The main purpose of the present scientific article is to build a framework over the scientific elements and doctrine which are going to build the theoretical foundation of the doctoral thesis with the following topic: „The importance and challenges of the contract for the international carriage of goods by road in the 21st century”. Taking into consideration that this contract has a flexible pattern and a wide applicability in our daily environment, occurs the necesity for an analysis of the purpose of the foregoing contract, as well as of the objectives proposed to be realised in the content of the doctoral thesis and of the research methods which are going to facilitate the process of writing the paper.
