This paper compares the provisions about the statutory lia-bilities of parties under voyage charter in Chinese Maritime Code with the theory of implied undertaking under common law sys-tem. By analysis and comparison,...This paper compares the provisions about the statutory lia-bilities of parties under voyage charter in Chinese Maritime Code with the theory of implied undertaking under common law sys-tem. By analysis and comparison, the paper comes to the conclu-sion that some statutory liabilities of parties under voyage char-ter regulated by Chinese Maritime Code are common with the im-plied undertakings under common law, but there are great differ-ence both in effectiveness and in con.tent. ln effectiveness, the implied undertakings under Comrnon Law are all optional, but some of the statute liabilities in Chinese Maritime Code are com-pulsory, the others are optiona1. In content, the statutory liabll-ities of the parties under voyage charter regulated by Chinese Maritime Code are broader than the implied undertakings under common law.展开更多
文摘我国海商法第4章第7节(第92条至第101条)是关于航次租船合同的特别规定,在这些规定中涉及到了航次租船合同的基本条款,为人们制定和理解航次租船合同提供了法律上的依据。 一、制定航次租船合同特别规定的意义 所谓特别规定,在这里就是指在法律中针对航次租船合同的特点所作的原则性规定。众所周知,世界各国的法律在合同问题上一般都尊重当事人的意愿,例如,是否订立合同以及如何订立合同,可由当事人在不违反法律的强制性规范的前提下,自主作出决定,这就是所谓的意思自治原则或称契约自由原则(Freedom of contract)。根据这一原则,各国海商法对租船合同的规定一般都规定得较少,许多具体问题都留待当事人在合同中约定。联系到我国的情况,之所以在海商法中专列一节对航次租船合同问题作出特别规定,有三个方面的意义:
文摘This paper compares the provisions about the statutory lia-bilities of parties under voyage charter in Chinese Maritime Code with the theory of implied undertaking under common law sys-tem. By analysis and comparison, the paper comes to the conclu-sion that some statutory liabilities of parties under voyage char-ter regulated by Chinese Maritime Code are common with the im-plied undertakings under common law, but there are great differ-ence both in effectiveness and in con.tent. ln effectiveness, the implied undertakings under Comrnon Law are all optional, but some of the statute liabilities in Chinese Maritime Code are com-pulsory, the others are optiona1. In content, the statutory liabll-ities of the parties under voyage charter regulated by Chinese Maritime Code are broader than the implied undertakings under common law.
