The period of high industrialisation in the second half of the 19th century marked the beginning of a new era of transnational circulation of goods on the European continent. The means of transport were initially inland waterway vessels and railways, and later in- creasingly lorries. This internationalisation of the transport sector requires a legal frame- work with regard to the goods being transported, the means of transport and the people carrying out these transports. One source of law here can be standardised contractual agreements, with the help of which the players create their own suitable law. On the other hand, there are international agreements in the area of transport law. Examples include the Convention relative aux transports internationaux ferroviaires (COTIF, 1890) or the Convention relative au contrat de transport international de marchandises par route (CMR, 1956) as almost complete codifications of international transport law, which largely super-sede national law and at the same time internationalise it. Added to this is the establishment of arbitration courts, which are taking the place of ordinary national jurisdiction. This created new areas of action; the national European legal systems experienced a "mobility turn", so to speak, which continues to characterise the law today.
The internationalisation of transport law since high industrialisation will be the subject of a conference to be held in Regensburg in spring 2025.
Organisational matters:
Prof. Dr. Martin Löhnig, Regensburg
Conference venue: Institut für Ostrecht
Landshuter Str. 4, D-93047 Regensburg
Registration: rechtskultur@ur.de
Conference program:
8 May 2025, 09.00
Martin Löhnig - Introduction
Edmund Flood - The Association of German Railway Administrations1847-1914
David Deroussin - Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (1890)
Mátyás Szabó - The official activities und function of the European Commission of the Danube (1856-1917) as role model
Andreas Maurer - Privatization in maritime law
8 May 2025, 14.00
Andrea Massironi - Italian Jurists Facing the Internationalisation of Air Law: The First International Juridical Congress for the Regulation of Air Locomotion
Kamila Staudigl - Warsaw Convention of 1929
Paolo Rondini - Protection of public health in international transport. The first International Sanitary Conventions on rail, maritime and air transport
Hiram Kümper - Transnational Interest Groups and the Development of European Transport Law: 'Rheinkammerunion' and 'UECC'
9 May 2025, 09.00
Anna Moszynska - Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (1956)
Zsolt Bujtár - The CEE and Asian railway alternative - the Agreement on International Railway Freight Communications (SMGS)
Christian Franke - The End of the Internationalisation of Transport Law: A Turning Tide of Supranational Law in the 1980s/90s?
Andreas Maurer - Multimodal transport under German law - some problems
Martin Löhnig - Closing remarks
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