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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Carriage of goods by sea by Stephen Girvin. ISBN 9780198764588. Published by Oxford University Press in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
