Law Relating to Bills of Lading, Charterparties and Contract of Affreightment

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Description
Maritime activity consists of a triangle having three vertices namely Character Part, Bill of Lading and Carriage of Goods by Sea. They are interlinked and interdependent in the sense that these three aspects of maritime activity provide the necessary lubricant and fuel to each other to avoid frictional complexities. Thus, to have a clean and clear comprehension of maritime activity, we have to have a comprehensive study of these aspects. The primary object of the work is apparently to bring in a concise manner within the easy and convenient reach of busy people the relevant and up to date law in order to cope with knotty problems which may confront them, particularly regarding the construction of the Indian Bills of Lading Act and the Indian Carriage of Goods by Sea Act in the present age of continually expanding international trade. The introductory chapter of the book and the well-arranged appendices are very informative and useful. All latest important case law has been included in this edition of book with full discussion which could make easy the complex questions of law. The book will be a great asset to business, commercial, judicial and administrative worlds, and also to the legal professionals in India
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Contents
Part I
1.    Charter Party
2.    Bills of Lading
3.    Loading, Discharge and Delivery
4.    The Exclusion and Limitation of A Shipowner's Liability
5.    General Average
6.    Demurrage and Despatch Money
7.    Freight
8.    Historical Evolution of Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1925
9.    The (Indian) Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1925
Part II
1.    The Contract of Affreightment
2.    Choice of Forum and Law
3.    Bills of Lading
4.    A Digest on Case-Law on different aspects of International Maritime Law
APPENDIX 1.—  The Sale of Goods Act, 1930
APPENDIX 2.—  The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894
APPENDIX 3.—  F.O.B., C.I.F., and Ex-Ship Contracts
APPENDIX 4.— The Hague Rules-Adoption by Countries Outside the  Commonwealth
APPENDIX 5.—  New Jason Clause
APPENDIX 6.—  Review of the Maritime Law and Admiralty Jurisdiction
APPENDIX 7.—  The Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Act, 2017
APPENDIX 8.—  General Average
APPENDIX 9.—  The Harter Act
APPENDIX 10.—The CMI Uniform Rules for Sea Waybills, 1990
APPENDIX 11— The Calcutta Port Act, 1890 (Relevant Provisions)
APPENDIX 12.— The Bombay Port Trust Act, 1879 (Relevant Provisions)
APPENDIX 13.— Carriage of Goods by Sea (Ceylon)
APPENDIX 14.— Carriage of Goods by Sea (Aden)
APPENDIX 15.— The York-Antwerp Rules, 1950
APPENDIX 16.— "Gold Clause Agreement" British Maritime Law Association Agreement of August 1, 1950
APPENDIX 17.— International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law Relating to Bills of
                              Lading ("Hague Rules"), and Protocol of Signature
APPENDIX 18.— Pakistan Central Laws (Statute Reform) Ordinance XXI of 1960
APPENDIX 19.—Canadian Water Carriage of Goods Act, 1936 (1 Edw. 8, c. 49)
APPENDIX 20.— Sea-Carriage of Goods Act, 1924 (Australia)
APPENDIX 21.— Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1971
APPENDIX 22.—The (Indian) Bills of Lading Act, 1856
APPENDIX 23.— Hamburg Rules, 1978
APPENDIX 24.— Visby Protocol, 1968
APPENDIX 25.— Himalaya Clause
APPENDIX 26.—The Carriages of Goods by Sea Act, 1936 (United States)
APPENDIX 27.—The International Carriage of Goods by Sea Act
APPENDIX 28.—Harter Act, 1893
APPENDIX 29.— Both to Blame Collision Clause
APPENDIX 30.—CMI Rules for Electronic Bills of Lading, 1990
APPENDIX 31.—Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1936
APPENDIX 32.—1961 Geneva Convention (European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration)
APPENDIX 33.— United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
                              (New York, 10 June, 1958)
APPENDIX 34.—Bills of Lading Act, 1855 (Repealed)
APPENDIX 35.—The Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1924 (English)
APPENDIX 36.—Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1992
APPENDIX 37.—The York-Antwerp Rules, 2016
APPENDIX 38.— Bills of Lading Act, 1855
APPENDIX 39.— The Indian Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1925
APPENDIX 40.— The Sea Carriage of Goods Act, 1940
APPENDIX 41.—The Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1925 (Pakistan)
APPENDIX 42.— Cesser Clause
APPENDIX 43.—US Paramount Clause
APPENDIX 44.— Paramount Clause - General
APPENDIX 45.— Himalaya Clause Definition
APPENDIX 46.—The Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act, 1993
APPENDIX 47.— Institute War and Strikes Clauses Freight-Voyage
APPENDIX 48.— Institute Voyage Clauses Freight
APPENDIX 49.— Institute Cargo Clauses (F.P.A.)
Subject Index
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Author Details
B.C. Mitra, B.A., LL.B. of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India
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