The interpretation of an \u27\u27Act of God\u27\u27 from the Hague Rules

Autor analizira pravne učinke jednog od izuzetih slučajeva (excepted perils) iz Haških pravila - \u27\u27Act of God\u27\u27. U odnosu na recepciju tog engleskog izraza uspoređuju se rješenja iz talijanskog, frnacuskog i sovjetskog zakonodavstva, koji ga svrstavaju po pojam viša sila ili pod pojam slučaja jer u teoriji i u judikaturi taj pojam nije strogo definiran. Naš Zakon o pomorskoj i unutrašnjoj plovidbi upotrijebio je jasniju i precizniju formulaciju \u27\u27viša sila\u27\u27, koju valja tumačiti kao vanjski, nepredvidljiv i neotklonjiv događaj, bez obzira je li u pitanju prirodni događaj ili ljudsko djelo.The paper is an analysis of the legal effects of an Act of God, one of the \u27\u27excepted perils\u27\u27 cited in the Hague Rules. A comparison is made between the solutions contained in the Italian, French and Soviet legislation since this term has been adopted from the Hague Rules either as a \u27\u27force majeure\u27\u27 or an \u27\u27accident\u27\u27 because in the theory and judicature it is not strictly defined. Our Maritime and Inland Navigation Law uses a clearer and more precise formulation of \u27\u27force majeure\u27\u27, which should be understood as an exterior, unforeseen and inevitable event caused by man or natur