Description
Book SynopsisBringing a fresh, comparative approach to transport documents used in the carriage of goods by sea, this book covers bills of lading, sea waybills, ship's delivery orders, multimodal transport documents, and electronic transport documents. The book covers historic developments, current conventions, and thoughts for the future on these transport documents; and delves deeply into the legal issues concerning them. It represents a comprehensive compilation of case and statute law from around the world on this subject. In addition to English law, the book covers American, French, German, and Italian laws, as well as the laws of several East Asian jurisdictions (China, Japan, South Korea). Primarily, the book will be of use to maritime law scholars and students, and lawyers who deal with shipping. It may also be of interest to international traders, banks, and ship masters and officers.
Trade ReviewThis valuable, scholarly monograph represents a unique study of transport docu>ments in the carriage of goods by sea, contributing immensely and systematically to
knowledge and understanding in the respective legal field. The book contains a number
of fresh ideas, and in some parts challenges some of the well-established concepts that are
considered settled in law. The book is a modern and comprehensive textbook and a valu>able manual for solving theoretical and practical problems for all those who come into
contact with transport documents and contracts of carriage of goods by sea.
Dr. sc. Vesna Skorupan Wolf
Table of ContentsABBREVIATIONS PREFACE 1. INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY 2. DEFINITION AND FUNCTIONS OF BILL OF LADING 3. ISSUANCE AND CONTENTS OF THE BILL OF LADING 4. THE BILL OF LADING AS A RECEIPT 5. THE BILL OF LADING AS A CONTRACT 6. BILLS OF LADING UNDER TIME CHARTER 7. BILL OF LADING AS DOCUMENT OF TITLE 8. DELIVERY OF THE GOODS UNDER BILLS OF LADING 9. THE ROLE OF THE BILL OF LADING IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE 10. THE SEA WAYBILL 11. SHIP’S DELIVERY ORDER 12. MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT DOCUMENTS 13. ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT DOCUMENTS 14. FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORT DOCUMENTS
