Law report database

The iwt-law.eu database is a digital open access law report of national and international jurisdiction of inland waterway transport law and constitutes a remake of the previously existing database of the Institute for German and International Transport Law of the University of Mannheim. The new and updated version of the database enables a simple and efficient search for jurisdiction. Through an improved search engine, data research can be conducted on the base of properties such as file reference, decision type, included legal norms, nature of the court and place of jurisdiction.

The law report serves the purpose of supporting the work of lawyers and the judiciary, as well as the academic exploration of inland waterway transport law.

Since April 2005, the Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine (CCNR), Strasbourg, has been cooperating with the department for inland waterway transport of the Institute for German and International Transport Law. The Chamber of Appeal of the CCNR publishes all jurisdiction through the institute’s database. Iwt-law.eu will continue to serve as the publishing body for future decisions of the CCNR.

The Institute for German and International Transport Law enjoys the support of the Society for the promotion of inland waterway transport law at the University of Mannheim (short: GBM) and the CCNR, thanks to whom the development of this sophisticated data base was made possible.