Carriage of goods by sea - Girvin, Stephen (Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007)
The business of carriage of goods -- Shipping documents issued before shipment -- Types of bills of lading -- Other documents of carriage -- Issue and transfer of bills of lading -- The bill of lading as a receipt for the goods shipped -- The bill of lading as evidence of the contract of carriage -- The bill of lading as a document of title -- Third parties and bill of lading terms -- The carriers' delivery obligation -- Alterations of delivery obligations and other problems -- Charterparties and their relationship with bills of lading -- Paperless trading -- Domestic legislation on cargo liability -- The rise of international regulation -- The movement to the Hamburg Rules -- Hybrid carriage regimes and international uniformity -- The legal effect and interpretation of the Hague and Hague-Visby Rules -- The scope and application of the Hague and Hague-Visby Rules -- Shipper's common law obligations -- Freight -- Shipper's obligations and immunities under the Hague and Hague-Visby Rules -- Seaworthiness -- Deviation -- Reasonable despatch -- The carrier's obligations under the Hague and Hague-Visby Rules -- Liens -- Exclusion of liability under the Hague and Hague-Visby Rules -- Limitation of liability -- Voyage charterparties -- Laytime and demurrage -- Time charterparties -- Frustration -- Limitation periods -- Admiralty claims
Includes bibliographical references and index
Keywords: Maritime law -- United Kingdom; Bills of lading -- United Kingdom; Freight and freightage -- United Kingdom; Contracts, Maritime -- United Kingdom; Charter-parties -- United Kingdom; Maritime law