2005 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Study on current trends in shipping industry and their influences upon maritime law
| Project/Area Number |
14320016
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Civil law
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
OCHIAI Seiichi The University of Tokyo, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, Professor, 大学院・法学政治学研究科, 教授 (80009852)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
EGASHIRA Kenjiro The University of Tokyo, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, Professor, 大学院・法学政治学研究科, 教授 (20009822)
IWAHARA Shinsaku The University of Tokyo, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, Professor, 大学院・法学政治学研究科, 教授 (20107486)
YAMASHITA Tomonobu The University of Tokyo, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, Professor, 大学院・法学政治学研究科, 教授 (10107485)
FUJITA Tomotaka The University of Tokyo, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, Professor, 大学院・法学政治学研究科, 教授 (80209064)
UCHIDA Takashi The University of Tokyo, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, Professor, 大学院・法学政治学研究科, 教授 (20107494)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2002 – 2005
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| Keywords | maritime law / carriage of goods by sea / marine environment / marine insurance / EDI / bill of lading / oil pollution / UNCITRAL |
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| Research Abstract |
In this project it is intended that current problems of maritime law are researched in terms of transformation of shipping industry where the globalization is deeply progressed through wide spread of flag of convenience and strong competition in global market. Maritime law relates to a lot of aspects of shipping activities, for example, contracts of carriage of goods by sea, marine accident including environmental pollution, finance for shipbuilding and international trade, marine insurance and so on. Analysis of influences of changes of structures of shipping industry and practices upon such aspects is indispensable to modernization of maritime law. This study group analyzed changes of practices in each aspect and their economic backgrounds. Based upon such analysis members of the group tried to propose not only national but also international legislative solutions. Particularly they are strongly expected to contribute to the modernization of Japanese Commercial Code in a few years by the research results of this projects.
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