This document contains a summer midterm examination in maritime law with fill-in-the-blank and enumeration questions. [1] An obligation requires a juridical necessity to give or render services arising from a meeting of two minds. [2] Common carriers must observe due diligence and are presumed liable for injuries or death to passengers. [3] Carriers can be exempted for natural disaster losses if it was the sole and direct cause and the carrier exercised due diligence before and after to prevent or minimize damage.
This document contains a summer midterm examination in maritime law with fill-in-the-blank and enumeration questions. [1] An obligation requires a juridical necessity to give or render services arising from a meeting of two minds. [2] Common carriers must observe due diligence and are presumed liable for injuries or death to passengers. [3] Carriers can be exempted for natural disaster losses if it was the sole and direct cause and the carrier exercised due diligence before and after to prevent or minimize damage.
This document contains a summer midterm examination in maritime law with fill-in-the-blank and enumeration questions. [1] An obligation requires a juridical necessity to give or render services arising from a meeting of two minds. [2] Common carriers must observe due diligence and are presumed liable for injuries or death to passengers. [3] Carriers can be exempted for natural disaster losses if it was the sole and direct cause and the carrier exercised due diligence before and after to prevent or minimize damage.
I. Fill-in-the-Blanks 1. An obligation is a juridical necessity ! or . ". A is a meeting o# minds between two $ersons w%ereby one binds %imsel# wit% res$ect to t%e ot%er! to gi&e somet%ing or to render some ser&ices. '. From t%e nature o# t%eir business and #or reasons o# $ublic $olicy! common carrier must obser&e . (. In case o# deat% or injuries to $assengers! common carries are $resumed to %a&e been at or to %a&e acted negligently. ). Common carrier may be exem$ted #rom liability #or t%e loss! destruction! or deterioration o# t%e goods by reason o# a natural disaster must %a&e been t%e and only o# t%e damage. *. +%e carrier must %a&e exercised due diligence to $re&ent or minimi,e t%e loss! ! and a#ter t%e occurrence o# t%e natural disaster. -. is .t%e remo&al o# goods or $ersons #rom one $lace to anot%er by a carrier. II. Enumeration 1. /%at are t%e #our 0(1 essential re2uisites o# an obligation3 ". 4i&e #i&e 0)1 sources o## obligation. '. /%at are t%e t%ree 0'1 essential elements o# contract3 (.