TY  - BOOK
AU  - Girvin,Stephen
TI  - Carriage of goods by sea
SN  - 0198764588 (hbk. : alk. paper)
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Maritime law
KW  - United Kingdom
KW  - Bills of lading
KW  - Freight and freightage
KW  - Contracts, Maritime
KW  - Charter-parties
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
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