This is a guide to this rapidly developing area of law, reflecting the growth of containerisation in the carriage of goods by air, road, rail and sea. The work's extremely detailed coverage ranges from fundamental principles of agency and contract law to recent developments in freight forwarding practice, such as the application of electronic data interchange.
* Contains full coverage of the subject's common law, European and international dimensions
* Appendices include hard-to-find contract documentation and excerpts from relevant UK and international legislation
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978-0-421-60940-2 (9780421609402)
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Introduction. Agency. Analysis of the various roles of the freight forwarder. Interests in goods and documents. The causes of action. Obligation of carriers and other principal contractors. Miscellaneous issues. Appendices of documents and legislation.
