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"Uniformity in international transport law" [2019] ELECD 1049; in Bokareva, Olena (ed), "Uniformity of Transport Law through International Regimes" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) 69

Book Title: Uniformity of Transport Law through International Regimes

Editor(s): Bokareva, Olena

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section: Chapter 4

Section Title: Uniformity in international transport law

Number of pages: 65

Abstract/Description:

This chapter addresses the main theme of the book: uniformity in transport law. Uniformity in transport law will inevitably include all transport modes and not just sea carriage. Such an approach will increase appreciation of the developments aimed at uniformity in other fields of commercial law and help to understand why some conventions and other instruments gain international acceptance and some fail to achieve this goal. Various forms of uniformity and terminology are examined in this chapter. An important question raised is whether it is possible to achieve global uniformity in the law on carriage of goods. Several alternatives will be considered, in particular, whether it is necessary to strive for uniformity in carriage of goods globally and whether it is achievable at all. The conceptual distinction between uniformity and harmonization will be discussed.