Carver on Bills of Lading  3ed

Carver on Bills of Lading 3ed

By Guenter Treitel QC, Francis Reynolds QC

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Date: 31/01/2012

Code: 9780414048522

Sweet & Maxwell, UNITED KINGDOM

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Description

This popular title supplies definitive and up-to-date guidance on all aspects of the law relating to bills of lading. It’s detailed coverage of the nature and uses of bills, including in-depth discussion of case law, builds on the distinguished pedigree of Carver: Carriage by Sea. It covers the ongoing impact in the courts of the most recent legislation – the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1992 and the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 – and also provides expert commentary on the Hague-Visby Rules. Carver on Bills of Lading:
  • Deals with all dimensions of bills of lading – as contracts, as receipts and as documents of title
  • Covers related documents such as sea waybills and multimodal transport documents
  • Shows how the principles of the law have been applied by the courts via in-depth commentary on old and recent case law
  • Explains the impact of numerous recent cases
  • Reproduces the text of principal statutes so they can be consulted easily
  • Covers international conventions governing bills of lading.
Jurisdiction: International

Table of Contents

  • 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.

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