Transport documents in carriage of goods by sea. International law and practice/Транспортные документы при морской перевозке грузов. Международное право и практика

Издание на английском языке
Transport documents used in carriage by sea, and particularly bills of lading, have been the subject of numerous books. Then, why another book on this topic? This book brings a fresh, comparative approach to transport documents used in the carriage of goods by sea. In addition to English law, which dominates this area, the book covers a number of jurisdictions, such as American, French, Italian, German and several Asian jurisdictions, also comparing civil law and common law where appropriate. There is no similar book on the market.
The book provides a historical perspective of development of transport documents from the first traces that can be found in Roman law to blockchain bills of lading and other modem technologies. This provides an insight into how maritime law has been developing over centuries, while maintaining its fundamental principles and values.
This book goes beyond merely stating what the law is. It delves deeply into some complex legal issues concerning transport documents. The book contains a number of fresh ideas, and in some parts challenges some of the well-established concepts that are considered as settled in law. While the readers may disagree with some of the views expressed in this book, the book may contribute to the existing debates on various issues related to transport documents.

Contents
Abbreviations
Table of legislation
Table of international instruments/treaties
Preface
Table of cases
Chapter 1. Introduction and history
Chapter 2. Definition and functions of bill of lading
Chapter 3. Issuance and contents of the bill of lading
Chapter 4. The bill of lading as a receipt
Chapter 5. The bill of lading as a contract
Chapter 6. Bills of lading under time charter
Chapter 7. Bill of lading as document of title
Chapter 8. Delivery of the goods under bills of lading
Chapter 9. The role of the bill of lading in international trade
Chapter 10. The sea waybill
Chapter 11. Ship’s delivery order
Chapter 12. Multimodal transport documents
Chapter 13. Electronic transport documents
Chapter 14. Future directions in the development of transport documents
Bibliography
Index