Part 1: The process of carriage: ; General description of the process of carriage; The Bill of Lading; Charterparty bills; The authority of masters, loading brokers and charterer's agents; Other documents; Part 2: The contract of sale: ; The duties of the parties; Risk and related concepts; The passing of property; Rejection of documents and goods by the buyer; Part 3: The bankers' commercial credit: ; Bankers' commercial credit described in general terms; Uniform customs and practice on banker's commercial credits; The documents; The duty to provide a reliable and solvent paymaster; Part 4: Carriage: ; The Bills of Lading Act 1855, section 1; Brandt v. Liverpool contracts; Tort actions against carriers; Common law rights and duties of carriers; The Hague-Visby rules; Exemption clauses and third parties; Part 5: The future of the bill of lading: ; Fraud; Combined transport, fast ships and containers.
