Carriage of Goods by Sea

Stephen D. Girvin is a tenured Professor of Law and Vice Dean (Research and International Programmes) at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He has previously held full-time appointments at the Universities of Aberdeen, Nottingham, and Birmingham, and visiting positions at the Universities of Cape Town and Sydney. He works in the field of maritime and shipping law, international commercial law, and company law. Apart from this book, he has contributed chapters to books on Liability Regimes in Contemporary Maritime Law (Informa 2007) and on the Rotterdam Rules (Lawtext, 2009). Stephen's research has also been published in most of the leading maritime and commercial law journals. He is a member of the Editorial Committee of the International Maritime and Commercial Law Yearbook (Informa), and of the Editorial Board of the Aegean Review of the Law of the Sea and Maritime Law (Springer). Stephen is an observer to the Singapore Shipping Association's Legal & Insurance Committee, is a member of the Singapore Maritime Law Association and the British Maritime Law Association, and is a Supporting Member of the London Maritime Arbitrators Association.

PART 1: INTRODUCTION; PART 2: BILLS OF LADING AND OTHER DOCUMENTS OF CARRIAGE; PART 3: INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC REGULATION; PART 4: THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SHIPPER; PART 5: THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE CARRIER; PART 6: THE RIGHTS AND IMMUNITIES OF THE CARRIER; PART 7: CHARTERPARTIES; PART 8: ENFORCEMENT ISSUES; APPENDICES