Scrutton on Charterparties and Bills of Lading

Mainwork & Supplement
ISBN: 978-0-414-03134-0
Verlag: Sweet & Maxwell

Buch, Englisch, 768 Seiten

Reihe: Scrutton on Charterparties and Bills of Lading

Scrutton on Charterparties and Bills of Lading:

- Provides an overview of the legal principles of Charterparties and Bills of Lading based on Scrutton’s original commentary and the accrued experience of previous authors
- Covers the different types of charterparties: time charters, voyage charters, and demise charters, and lays out the nature, validity, and construction of each
- Provides a first port of call for research when both drafting and disputing contracts
- Helps clarify uncertainties in points of principle, illustrating them through a wide variety of case material
- Deals with the contractual and technical challenges involved in the legal administration of leasing a commercial ship
- Covers the 100 new related cases since the last edition
- Defines bills of lading as contracts, and examines the liability of the shipowner for loss of or damage to goods
- Examines the issue of damages for failure to load or carry cargo properly or in reasonable time
- Looks at the consequences of not signing or presenting bills of lading
- Discusses limitation of liability

Autoren/Hrsg.

Eder, Bernard

Foxton, David

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)