Cases and Materials on the Carriage of Goods by Sea, fourth edition, offers tailored coverage of the most commonly taught topics on Carriage of Goods by Sea courses. Combining a collection of legislative materials, commentaries, scholarly articles, standard forms and up-to-date English case law, it covers the major areas of chartering and bills of lading as well as matters such as exclusion and limitation of liability. Significant innovations for this edition include: Materials on the Rotterdam and Hamburg Rules, and expanded discussion of the Hague Visby Rules and Charterparties Discussion of some of the most important decisions by the senior courts Pedagogical features such as end of chapter further reading Emphasis on how shipping law operates and is applied in the real world A clear, student-friendly text design with a strong emphasis on research and problem solving This up-to-date collection of materials relating to the carriage of goods by sea will be of value to students of law, researchers and legal practitioners.

Author Biography

Anthony Rogers is Course Director of the LLM in Maritime Law at the City Law School, City University London, UK, where he teaches the Carriage of Goods by Sea course in both London and Piraeus. Jason Chuah is Professor of Commercial and Maritime Law and Head of Academic Law Programmes at the City Law School, City University London, UK. The late Martin Dockray was Professor of Law at City University London and Head of the Law Department there from 1989 to 2004. His first edition of this book was published in 1987.