The author researches the question of determination of applicable law to the contracts for the international carriage of passengers by air including application of Warsaw Convention and Montreal Convention, consumer protection laws, foreign laws and applicable terms and conditions of the aircraft companies. The author analyses inter alia the issues of determination of the content of applicable foreign law and jurisdiction of the courts over the disputes arising from the contracts for the international carriage of passengers by air. Specifically the author researches the issues of application of Russian Consumer Protection Law (as supra-imperative rules).
Contract of carriage, international carriage, protection of consumers’ rights, applicable law, supra-imperative rules, Warsaw Convention, Montreal Convention, jurisdiction.
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