The Right of Navigation and Development in the Albanian Reality

Abstract

Transport is an important phenomenon in the world and national economy and, as such, the need has long arisen for a better legal regulation with a tendency that goes towards uniformity due to the nature of the transport phenomenon as essentially international and, on the other hand, the traffic flow of goods cannot avoid the impact of legislation with special national characteristics. In this paper we will give an analysis of how transport and navigation law has developed in the Albanian legal reality, what were the principles that guided our legislator in the adoption of legislation in the field of sea and air navigation and how much has influenced the integration process toward EU and the approximation of legislation with the EU in drafting the transport codes. In addition, giving a description of the Albanian legislation in the field of transport, we will analyze the international conventions that Albania has ratified and how these have influenced during the process of drafting the Albanian domestic legislation in the field of transport.