Carriage of Goods by Sea
6th edition
By John F. Wilson
September 2007
Pearson Education
Distributed By Trans-Atlantic Publication
ISBN: 9781405846691
584 pages, 6 5/8 x 9 1/2"
$119.50 paper original
OUT OF PRINT
This is the definitive textbook on this important area of international trade law and is suitable for both undergraduate and postgraduate students. Written by an expert in the field, it provides an in-depth and critical survey of all aspects of the law relating to carriage of goods by sea.
Contents
PART ONE: GENERAL INTRODUCTION
1. Introduction
2. Implied obligations in a contract of affreightment
PART TWO: CHARTERPARTIES
3. The voyage charter party
4. The time charter party
PART THREE: BILLS OF LADING
5. Bills of lading and their functions
6. Application of the Hague/Visby rules
7. Bills of lading - The Hamburg rules
8. Bills of lading issued under charter parties
9. Problems of combined transport
PART FOUR: COMMON ASPECTS OF CONTRACTS OF AFFREIGHTMENT
10. Exceptions
11. Limitation of liability
12. Freight
13. Ship owners' liens
PART FIVE: DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
14. Dispute settlement
15. Breach of Contract
APPENDICES
Appendix 1: Bills of Lading Act 1855
Appendix 2: The Hague Rules 1924
Appendix 3: Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1971
Appendix 4: Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1992
Appendix 5: Hamburg Rules 1978
Appendix 6: CMI Uniform Rules for Sea Waybills
Appendix 7: CMI Rules for Electronic Bills of Lading
Appendix 8: Barecon 89 Charter
Appendix 9: Gencon Charter
Appendix 10: Shellvoy Charter
Appendix 11: Baltime Charter
Appendix 12: New York Produce Exchange (NYPE 46)
Appendix 13: NYPE 93 Charter
Appendix 14: Shelltime Charter
Appendix 15: Conlinebill
Appendix 16: Congenbill
Appendix 17: P & O Nedlloyd Bill
Appendix 18: GCBS Short Form Bill
Appendix 19: Combiconbill
Appendix 20. GCBS Waybill
Appendix 21: P & O Nedlloyd Waybill
Features
· Concentrates
largely on charter parties and bills of lading
· Attention is
also given to new forms of documentation
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