Overview

Arranged thematically and covering the entire breadth of the law of carriage of goods by sea, including bills of lading and charterparties, limitation, admiralty claims, and maritime arbitration, this book 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. 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 feature 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.

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Author:   Stephen D. Girvin (Professor of Law and Vice Dean, National University of Singapore, Faculty of Law)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 18.40cm , Height: 5.50cm , Length: 25.10cm
Weight:   1.767kg
ISBN:  

9780199589913

ISBN 10:   0199589917
Pages:   942
Publication Date:   07 July 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part 1: Introduction 1: The Business of Carriage of Goods Part 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: Alteration of Delivery Obligations 12: Charterparties and their Relationship with Bills of Lading 13: Paperless Trading Part 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 International Uniformity 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 Part 4: The Responsibilities of the Shipper 21: Shipper's Common Law Obligations 22: Freight 23: Shipper's Obligations and Immunities under International Conventions Part 5: The Obligations of the Carrier 24: Seaworthiness 25: Deviation 26: Reasonable Despatch 27: Carriers Obligations under International Conventions Part 6: The Rights and Immunities of the Carrier 28: Liens 29: Exclusion of liability under International Conventions 30: Limitation of Liability Part 7: Charterparties 31: Voyage Charterparties 32: Laytime and Demurrage in Voyage Charterparties 33: Time Charterparties Part 8: Enforcement Issues 34: Frustration 35: Limitation Periods Appendices I: Statutes and Conventions II: Standard Forms III: Signatories to Conventions

Reviews

Overall, the book is a very useful reference work, which provides a helpful overview of almost the entire field of carriage of goods by sea. Donal Nolan, Law Quarterly Review

Author Information

Stephen D. Girvin is a tenured Professor of Law and Vice Dean (Research and International Programmes) 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.

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