Titolo: Carriage of Goods by Sea
Second Edition
Autori / Curatori: Stephen D. Girvin
Product Details
Description
Arranged thematically and covering the entire breadth of the law of carriage of goods by sea, including bills of lading and charter parties, limitation, admiralty claims, and maritime arbitration, Carriage of Goods by Sea discusses the underlying principles of contract, agency, tort, and bailment as well as the business of carriage, and shippers' and carriers' obligations, rights and immunities.
This second and much expanded edition includes a new chapter on the important subject of damages. The contents also benefit from unique coverage of cargo claims including limitation periods, damages, and arbitration.
The scope and application of the Rotterdam Rules is covered in a dedicated chapter, which guides the reader on this important international instrument which was signed in 2009, but is not yet in force. Coverage of the main provisions and changes to be implemented in accordance with the Rotterdam Rules also featured throughout.
The underlying principles to documents of carriage, international regulation, and the responsibilities and obligations of the skipper and carrier are all addressed in this single volume resource.
Features
- The only practitioner title to provide a complete analysis of the law of carriage of goods by sea including topics such as limitation, admiralty claims and a maritime arbitration
- Appendices include standard forms and legislation providing a complete resource in one volume
- Includes detailed reference to and analysis of major recent House of Lords cases including The Achilleas (2008) and The Golden Victory (2007); and major appellate level cases including The Archimidis (2007), The Elli & The Frixos (2008), and The Reborn (2009); as well as a host of new cases decided at first instance
- New coverage of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea (Rotterdam Rules) which was signed since the publication of the first edition
- Expanded treatment of bills of lading including updated references and extra detail throughout, such as coverage of the Conlinebill 2000 within discussion of liner bills of lading
- New chapter on the highly important subject of damages, covering significant recent changes in the law
Stephen D. Girvin is a tenured Professor of Law and Vice Dean (Research and International Programs) at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He has previously held full-time appointments at the Universities of Aberdeen, Nottingham, and Birmingham, and visiting positions at the Universities of Cape Town and Sydney. He works in the field of maritime and shipping law, international commercial law, and company law. Apart from this book, he has contributed chapters to books on Liability Regimes in Contemporary Maritime Law (Informa 2007) and on the Rotterdam Rules (Lawtext, 2009). Stephen's research has also been published in most of the leading maritime and commercial law journals. He is a member of the Editorial Committee of the International Maritime and Commercial Law Yearbook (Informa), and of the Editorial Board of the Aegean Review of the Law of the Sea and Maritime Law (Springer).
Stephen is an observer to the Singapore Shipping Association's Legal & Insurance Committee, is a member of the Singapore Maritime Law Association and the British Maritime Law Association, and is a Supporting Member of the London Maritime Arbitrators Association.
