mentaryisadvocatedbyearlyscholarshipofGermanyandSwitzerland,whilethescholarshipsduringthepastfewyearsareinclinedtothedoctrineofindependence. (c).IftheholderofB/Listhebuyerofthecontractonsale: i).Oncethetradetermsofsymboldeliverysuchas“FOB,CIP,CFR”areagreedincontract,iftheshipperdeliversthegoodstothecarrierattheportofshipment,hisobligationofdeliveryhasbeenperformed.UnlesstheholderofB/Lcouldprovethattheshipperhastheapparentnegligencewhenselectingthecarrier,hecannotclaimtotheseller.It’ssimilartotheissueof“absolutepayment”or“relativepayment”inL/C. ii.Oncethetradetermsofphysicaldeliveryareagreedincontract,Intheory,ifthecarrierreleasesofgoodswithoutB/L,theholderoforiginalB/Lcanclaimdirectlytothesellerfordeliveryaccordingtothecontractonsale. b. IftheholderofB/Listhesellerofcontract: (a).TheholderofB/Lcansuethecarrier: Thecauseofactionone:“breachofcontract”,Nowitisbasedonthecontractofcarriagebetweenthecarrierandshipper.TheeffectofobligationofB/LismeaningfulonlyinthescoreofprotectingthecurrentofB/L.ThewrittennatureofB/Ldoesn’tprotectthecarrier,sothecarriercan’tinvokeforhisownbenefits. Thecauseofactiontwo:“tort”:thereasonisasaforesaid. (b).TheholderofB/LsuesthepersonwhotakesdeliverywithoutB/L. Thecauseofactionone:“tort” Thecauseofactiontwo:“Undueenrichment”.Thereasonisasaforesaidmentioned. (c).IfthepersonwhotakesdeliverywithoutB/Listhebuyerofcontract: Becauseofthecarrier’sactofreleasingofgoodswithoutoriginalB/Ltothebuyerofcontractonsale,thebuyerdoesn’tredeemthedocumentsbypayingtheseller.ThesellercontrolstheB/L,butboththegoodsandmoneyarelost.Sothesellercanrecoverofpaymenttothebuyer. Inpractice,theholderofB/Lusuallybringsanactionagainstonlythecarrierorallthedebtorstocourt,sothecourtisalwaysconfusedwhenplacingacaseonfileforinvestigationandprosecutionorhearingcase.[35] Actually,itconstitutestheunrealjointandseveralliabilitiesofcivillaw.Namely,accordingtothedifferentlegalrelationships,theobligeeenjoystherightofclaimtoseveraldebtorsinthecontentofuniformsubjectofmatter.Nomatterfromwhichdebtorthecreditor’srightissatisfied,allthedebtsoftheotherdebtorswillextinct.Intheory,theunrealjointandseveralliabilitiesaretheco-existenceofrights,andtheobligeecannotonlyclaimtoonedebtorforperformingthedebts,butalsohecanclaimtoseveraldebtorsforperformingtheunrealjointandseveralliabilities.InthecaseofreleasingofgoodswithoutB/L,theobligesofseverallegalrelationshipsareuniform——theholderofB/L,butthedebtorsaredifferent.Thesubjectofmatterofseverallegalrelationshipsisunanimous.Therightthattheyadvocateistheownershipofthegoods.IftheholderofB/Lclaimstoanydebtorforthesubstantiverightsuccessfully,theotherdebtors’obligationswillextinct. Alltheanalysesmentionedabovecanbeindicatedintheformofgraphicstatement: Auxiliarygraph:theresponsibilityattributionandexertionoflegalcapacitytosueofreleasingofgoodswithoutB/L: TheholderofB/Lisnotthesell TheholderofB/Listheseller Objectofaction Causeofaction Exertionoflegalcapacitytosue Objectofaction Causeofaction Exertionoflegalcapacitytosue Carrier breachofcontracttort Concurrent Carrier BreachofcontractTort concurrent ThepersondeliveringwithoutB/L TortUndueenrichment JointtortConcurrent ThepersondeliveringwithoutB/L tortundueenrichment JointtortConcurrent seller Breachofcontract(iftheholderisbuyerandthecontractisphysicaldelivery) buyer Breachofcontract(ifthedelivereristhebuyer) 4. LetterofguaranteeofreleasingofgoodswithoutB/L——Theinterpellationtotherecenttheoryandpractice. FacedtothecontradictionofreleasingofgoodswithoutB/L,itiscommontotakedeliverywithcopiedB/Linadditiontoletterofguarantee.In1983,theMinistryofForeignEconomicandTradeissuedinstrumentintheformofnotice,permittingtotakedeliverywithcopiedB/Linadditiontoletterofguarantee.It’sbeneficialtorelaxthepressureofport,reducetheextensionofshippingandacceleratethecirculationofgoods.Somepeoplesaid“theletterofguaranteeisthelubricantbetweentradeandshipping”.[36]Butrecently,theissueofletterofguaranteeisuniverse.Moreover,the《MaritimeLawofPRC》doesn’tregulatetheissueofletterofguarantee,soitbringaboutlong-timedisputeamongpeople. a. Thecharacterofletterofguarantee: Letterofguaranteeisthedocumentthattheguarantorissuestothecarrierunilaterally.Itbelongstoanoffer.TheacceptancetotheletterofguaranteeandtheactofreleasingofgoodswithoutB/Lconstitutetheacceptance.Sotheyconstitutethecontractofsuretyshipcommonly——anagreementofcompensativesuretyship.AccordingtotheProvision6of《GuaranteeLawofPRC》“Theguaranteementionedinthislawmeanstheactthattheguarantorperformsthedebtorundertakestheresponsibilitywhenthedebtordoesn’tperformtheobligationsaccordingtotheagreementbetweentheguarantorandcreditor”.ThemaincontentofletterofguaranteeunderthecircumstanceofreleasingofgoodswithoutB/ListhattheguarantorguaranteestotaketheresponsibilitytothecarrierbecauseofreleasingofgoodswithoutB/L,andrecoverthecarrier’sdamagesbecauseofreleasingofgoodswithoutB/L. b. Thevalidityofletterofguarantee——theinterpellationtothecriterionof“goodfaithandmalice” Sincealong-termperiod,themosttypicalstandingpointaboutthevalidityofletterofguaranteeisjudgingthevalidityaccordingtothegoodfaithormaliceofguarantor:themaliceletterofguaranteeisinvalid,andthegoodfaithletterofguaranteeisvalidonlybetweentherelativeperson.[37]Thisviewpointisverypopularintherecentacademiccircleandmaritimetrialbecauseoftheinfluenceofsub-section2and3ofProvision17,《HamburgRules》[38]. Butitisdifficulttooperateinpractice.Thecriterionofgoodfaithandmaliceisdifficulttograsp,anddoesn’ttakenoticeofthecharacterofletterofguarantee.OncesomepeoplestressedthataccordingtotheProvision5of《GuaranteeLaw》:“Thecontractofguaranteeistheaccessorycontractofmastercontract,ifthemastercontractisinvalid,theaccessorycontractisinvalideither”.BecausetheactofreleasingofgoodswithoutB/Lisabsenceoflegalbasis,belongingtoillegalactivity,theletterofguaranteeasthecontractofsuretyshipisinvalideither.[39]Thisstandin 上一页 [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] 下一页
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