Volume III: Private International Law | Chapter 26 (1996): Transport by Sea and Inland Waterways
Completed January 1994
Malcolm Clarke
1. Introductory note. – The transport of goods by sea or inland waterway is one of the oldest means of bringing men together, as well as into conflict – the conflict of arms and in times of peace the conflict of laws. It is the context of some of the earliest attempts to unify the rules of law. In one important instance…
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Malcolm Clarke,
“I. Contracts of Affreightment – Conflict of Laws”, in:
International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law Online, Edited by: U. Drobnig, R. David, H. H. Egawa, R. Graveson, V. Knapp, A. T. Von Mehren, Y. Noda, S. Rozmaryn, V. M. Tschchikvadze, H. Valladão, H. Yntema, K. Zweigert.
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