The legal aspect of salvage at sea with regard to the sinking of the RMS Titanic

Spašavanje na moru javlja se kao jedan od instituta pomorskog prava, a podrazumijeva svaku potrebnu i korisnu uslugu i pomoć pruženu osobama i/ili imovini koja se nalazi u opasnosti na moru. Potreba pružanja pomoći postojala je od davnina no razlikovao se način njenog reguliranja. Stoga se u radu najprije razrađuje povijesni okvir ovoga instituta i njegov utjecaj danas. Pomno se analiziraju dokumenti i konvencije koje su danas na snazi. Objašnjavaju se opći pojmovi vezani za spašavanje, kategorije spašavanja te ugovor o spašavanju. Pokazuje se na koji način funkcionira pomorskopravni institut spašavanja na moru te se ukazuje na pojedinosti pojavnih oblika naknade za spašavanje. Naposljetku se detaljno elaborira najpoznatija pomorska nesreća modernog doba koja se dogodila na Titaniku. Havaraija se analizira iz kontekstatadašnjeg pravnog okvira, te uključuje poseban osvrt na brojne promjene koje je unijela u međunarodno pomorsko pravo spašavanja.Salvage at sea is one of the institutes of maritime law and includes all necessary and useful services and assistance provided to persons and/or property in danger at sea. The need to provide assistance has existed since ancient times, but the regulation varied over time. Therefore, the paper first elaborates the historical framework of this institute and its influence today. The documents and conventions that are in force today are carefully analyzed. Furthermore, general terms related to salvage, its forms and the salvage contract are explained. It is shown how the maritime law institute for salvage at sea functions, as well as the details of the salvage compensation and its forms. Finally, the most famous maritime accident of modern times, the Titanic, is detaily elaborated. The accident is analyzed from the context of the current legal framework and includes a special review of the numerous changes it brought to international maritime salvage law