无单放货的法律适用

在将无单放货定性为违约行为的前提下,以我国的国际私法规则为基础,论述了无单放货纠纷的法律适用问题:无单放货纠纷首先应适用提单准据法,在提单准据法不能规范无单放货行为时,应根据最密切联系原则确定无单放货地的法律作为无单放货纠纷的准据法。同时也分析了外国的直接适用的法、无单放货地公法适用的可能性,并指出根据中国立法,不存在根据场所支配行为而确定无单放货行为适用行为地法的可能。

Application of law concerning the disputes of delivery of the goods without the original B/L

This paper, based on the rules of international private law in China, discusses the issues concerning application of law in the cases involving delivery of the goods without the original B/L, which legal nature is breach of contract. The applicable law of B/L should be applied first, if the applicable law of B/L can not regulate the disputes arising from delivery of the goods without the original B/L,according to the doctrine of the most significant relationship, the law of the place, where the goods had been released without the original B/L, should be apply.The paper also analyses the probability to apply the foreign Lois de Police,and the probability to apply the public law of the place where the goods has been released without the original B/L. Pursuant to the Chinese legislation, the paper points out it is impossible to apply the local law of delivery of the goods.