Study On The Legal System Of The Contracting Shipper

Strong arguments have been holding about the 'shipper' regulated in CMC as one important part of the carriage of goods by sea. On the basis of the profound research of their history, current status and the development trend, the viewpoint that two types of shippers set out in Article 42 of CMC should be defined respectively as 'the contracting shipper' and 'the actual shipper' is put forward in this thesis. The rights, obligations and the liabilities of 'the contracting shippers' are therefore emphatically discussed and expounded.This thesis is subdivided into eight parts with the first part as the preface, briefing the purport. With Chapter One as the second part, the source, legislative module and the future development tendency of 'the shipper' is discussed. The definition, and identity of 'the contracting shipper' is expounded in Chapter 2 as the third part. Represented by Chapter Three, Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 respectively, the fourth, the fifth and the sixth part, being the core of this thesis, talk about the rights, obligations and the liabilities of 'the contracting shipper' in order. Being the seventh part, Chapter 6 highlights the correlations between 'the contracting shipper' and 'the actual shipper'. Conclusion is reached and suggestions of the legislative amendments on 'the shipper' in CMC are put forward in the final part.