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ISM Code: a guide to the legal and insurance implications remains one of a very small number of works on the ISM Code and the only one specifically addressing the legal and insurance implications. The ISM Code affects everyone involved with commercial shipping. It is the benchmark against which legal liability will be measured - in both civil and criminal actions. Whether you work on board ship or in an office ashore, you should always have this book close to hand for reference. Seven years on from the final deadline for phase one of implementation, this title has been fully updated to reflect developments and industry experience.

A reference work for professionals who are under pressure to provide advice to clients on how EC law effects their business and how to avoid the pitfalls and take advantage of the extended market in any European transaction. Twenty-six chapters cover aspects of EC shipping law in detail and the author takes a commercial as well as a legal perspective throughout. Chapters included cover EC marine environmental law and marine insurance law - freedom of establishment and freedom to provide shipping services in the EC. This second edition has been completely revised to include recent developments, and features extensive appendices on council decisions, resolutions and recommendations.

This guide analyzes on a clause by clause basis the two major charterparty forms, the Gencon and Asbtankvoy, as well as reviewing the Hague and Hague-Visby rules. Throughout the authors provide a comparative analysis of English and American law and include details of all relevant case law and arbitrition awards.

Bills of exchange and bankers' documentary credits are the fundamental financial instruments and mechanism of settlement for international trading transactions. Bills of Exchange and Bankers' Documentary Credits, 4th Edition provides a highly readable, yet in-depth account of the law and practice relating to bills of exchange, cheques and bankers documentary credits. The authors explain how the Bills of Exchange and other instruments work in practice, drawing particular attention to the problems which are likely to arise and how best to resolve them. Furthermore, because the parties to financial transactions are often based in different countries, it deals with jurisdiction and choice of law to enable you to make the most informed and profitable choices.