in common interms of legal nature. In this article, the legal nature of bill of lading and negotiable instruments is compared and investigated from the perspective of negotiable securities.