THE PROBLEM OF DETERMINING THE STATUS OF THE CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP (HISTORICALANALYSIS)

Abstract

The article is devoted to highlighting the problem of determining the legal status of the ship’s captain in the historical and legal retrospect. The notion and structure of the legal status of the ship’s captain. In particular, under the proposed status captain understood as defined in national legislation, international instruments and agreements, a system of rights and obligations, limits of liability arising master of the vessel during the voyage, as well as safeguards to protect its rights and interests. The author proves that the elements captain status must include: 1) requirements for the master of the vessel; 2) procedure for becoming a master of the vessel; 3) powers of the captain; 4) safeguards to protect the rights captain of the vessel; 5) responsibility of the captain of the ship. We consider the evolution of the legal status of captain in Ukraine and abroad; highlights the major issues determining the status of captain. The latter, in particular, include: 1) definition captain simultaneously subject to many types of relationships (employment, criminal procedural, economic, international, etc.). Without prioritize its powers in a given area, leading to the need for different rules and regulations regulation for different types of relationships; 2) regulation of the status of numerous international, national regulations and labor contracts and the economic and legal agreements that are sometimes not coordinated; 3) existence of international norms and standards ratified by Ukraine, but non-integrated in national legislation that gives rise to various conflicts in their application.

Authors and Affiliations

Ю. О. Ефіменко

Keywords

Related Articles

ON ADMINISTRATIVE OFFENCES IN LEGISLATION ON CONSUMER PROTECTION

The article is devoted to the characteristics of administrative offenses in the legislation on consumer protection. The author focuses on the international experience of regulation of administrative responsibility for vi...

OPTIMIZATION OF CRIMINAL EXECUTIVE POLICY OF UKRAINE

Today the criminal executive policy in the scientific literature refers to set by the state direction of activities of the state, public organizations and individuals in the implementation and serving criminal sentences,...

ON THE ISSUE OF INTRODUCTION OF THE INSTITUTE OF PRIVATE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN UKRAINE

Given the existing permanent political crisis, difficult economic situation, unsatisfactory general level of functioning of executive and judiciary authorities in Ukraine, we should not expect the significant improvement...

FOREIGN EXPERIENCE CRIMINALIZATION OF CORRUPTION OF MINORS

On the basis of theoretical analysis of the criminal law and codified acts of some foreign countries investigated criminal penalties for indecent assault. The theme of sexual offenses and particularly sexual crimes again...

HIGH SPECIALIZED COURT OF UKRAINE FOR CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASES AND MASS MEDIAS: WAYS OF CO-OPERATION

In the article was analysed the actual consisting of co-operation of the High Specialized Court of Ukraine for Civil and Criminal Cases with mass medias. In the light leadthroughs of judicial reform certainly task in rel...

Download PDF file
  • EP ID EP476738
  • DOI -
  • Views 98
  • Downloads 0

How To Cite

Ю. О. Ефіменко (2017). THE PROBLEM OF DETERMINING THE STATUS OF THE CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP (HISTORICALANALYSIS). Юридичний науковий електронний журнал, 2(), 155-157. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-476738