The IMO International Maritime Law Institute proudly announced the launch of the book entitled “Transport Law on Passenger Rights”, which was edited and co-authored by Professor Marko Pavliha (Professor of International Maritime Law, Transport Law, and Insurance Law at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Maritime Studies and
Transportation, Portorož, Slovenia), in July 2021. Professor Pavliha is also a longstanding Visiting Professor at IMLI and a Member of the IMLI Governing Board. The book “Transport Law on Passenger Rights”, which was produced on Professor Marko Pavliha’s initiative, as articulated by Professor Attard in the Foreword to the Book, forms part of the book series "IMLI Studies in International Maritime Law". The book series, published by Routledge simultaneously in London and New York, is dedicated to the publishing of original, scholarly contributions that analyze key issues in international maritime law, which are of interest to an audience of students, scholars and practitioners in international maritime law.
Other contributors to the book are Professor David Attard (Director, IMLI), Professor Norman A. Martínez Gutiérrez, (Professor, IMLI), Professor Janja Hojnik, (Professor, University of Maribor, Slovenia), Judge Marko Ilešič (Judge and President of Chamber at the Court of Justice of the European Union, Luxembourg), Dr. Ángeles Jiménez García-Carriazo (The Nippon Foundation Lecturer on Global Ocean Governance, IMLI), Ms. Gaja Ana Pavliha, (Attaché, Assistant Legal Adviser, Permanent Representation of the Republic of Slovenia to the EU, Brussels, Belgium), and Professor Patrick Vlačič (Associate Professor,
University of Ljubljana, Portorož, Slovenia).
The book offers a rich study on transport law and its human dimension reflected particularly in the protection of passenger rights and represents an important contribution to the scholarly literature on the subject. Moreover, its inclusion of extensive state and regional practice ensures its importance to practitioners and academics alike.