Présentation de l'éditeur

This book presents a comparative study on various issues regarding legal aspects of cruises – mainly, the importance of the cruise business, the impact of cruise tourism, general and specific rules applicable to cruises, liability issues, cruise passengers as consumers, package travel, labor rules for cruise workers, relevant rules on ports (e.g. on taxes, costs and rates charged to cruises in different ports), rules on the environmental impact of cruises, jurisdiction, arbitration, and choice of law in cruise contracts, and general conditions used by companies offering cruise services – in order to identify the current sources of law on these matters and determine whether or not they are appropriate and sufficient. Combining a general report with individual national reports, the book offers not only a general overview, but also the perspectives of selected jurisdictions in the Americas, Europe and Asia, namely: Argentina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Japan, Poland, Romania, Spain, Turkey, the United States, and Uruguay.

Cecilia Fresnedo de Aguirre, Professor of Private International Law at the University of the Republic, Director of the Uruguayan Institute of Private International Law.

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General Report

Front Matter

Legal Aspects of Cruises
Cecilia Fresnedo de Aguirre

National Reports: Europe

Front Matter

Legal Aspects of Cruises from a Belgian Perspective
Kristiaan Bernauw

Des aspects légaux des croisières en Bulgarie
Diana Marinova

Legal Aspects of Cruises from a German Perspective
Klaus Tonner

Legal Aspects of Cruises in Poland
Maria Dragun-Gertner, Zuzanna Pepłowska-Dąbrowska

Legal Aspects of Cruises from a Romanian Perspective
Gabriel Mihai

Spanish Report on Cruises
Rosario Espinosa Calabuig, José Roberto Pérez Salom, Laura Carballo Piñeiro

National Reports: North and South America

Front Matter

Legal Aspects of Cruises in Argentina
Giselle Javurek, Martín Lautaro Vega Correa

U.S. Law and Policy for the Cruise Industry
Ved P. Nanda

Legal Aspects of Cruises on the Uruguayan Legal System
Victoria Zorrilla, Horacio Rau

National Reports: Asia and Euro-Asia

Front Matter

Legal Aspects of Cruises from Chinese Perspective
Xiao-nian Li, Si-qi Sun

Japan National Report: Cruise Industry in Japan and Applicable Laws and Regulations
Fumiko Masuda, Shinichi Takano, Takashi Hakoi

Legal Rules Applicable to Cruise Ships Under Turkish Law
Melisa Konfidan

Back Matter