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The third edition of the leading and most comprehensive work on the carriage of goods by sea. It addresses the principles, regulation, responsibilities, obligations, and immunities within this area of English law with reference to case law from other common law jurisdictions and includes a new chapter on damages.
List of contents
- 1. Introduction
- 1: The Business of Carriage of Goods
- 2. Bills of Lading and other Documents of Carriage
- 2: Shipping Documents Issued Before Shipment
- 3: Types of Bills of Lading
- 4: Other Documents of Carriage
- 5: Issue and Transfer of Bills of Lading
- 6: The Bill of Lading as a Receipt for the Goods Shipped
- 7: The Bill of Lading as Evidence of the Contract of Carriage
- 8: The Bill of Lading as a Document of Title
- 9: Third Parties and Bill of Lading Terms
- 10: The Carriers' Delivery Obligation
- 11: Signing Bills of Lading, Alteration of Delivery Obligations, and other Bill of Lading Issues
- 12: Charterparties and their Relationship with Bills of Lading
- 13: Paperless Trading
- 3. International and Domestic Regulation
- 14: Domestic Legislation on Cargo Liability
- 15: International Regulation
- 16: The Movement to the Hamburg Rules
- 17: Hybrid Carriage Regimes and the Rotterdam Rules
- 18: The Legal Effect and Interpretation of the Hague and Hague-Visby Rules
- 19: The Scope and Application of the Hague and Hague-Visby Rules
- 20: The Scope and Application of the Rotterdam Rules
- 4. The Responsibilities of the Shipper
- 21: Shipper's Common Law Obligations
- 22: Shipper's Obligations and Immunities under the Hague, Hague-Visby, and Rotterdam Rules
- 23: Freight
- 5. The Obligations of the Carrier
- 24: Seaworthiness and Care for Cargo
- 25: Deviation
- 26: Reasonable Despatch
- 27: Carriers Obligations under the Hague, Hague Visby, and Rotterdam Rules
- 6. The Rights and Immunities of the Carrier
- 28: Exceptions from Liability under the Hague, Hague-Visby, and Rotterdam Rules
- 29: Limitation of Liability
- 30: Limitation Periods
- 31: Liens
- 7. Charterparties
- 32: Voyage Charterparties
- 33: Laytime and Demurrage in Voyage Charterparties
- 34: Time Charterparties
- 35: Frustration
- 36: Damages
- Appendices
- I: Standard Forms
- II: Signatories to Conventions
About the author
Professor Stephen Girvin is a tenured full Professor of Law at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and MPA Professor of Maritime Law. He was appointed as the Director of the Centre for Maritime Law in 2015 and has taught previously at Aberdeen, Nottingham, and Birmingham Universities. He is co-editor of Maritime Management, Organization and Liability: A Legal Analysis of New Challenges in the Maritime Industry (Hart Publishing, 2021) with Vibe Ulfbeck, a co-author of Carver on Charterparties 2nd edn (Sweet & Maxwell, 2021), and Marsden's Collisions at Sea 14th edn (Sweet & Maxwell, 2016).
Summary
The third edition of the leading and most comprehensive work on the carriage of goods by sea. It addresses the principles, regulation, responsibilities, obligations, and immunities within this area of English law with reference to case law from other common law jurisdictions and includes a new chapter on damages.
