Rad opisuje povijesno pravne odnose u trgovačkoj navigaciji koji su zavisili od stege na brodu, odnosa zapovjednik –
brodovlasnik – trgovac – zajmodavac u vezi s dobiti te plaća na brodu.
Za starovjekovno razdoblje nema previše zakonika koji reguliraju trgovačke plovidbene probleme, a vojni se aspekt
u njima uopće ne spominje. Takvih je pravnih spomenika za srednji vijek puno više. To su prvenstveno naši istočno
jadranski komunalni statuti. Kako se te dvije skupine pravnih vrela nalaze u središtu pozornosti u radu će se dati temeljni
podaci i analiza pravnih spomenika toga razdoblja.
Temelji pomorskog prava potječu iz pisanih izvora najstarijih civilizacija koje su imale potrebu regulirati plovidbu. Njihova
pravna rješenja, preko Feničana i Egipćana, bila su svojevrstan most prema pravnim normama u Grčkoj i vremenski
dalje na cjelinu obala Sredozemnog mora.
Glavni svrha trgovačke navigacije bila je povezivanje različitih tržišta radi izvoza vlastitih proizvoda i uvoza trgovačkih
proizvoda koji su nedostajali na domaćem tržištu.The paper describes historical and legal relations in commercial navigation. From the beginning of commercial
navigation, these depended on: discipline on board; relations between the captain, shipowner, merchant and lender
concerning the profits; pay; the presence of merchants’ assistants on vessels; passengers, including females; the safekeeping
of money and other valuables on board.
As far as ancient history is concerned, there are not too many codes regulating commercial navigation, while
the military aspect is not even mentioned by ancient codes. When we come to the Middle Ages, legal documents
are much more numerous. These are primarily our eastern Adriatic municipal statutes. These two groups of legal
sources are the focus of this paper, which will provide key data and an analysis of legal documents.
The basis of maritime law derives from the written sources of the most ancient civilisations which had a need
to regulate navigation. Their legal solutions, through the Phoenicians and Egyptians, provided a bridge for the legal
norms of Greece, and in time spread along the whole coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
The main goal of commercial navigation was to connect different markets in order to export products and import
goods that were missing on the domestic market
