International Carriage of Goods by Road: CMR
International Carriage of Goods by Road: CMR

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Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2014-07-17

Total Pages: 777

ISBN-13: 1317912195

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This key text analyses the international carriage of goods by road under the provisions of the CMR Convention. The updates in the fifth edition include: In Part I on CMR: • Cases on CMR in England • New cases in the higher courts other countries, notably Austria, France, Germany and Holland, many concerned with theft and ‘wilful misconduct’ • Advent of the Rotterdam Rules 2009 and their impact inland on CMR • Electronic consignment notes In Part II on English Domestic Law: Developments in the law of obligations affecting contracts of carriage: • Negligence • Conversion • Contract construction • Good faith • Vicarious liability

The Due Diligence in Maritime Transportation in the Technological Era
The Due Diligence in Maritime Transportation in the Technological Era

Author: Víctor Hugo Chacón

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-10-08

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 3319660020

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This book discusses the problem of sea carriers’ liability, with a particular focus on role of the technologies that have been employed to support maritime transport in recent decades. It examines the Hague Rules, providing an overview of the precedent standard of liability, its historical development up until its application, and its construction at the current time. To do so, it presents two exemplary studies from English and American case law, and analyzes the situations in which the courts have required the application of new technologies as part of the duties set in the current governing liability regime. Written in an easy-to-follow style, the book offers not only an unique overview of the applications of technologies in making ships both seaworthy and cargo-worthy, but also a practice-oriented guide to understanding and making decisions about sea carriers’ liability. It is intended for law practitioners as well as advanced graduate students and researchers in the field of maritime shipping, transport and insurance law

Aspects of the Hague Rules
Aspects of the Hague Rules

Author: Malcolm Alistair Clarke

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-12-01

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 9401188548

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It has been estimated that four-fifths of an carriage of goods by sea are governed by the Hague Rules, properly known as the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to Bills of Lading, signed at Brussels in 1924. The success of the Convention is wen recognised. Its importance is self-evident and such that, notwithstanding its success, it has been the subject of regular scrutiny with a view to improvement and reform. Attention has focussed on various matters, among them two central provisions which are the subject of this book. First to be considered is article X concerning the legal scope of the Convention: to which contracts for carriage under bills of lading does the Convention apply? This question has caused much trouble, was debated by the C. M. 1. for twenty years and was apparently settled by a new Conven tion signed at Brussels in 1968; but the solution may never come into force as the entire Convention is currently being considered by the United Nations with a view to reform of a different kind. The second part of the book examines one of the fundamental duties in the Convention. The ultimate duties of the carrier are duties of due diligence, diligence in caring for cargo and diligence in preparing his ship for sea. It is the latter duty that has been selected for detailed study.