Multimodal Transport Law

<p>An accessible introduction to multimodal contracts of carriage, <em>Multimodal Transport Law</em> works from general principles toward specific, technical problems. Adopting an international approach, it addresses such key topics as:</p><ul> <li>Contracts of carriage</li> <li>Transport documents</li> <li>The parties to a contract of carriage</li> <li>International conventions on the carriage of goods</li> <li>Multimodal situations covered by unimodal conventions</li> <li>Conflict of laws</li> <li>The rules applicable to the individual legs of multimodal contracts of carriage</li> <li>The Rotterdam Rules</li> </ul><p>Providing a close examination of the relevant rules, regulations and case law, this is essential reading for law students, useful for claims handlers and practitioners, and of interest for academics and legislators seeking a better appreciation of multimodal contracts of carriage. </p> <ol> <li>Introduction</li> <p> </p> <li>Contracts of carriage</li> <p> </p> <li>Transport documents</li> <p> </p> <li>The parties to the contract of carriage</li> <p> </p> <li>International conventions on the carriage of goods</li> <p> </p> <li>Multimodal situations governed by unimodal conventions</li> <p> </p> <li>The law applicable in the absence of a mandatory convention</li> <p> </p> <li>The rules applicable to the individual legs of multimodal contracts of carriage</li> <p> </p> <li>The Rotterdam Rules</li> </ol><p><i>Annexes </i></p><p>1 <i>Uniform Rules Concerning the Contract of International Carriage of Goods by Rail (CIM – Appendix B to the Convention) (CIM 1999)</i></p><p><i>2 </i><i>The Hague Rules as Amended by the Brussels Protocol 1968 (HVR)</i></p><p>3 <i>Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air (MC)</i></p><p>4 <i>The Convention relative au contrat de transport international des Marchandises par Route (CMR)</i></p><p>5 <i>Budapest Convention on the Contract for the Carriage of Goods by Inland Waterway (CMNI) </i></p>