Selected legal issues of international passenger transport The topic of the diploma thesis is 'selected legal issues of international passenger transport'. The aim of the thesis is to analyse the issues of substantive law related to the liability of carriers and rights of passengers in the international rail, road and air transport. The thesis focuses on applicable legislation of liability of carriers and rights of passengers, but also deals with the legislation proposed pro futuro. The diploma thesis is divided into seven chapters, further divided into subchapters. In the introduction the thesis defines the term 'international passenger transport' and summarises its key legal sources. Further, it addresses the conflict of law rules applicable to the contract on international passenger transport. The core of the thesis is in the following chapters that deal with the direct substantive rules governing the liability of carriers and rights of passengers in individual types of transport, which are contained especially in multilateral international conventions and secondary legislation of the European Union. The conclusion of the thesis summarises and assesses the analysed legal issues in the researched legislation. The first, opening chapter contains the introduction to the topic of legislation related...

Liability of the carrier in international carriage of goods with respect to road carriage Abstract The content of this thesis is carrier's liability in international carriage of goods focused on carriage of goods by road, which is one of the crucial branches of carriage for landlocked states. The introducing part explains basic terms which are common in international carriage, defines subjects participating in the carriage and its possible plurality. Moreover, the thesis presents individual types of carriage and a specific chapter is dedicated to cabotage. The second part of the thesis describes both international and national legislation of carriage contract. This part includes the relation between these two from the private international law point of view. Different types of contracts are also mentioned as another possibility of carriage. Common interpretation is enclosed in the third part with issues of liability from legal doctrine perspective. This part also analyses particular presumptions in generating of liability and differences among strict liability and liability for fault. The liability of the carrier as a main point of this thesis is expanded in the adjacent passage. Fundamental types of carrier's liability for loss or damage of goods as well as for any delay in delivery are found in the fourth...

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The liability of the carrier in road carriage of goods Abstract This dissertation deals with contractual relations and liabilities between parties of carriage and freight forwarding contracts in domestic and international road carriage of goods.The work offers detailed analysis of current legislation (up to 31. 12. 2018) and examines judicial and doctrinal outcomes in national and international - namely German, Austrian and Slovakian - context. The first part answers selected questions of freight forwarding contracts as set forth in the civil code. A special focus is given to freight forwarder's liability for loss and damage of forwarded goods, and other damages caused by a breach of contract. The work also looks at the change of legal and liability status of the freight forwarder enabled by their right to act as a carrier or failing to meet their obligations toward the principal. In offering a comparison between freight forwarding and carriage contracts, this work stresses the common practice of mixing up their obligations, answering questions of legal interpretation and offering a framework for practical application of the contracts. The work further offers a thorough analysis of transport regulation as set forth in the civil code as well as the CMR Convention. It focuses specifically on receiving and...

This thesis defines the most important transport documents used in the carriage of goods by sea. It describes the way how they are used and the functions they perform. The main emphasis is focused on the bill of lading which is mostly used in the liner shipping and on the Charter Party, which is the basis of the realization of the tramp shipping. The thesis gives a comprehensive overview of a complicated international legislation of the liability relations in the maritime transport, which are differently regulated in the Hague, Hague-Visby and Hamburg rules at present. There is also provided a basic overview of the maritime transport risks and the possibility of their coverage in order to reduce the negative impact of eventual damages.