The Contract of Carriage: Multimodal Transport and Unimodal Regulation [Hardcover]

The Contract of Carriage: Multimodal Transport and Unimodal Regulation provides a new perspective on how to approach the question of multimodal transport regulation regarding liability for goods carried. Unlike previous literature, which has approached the issue of applicability from a strict interpretation-of-the-convention angle, this book will analyse the issue from a law of contracts perspective.

If goods are damaged during international transport, the carriers liability is governed by rules laid down in international conventions, such as the CMR convention, the HagueVisby Rules and the Montreal Convention. Such rules apply to certain modes of transport, to contracts for unimodal carriage. When goods are carried under a multimodal contract of carriage, which provides for carriage by more than one mode of transport, the question is whether these rules are applicable to transport under multimodal contracts of carriage.

This book investigates the rules of carriers liability applicable to unimodal transport, and whether these rules are applicable to carriage under multimodal contracts of carriage, with focus on the actual contract of carriage.

This unique text will be of great interest to students, academics, industry professionals, and legal practitioners alike.

Foreword

Table of Cases

Table of Legislation

Part I   Introduction and Method

1. Introduction

Part II   Current Law and Theory

2. The Carriers Liability under Current Regimes

3. Application of Unimodal Conventions in a Multimodal Context  Status Quo

Part III Analysis