NAVIGATE YOUR COURSE THROUGH BILLS OF LADING CARVER ON BILLS OF LADING Sir Guenter Treitel QC and Francis Reynolds QC
NEW 3RD EDITION
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Building on a heritage of distinction in its field, this new edition of Carver on Bills of Lading brings you exhaustive coverage of the nature and uses of bills of lading plus comprehensive case reference and coverage from two of the foremost commentators on this area of law.
Carver on Bills of Lading provides a detailed analysis of the English case law on the subject, of cases from a number of other common jurisdictions and of the common law background to this case law.
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It also analyses legislation affecting the topic and looks to the future in discussing the impact of the Rotterdam Rules.
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The new third edition features coverage of the decisions of the UK Supreme Court and of the lower courts. • The text has been extensively revised in the light of developments since the second edition (2005) • Features new commentary and coverage of the Rotterdam Rules • Includes commentary on the Hague-Visby Rules • Contains coverage of the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1992 and the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999
SOLVING YOUR DAY-TO-DAY PROBLEMS Having Carver on Bills of Lading to hand ensures you have the ultimate resource no matter the bills of lading query presents itself. • It offers you practical guidance and reassurance through commentary on case law and legislation • Organised so that each chapter deals with particular functions of bills of lading • Expert commentary analyses the legal principles relevant to these functions • Covers international conventions governing bills of lading
Nature of Bills of Lading Bills of Lading as a receipt Bills of Lading as a contractual document Parties to the Bill of Lading contract Contractual effects of transfer of Bills of Lading Bills of Lading as documents of title Possible effects of Bills of Lading in third parties Other related documents Hague and Hague-Visby Rules Rotterdam Rules
Sir Guenter Treitel, QC, FBA, DCL is a leading authority on contract law. He is the author of the first eleven editions of Treitel’s Law of Contract and has contributed to many prestigious titles including Benjamin’s Sale of Goods, Chitty on Contracts, Dicey and Morris and Conflict of Laws. Sir Guenter was formerly Vinerian Professor of Law at Oxford University and was knighted in 1997 for services to law. He is Emeritus Fellow of All Souls College and of Magdalen College and an Honorary Bencher of Gray’s Inn. Francis Reynolds QC, FBA, DCL, has been a contributing author to many prestigious titles including Bowstead and Reynolds on Agency, Chitty on Contracts and Benjamin’s Sale of Goods. He is editor of The Law Quarterly Review and a Consultant Editor for Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly. He was formerly Professor of Law at Oxford University and is an Emeritus Fellow of Worcester College Oxford, and an Honorary Bencher of the Inner Temple. He is also Standing consultant on English law to Ang & Partners, Singapore. Hardback December 2011 ISBN: 978-0-414-04852-2 £365 / €530
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