International Cargo Insurance

ISBN-13: 9781843119470 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 816 str.

Opis

International Cargo Insurance examines the law and practice of marine cargo insurance on a worldwide basis, and provides the busy practitioner the information needed to quickly and accurately resolve cargo insurance coverage issues, wherever they may arise. The book concentrates on the law in the United States and England. It then examines other countries with a common law tradition including Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and Australia. The civil law systems are highlighted in a number of key trading nations: Italy, Germany, France and Norway. The book includes chapters on South Africa as well as the People s Republic of China. It concludes with a comparative law chapter concentrating on issues that arise in practice in cargo coverage cases. This chapter also examines how the Institute Cargo Clauses have been construed by Courts worldwide. The appendices include the standard cargo policy insurance terms used in each jurisdiction, some translated for the first time for this volume, as well as translations of the relevant statutes and commercial codes, many not available elsewhere."

Spis treści

1. History and Harmonisation, John Dunt  2. Jurisdiction and Applicable Law, John Dunt  3. England, John Dunt  4. Hong Kong, Colin Wright and Caroline Thomas  5. Singapore, Corina Song  6. Japan, Shuji Yamaguchi and John Dunt  7. Australia, Derek Luxford  8. The United States of America, Stephen V. Rible  9. Italy, Francesco Siccardi  10. Germany, Joachim F. Bartels   11. France, Gildas Rostain, Maxime de La Morineri and Marie Buzulier  12. Norway, Trine-Lise Wilhelmsen and Hans Jacob Bull  13. The Peoples Republic of China, Liu Guiming, Liang Jian and Cai Dongdong  14. South Africa, Andrew Robinson  15. Comparative Analysis, John Dunt