Buch, Englisch, 768 Seiten
ISBN: 978-0-414-04590-3
Verlag: Sweet & Maxwell
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
Special features for the 125th Anniversary Edition include a biography of Scrutton written by the authors, articles and obituaries on Scrutton, plus a re-examination of key historic cases
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Weitere Infos & Material
Nature, validity and construction of the contract; Parties to the contract; Agency; Charterparties; The Bill of Lading as a contract; Bills of Lading for goods on a chartered ship; Terms of the Contract; Representations; Performance of contract: Loading; The Bill of Lading as a document of title; Liability of shipowner for loss of, or damage to, goods carried; Performance of the contract – the voyage; Performance of the contract – unloading; Demurrage; Freight; Time charters; Through Bills of Lading; combined;transportation, containers; Lien; Damages; Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1971; Jurisdiction and limitation of actions; Appendices.
