Carriage of goods by sea
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Carriage of goods by sea
Financial Times Pitman, 1998
3rd ed
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Previous ed.: London : Pitman, 1993
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Designed to provide a comprehensive and critical survey of the law relating to the carriage of goods by sea, this third edition includes all the changes in case law and legislation over the last five years.
Table of Contents
*PART 1: General Introduction *Introduction *The charterparty / The bill of lading contract / Charterers' bills of lading / The demise charterparty *Implied obligations in a contract of affreightment *The undertaking as to seaworthiness *Obligation of reasonable dispatch *Obligation not to deviate from the agreed route *The obligation to nominate a safe port *The obligation not to ship dangerous goods *The effect of frustration *PART 2: Charterparties *The voyage charterparty *An overview of the charter *The arrived ship *The preliminary voyage *The loading operation *The carrying voyage *The discharging operation *The time charterparty *General legal overview *Description of the vessel *Period of hire *Payment for hire *The off-hire clause *Deductions from hire *Right to withdraw vessel for non-payment of hire *Employment and agency clause *Redelivery of the vessel *PART 3: Bills of Lading *Bills of Lading and their Functions *Historical introduction *Functions of a bill of lading *Bills of lading and third parties *Presentation of a bill of lading *Problems in presentation *Switch bills *Application of the Hague/Visby Rules *Application of the Rules *Legal effect of the Rules *Basic provisions of the Hague/Visby rules *Bills of Lading - The Hamburg Rules *Introduction *Bills of Lading issued under Charterparties *Where bill of lading issued to charterer *Where bill issued to third party shipper *Where bill indorsed by charterer to a third party *Shipowner's recourse against charterer *Problems of combined transport *The liability of the carrier *Combined transport and documentary credits *Effect of transhipment *Multimodal convention 1980 *PART FOUR: Common Aspects of Contracts of Affreightment *Exceptions *Common law exceptions *Contractual exceptions *The Hague/Visby exceptions *Bars to the exceptions *Limitation of liability *Introduction *Merchant Shipping Act 1979 *Freight *The basic obligation *Advance freight *Specialised types of freight *Payment of freight *Shipowners' Liens *Liens at common law *Express contractual liens *The cesser clause *PART FIVE: Dispute Settlement *Dispute settlement *Problems of conflict of laws *Security for claims *Arbitration *Breach of Contract *Forms of breach *Effects of breach *The action for damages *Remedies other than damages *Appendices
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