Univ., Diss.--Zugl.: Nantes, 2005.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Rutgers University, 2009. / "Graduate Program in Global Affairs." Includes bibliographical references (p. 158-161).

The growing recognition of obligation of Good Faith in contract law has only increased the debate surrounding this concept and its ramification on contract. The uneasiness about Good Faith should be attributed to the fact that Good Faith is an open norm or vague standard, which in practice means judicial law making. Furthermore, Good Faith suggests the teleological method of interpretation of contract and legislation in determining the rights and the duties of the parties to a contract. This, it is argued, would contradict the importance of certainty, private autonomy and commercial stability. The thesis presents the development and functions of Good Faith, in different jurisdiction, civil and common. It elaborates the arguments and counterarguments in the Good Faith debate from the context of major civil law and common law features. This will be mainly illustrated by maritime law related contracts. Finally, Good Faith in a possible uniform transnational maritime law will be discussed.

The "United Nations Convention on Carriage of Goods by Sea, 1978", referred to as the "Hamburg Rules", will enter into force between the Contracting States on the 1st November 1992. / This thesis examines the first five articles of the Convention and principally intends to depict their working in a structured and clear manner. It further reveals that their drafters primarily aimed: (1) at adjusting the distribution of the risks of sea-carriage between carrier and cargo-interest, which prevails under the "Hague Rules", to its contemporary legal and factual environment and (2) at promoting uniformity and certainty in the application of the Convention, as compared to the "Hague Rules". / The Convention indeed significantly, as compared to these "Hague Rules", strengthens the fault-based liability of the carrier and expands the documentary, geographic and temporal scope of application of the mandatory regime that both of these conventions contain.

Transport of oil or other hazardous substances by sea constitutes the backbone of the world economy. The fiscal benefits and dependence on the transport of oil and other substances by sea outweigh the dangers associated with the carriage of such substances by sea, especially the pollution of the marine environment. Although the absolute answer for the protection of the marine environment may be to prohibit the harm-producing activities altogether, and to turn to alternative energy-resources, it seems very unlikely that this will be the case in the near future. / The feasible solution for the protection and preservation of the marine environment and safe marine transport calls for a liberal approach that redistributes these responsibilities amongst all the related interests. In this respect, this thesis examines the issue of places of refuge, as a measure to protect and preserve the marine environment, and the position in international law on the obligation to grant refuge to ships in distress. It is argued that the obligation to grant refuge, founded in early customary international law and denounced in current international documents, can be reformulated in an environmental context.

Thesis (doctoral)--Philipp-Universität zu Marburg.

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität zu Kiel, 1937. / Summaries in French and English. Includes bibliographical references (p. [v]-xv) and index.

Thesis (doctoral)--Georg-August-Universität zu Göttingen. / "Erläuterung der abkürzungen und literatur-verzeichnis": p. [vii]-xii.

Thesis (M.Law)--University of Oslo, 2000. / Title from PDF t.p. (NIAS LINC, viewed on Aug. 24, 2009). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2010. / Title from pdf file main screen (viewed on April 27, 2010). A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Dept. of Political Science, University of Alberta. "Spring 2010." Includes bibliographical references.