The Law Of Intermodal Transportation: What It Was, What It Is, What It Should Be
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2001-04-11
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Abstract:The United States has assumed a position of world leadership in its efforts to reduce or eliminate tariff barriers, trade inhibitions, and investment restrictions, enabling goods, technology, services, and capital to move freely between states in the international arena. As a part of this effort, the U.S. has sought to reduce domestic impediments in the field of transportation so as to optimize the unobstructed transit of commodities between inland origins and overseas destinations and vice versa. The U.S. also has concluded formal and informal bilateral and multilateral agreements designed to minimize the barriers which obstructed the free flow of commerce between nations, and to minimize domestic restraints on transnational commercial activity. Statutory and regulatory innovation has also contributed to the enormous contemporary growth of transnational activity. This type of innovations are explored in this paper. After introduction, the paper is divided into three primary sections. The first examines the origins of intermodal law and regulation; the second the contemporary legal landscape on intermodal transportation; and the third offers recommendations of several potential improvements in the legal regime.
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Content Notes:Distribution Disclaimer: "This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the United States Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program, in the interest of information exchange. The U.S. Government assumes no liability for the contents or use there of."
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