UDK: 341.225

Marianna Yu. Filippova - Candidate of Law, associate professor, Russian University of Transport (MIIT)

Abstract. International maritime law is deservedly considered one of the most interesting legal formations. Surrounded by a halo of romance, largely based on legal customs coming from the depths of centuries, bearing the spirit of freedom and sailor brotherhood since ancient times, maritime law, like the boundless sea itself, always leaves space for new discoveries. The current paper deals with the issues of the emergence of legal regulation of the labor of seamen in the early sources of maritime customs. There has been studied the evolution of the relationship between the captain and the ship’s crew. There has been formulated the content of the “master's power” of the captain in relation to the crew and its main features.

Keywords: maritime custom; maritime law; ship’s crew; captain; hiring on a ship; power of an employer; The Rolls of Oléron; Hague-Visby Rules; Maritime law of the Hanseatic league.

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