Reforme njemačkog prava provedene 1998. godine obuhvatile su trgovačko, arbitražno i transportno pravo. O ovom radu, autor ispituje ovo posljednje, baveći se pitanjima: koji je ratio reforme i kakve je posljedice imala na njemački transport u praksi, na koji način je reforma provedena, te kakve su mogućnosti provođenja slične reforme u hrvatskom transportnom pravu. Autor daje presjek glavnih problema koji su utjecali na promjene, načela na kojima se reforma zasnivala, te normi u kojima su se ta načela konkretizirala, uspoređujući ih s međunarodnim uređenjem. Osobit naglasak stavljen je na prijevoz tereta, pitanja odgovornosti prijevoznika za štetu te na mogućnost stranaka da autonomno reguliraju pojedine odnose. Posebno se ispituje multimodalni prijevoz, uz osvrt na prijevoz u kojemu se značajan dio provodi brodom.Reforms of German law of 1998 encompassed commercial, arbitration and transport law. In this paper, the author examines the last, dealing with the questions: what is the ratio of the reform and what consequences it had for German transport in practice, how the
reform was implemented, and what are the possibilities of a similar reform in Croatian transport law. The author examines the main issues which influenced the reform, the principles on which it was based, and the norms which implemented those principles, in
comparison with international regulation. Special emphasis is placed on cargo transport, carrier liability for damage and the possibility for the parties to regulate certain relations autonomously. The author also deals with multimodal transport and transport which is
significantly done by ship