Palmer on Bailment, 3rd Edition

Name: Palmer on Bailment, 3rd Edition
Brand: Sweet & Maxwell U.K.
SKU: 9781847030689
Price: 7608.00 HKD
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Author: Professor Norman Palmer CBE
ISBN: 9781847030689

By Professor Norman Palmer CBE

Sweet & Maxwell U.K._ November 2009

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9781847030689
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell U.K._
Publication: November 2009
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

The 3rd Edition of Bailment:

Analyses a vast range of transactions, covering not only those bailments that are negotiated on a commercial basis but also those that occur without the consent of the owner and those that carry no formal remuneration
Shows the impact of bailment on other fields of civil obligation
Explores the relation between bailment and possession at large
Captures and interprets all the latest developments covering areas including bailment and limitation periods, insurance, intangible property, the human body and animals as well as transmissible leases of chattels
Provides guidance on litigation and pleading, offering a new chapter on practice and procedure, with expert guidance on the pleading of bailment claims and the machinery of court documents
Covers the common law jurisdictions
Includes commentary on a wealth of case law
Frequently cited in court

CONSTITUTION AND CONTENT

The nature and elements of bailment
Identifying the bailor
Classifications and Distinctions
Bailment and possessory title
Possession and permission
Possession and knowledge
Service, agency and possession
Bailment, Mixtures and Fixtures
Gratuitous bailments and bailments for reward

PARTICULAR BAILMENTS - BAILMENT WITHOUT REWARD

Depositum or gratuitous safekeeping
Mandatum or gratuitous work and labour
Commodatum or gratuitous loan
Involuntary bailment

PARTICULAR BAILMENTS - BAILMENT FOR REWARD

Hire of custody
Hire of work and labour
Carriage: general principles
Road carriage
Rail carriage
Carriage by air
Bailment and shipping contracts
Hire of chattels
Pledge

SPECIAL MODES OF CREATION

Extended and Constructive Bailments: Sub-bailment, Substitutional Bailment and Quasi-Bailment
Transmissible leases of chattels
Bailment by Attornment
Finders and other unrequested keepers
Innkeepers
Boarding house keepers

SPECIAL CLASSES OF SUBJECT MATTER

Bailment and the human body: Human remains, human tissue and human Products
Intangible property
Animals

BAILMENT AND OTHER HEADS OF OBLIGATION

Bailment and equity
Bailment and restitution
Bailment and taxation
Bailment, crime and proceeds of crime

REDRESS, REMEDIES, RESOLUTION AND ENFORCEMENT

Bailment and third parties
Bailment and Damages
Exclusion clauses
Bailments and insurance
Limitation periods
Insolvency and possessory securities
Bailment in the conflict of laws
Practice and procedure in bailment claims

APPENDICES

Res ipsa loquitur and the burden of proof in bailment
The Common law term as to safety and fitness for use under contracts for the hire of goods
Bailment and covenants with chattels