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Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this book provides a systematic approach to transport law as applied in Spain. The book describes the main sources of transport law, jurisdiction and courts, state immunity, and the legal role of transport intermediaries, with detailed reference to maritime law, transport by road, transport by air, transport by rail, and inland navigation. A special chapter is devoted to multimodal transport. Among the elements of transport law considered are the legal status of the vessel; its acquisition, ownership, and registration; vessel liens and mortgages; the position of master and crew; maritime salvage and assistance; marine pollution; collision; and carriage of passengers. Other topics discussed include liability and limitation of liability, charter parties, and transport under bill of lading. Case law, intergovernmental cooperation agreements, and interactions with environmental, tax, and competition law are also covered. Its succinct yet scholarly nature, as well as the practical quality of the information it provides, make this book a valuable resource for lawyers handling transport contracts or cases affecting Spain. It will also be welcomed by researchers and academics for its contribution to a field that continues to gain significance in the study of comparative law.

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Juan-Luis Pulido-Begines is a Spanish citizen and has been a lecturer in the University of Cádiz since 1992, becoming a Full Senior Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Cádiz in 2007. He holds a Law Degree (1989) and a PhD in Law (1995) from the University of Cádiz, for which he received the outstanding doctorate award. He has authored more than sixty publications (monographies, articles in law reviews, contributions to collective books) on different subjects of Commercial Law (Company Law, Banking Law, Insurance Law, and mostly Maritime Law). These include the following monographs: Los contratos de remolque marítimo, Barcelona, 1996; El derecho de información del socio en la sociedad de responsabilidad limitada, Madrid, 1997; El derecho de información del accionista, Madrid, 1998; Seguro de mercancías y seguro de responsabilidad civil del porteador terrestre, Barcelona, 2001; Las averías y los accidentes de la navegación marítima y aérea, Madrid, 2003; La responsabilidad frente a terceros de las sociedades de clasificación de buques, Vitoria, 2006; Instituciones de Derecho de la navegación marítima, Madrid, 2009; El concepto de porteador efectivo en el Derecho uniforme del transporte, La transición incompleta, Madrid, 2012; Curso de Derecho de la navegación marítima, Madrid, 2015; and Cruise Ships Law, en Hamburg Lectures on Maritime Law 2011-2013, Hamburg, 2015. Prof. Pulido has been a speaker at numerous courses, masters, PhD courses, seminars and conferences in Spain and abroad and has been a visiting Professor at the Universities of Messina (Italy), La Habana (Cuba), and Gabriel René Moreno in Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia), among others. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the following journals: Anuario de Derecho Marítimo; Revista de Derecho del Transporte; Studia Iuridica Toruniensa and Diritto dei Trasporti. Maria-Victoria Petit-Lavall is a Spanish national and has been working at the University since 1990, being a Full Professor of Commercial Law at Jaume I-University, Castellon (Spain) since 2008. She holds a Law Degree (1988), a Business Studies Degree (1990) and a PhD in Law (1993) from the University of Valencia. Mrs Petit has also been substitute Judge at the Castellon Court of Appeal for fifteen years. She is the author of some one hundred publications, among monographs, articles in scientific reviews and contributions to collective works on various subjects of Commercial Law (Company Law, Banking Law, Insurance Law, Competition Law, Intellectual Property and mostly Transport Law). She has also edited and/or coordinated eleven collective works. These include the following monographs: Legal status of auditing of financial statements, ICAC, Madrid, 1994; Consumer protection credit: abusive credit terms, Tirant lo Blanch, Valencia, 1996; Agreements between airlines in the Community legislation liberalizing the air transport sector, Tirant lo Blanch, Valencia, 2000; Liability for damages in international air cargo, Comares, Granada, 2007; PETIT-LAVALL/SÁNCHEZ PAVÓN, Future prospects of airport management in Spain, Galician Institute of Transportation Studies and Infrastructure, A Coruña, 2008; Air and Space law, Marcial Pons, Madrid 2014 (co-authored with MORILLAS JARILLO & GUERRERO LEBRÓN). Prof. Petit has participated as a speaker at numerous courses, masters, PhD courses, seminars and conferences in Spain and abroad, and she has been a visiting Professor at the Universities of Bologna; San Carlos (Guatemala), UTEM (Santiago de Chile); Gabriel René Moreno (Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia), Autonomous University of Mexico, among others. She is a member of the Editorial Board of the following scientific journals: Revista de Derecho del Transporte; European Journal of Commercial Contract Law; Revista Aranzadi Civil doctrinal; La Ley Mercantil; and Diritto dei Trasporti. She has also formed part of numerous tribunals to judge PhD thesis and of different boards of examination for future professors and lecturers, and she has been a member of the research group or the director of more than fifteen competitively funded research projects. Since 2014, she is the Director of the Institute of Transport Law at Jaume I-University. Achim Puetz is a German citizen resident in Spain. He holds a Law and a Masters degree in Transport Law and Administration (2006), as well as a European PhD (Law) from Jaume I-University of Castellon (Spain) in 2008, for which he received the outstanding doctorate award. Bilingual in Spanish and German and with an advanced knowledge of English, French and Italian, he is a senior lecturer of Commercial Law at Jaume I-University since September 2012. He has also lectured as a visiting professor, mostly on transport law, in degree, Masters and PhD studies at other higher education institutions in Spain (Complutense University, Madrid; Catholic University of Valencia) and abroad (Université Catholique de Lille, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala). He is the author of a monograph on rail wagon law (Madrid, 2012) and has published numerous research articles and contributions to collective works, both in transport matters and in other areas of commercial law (company law, antitrust and unfair competition law, insurance and factoring contract, insolvency law). Dr Puetz holds the position of the academic secretary of the Institute for Transport Law (IDT) at Jaume I-University and is the director of its Master in Transport Law. He frequently participates as a speaker in conferences and seminars on transport law and has carried out research stays at renowned institutions in Germany, such as the Max Planck Institutes for Comparative and International Private Law (Hamburg) and for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law (Munich), or Prof. Dr Ingo Koller's chair at Regensburg University; in Switzerland, at the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law (Lausanne); and in Uruguay, at the University of the Republic (Montevideo).

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