Benedict on Admiralty Carriage of Goods by Sea

Publisher: LexisNexis Matthew Bender
ISBN: 9780820520315
Published In: December 2006
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.S. ? Disclaimer:
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Benedict on Admiralty: Carriage of Goods by Sea provides comprehensive coverage of the admiralty law topic: carriage of goods. All the materials you need to practice are found in this treatise, including:

· concise discussion of every current issue

· explanations of court opinions and their implications

· reprints of hard-to-find primary source material

· charter parties and clauses

Volume 2A
Chapter I Statutes Relating to the Carriage of Goods by Sea
Chapter II Basic Cargo Damage Law: Historical Background
Chapter III Common and Private Carriage
Chapter IV Bills of Lading
Chapter V Contracts of Carriage Governed by the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act
Chapter VI Suits Between Shippers and Carriers; Jurisdiction; Parties; Pleadings
Chapter VII Seaworthiness
Chapter VIII Due Diligence to Make the Ship Seaworthy
Chapter IX Stowage of Cargo
Chapter X Reserved
Chapter XI Care and Custody of the Cargo
Chapter XII Deviation
Chapter XIII Exemptions from Liability: Act, Neglect or Default in the Navigation or Management of the Ship
Chapter XIV Exemptions from Liability: Fire
Chapter XV Exemptions from Liability: Perils of the Sea; Act of God; Act of War; Arrest o Restraint of Princes; Strikes or Lockouts; Heat; Breakage; Rust; Leakage; Sweat; Vermin; Robbery; Theft; Pilferage
Chapter XVI Statutory and Bill of Lading Provisions Limiting Liability
Chapter XVII Time and Voyage Charters
Chapter XVIII Laytime and Demurrage
Chapter XIX Bareboat Charters
Chapter XX Slot Charterparties

VOLUME 2B
Chapter I – III Reserved
Chapter IV Bareboat Charter Parties
Chapter V Coal Charter Parties
Chapter VI Fertilizer Charter Parties
Chapter VII General Charter Parties
Chapter VIII Grain Charter Parties

VOLUME 2C
Chapter IX Livestock Charter Parties
Chapter X Meat Charter Parties
Chapter XI Operation and Agency Contracts
Chapter XII Ore Charter Parties
Chapter XIIA Passenger Charter Parties
Chapter XIII Salt Charter Parties
Chapter XIV Scrap Charter Parties
Chapter XV Steel Charter Parties
Chapter XVI Sugar Charter Parties
Chapter XVII Tanker Charter Parties

VOLUME 2D
Chapter XVIII Towage/Salvage Contracts
Chapter XIX Wood Charter Parties
Chapter XX Yacht Charter Parties
Chapter XXI Grain Shipping Agreements
Chapter XXII Shipbuilding Contracts
Chapter XXIII Ship Sale Contracts
Chapter XXIV Bills of Lading and Miscellaneous Other Carriage Documents
Chapter XXV Shipmanagement Contracts

VOLUME 2E
Chapter XXVI Tanker Voyage Charter Party Riders
Chapter XXVII Charter Party Clauses

Wiswall, Jr.,L. Frank

Frank L. Wiswall, Jr., practices as a Proctor and Advocate in Admiralty from his home town of Castine, Maine, and also writes and teaches in the field of maritime international law. He previously practiced in New York City, Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. From 1979-84 Dr. Wiswall served as Chairman of the Legal Committee of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), a specialized agency of the United Nations headquartered in London; he had earlier been Vice-Chairman from 1974-79. He has additionally been a delegate to many international diplomatic conferences establishing maritime law, including several International Labor Organization (ILO) conferences on seafaring labor, the IMO conferences on Marine Pollution, Hazardous and Noxious Substances, Passengers and Luggage, Safety of Life at Sea, Limitation of Liability and Maritime Terrorism, as well as the United Nations Conferences on the Law of the Sea and Carriage of Goods by Sea.

Dr. Wiswall has served as lecturer and Visiting Professor of Maritime Law at the University of Virginia, Cornell and Tulane, and currently at the World Maritime University in Malm¿, Sweden. He is a Governor and Fellow of the IMO International Maritime Law Institute (IMLI) in Msida, Malta. He has been since 1989 an Executive Councillor of the Comit¿ Maritime International (CMI), the parent body of over 50 national associations of maritime law including the Maritime Law Association of the United States. Dr. Wiswall has been a member of the MLAUS for over 30 years and has chaired three of its committees.

Koster,C. John

John C. Koster is a member of the firm of Healy & Baillie in New York, New York. In 1992, he wrote the Chapter on "Marinas" (Chapter XVI) of Recreational Boating Law which was subsequently issued as Volume 8, "Desk Reference" of Benedict on Admiralty. Since 1993, he has been the Editor of Volumes 2B, 2C and 2D of Benedict on Admiralty covering the Carriage of Goods by Sea, Charter Parties - Forms and Clauses. Apart from his work onBenedict on Admiralty, Mr. Koster has authored numerous articles in various journals regarding aspects of international law and international maritime law.

Mr. Koster is a member of the Maritime Law Association of the United States. He has served on the Committee on Recreational Boating; Committee on Maritime Fraud; Committee on Navigation and Coast Guard Matters; Committee on Practice and Procedure. He is an associate member of the International Marina Institute.

Mr. Koster joined the firm of Healy & Baillie in 1968 and became a partner in 1973. He served as a U.S. Naval officer from 1963 to 1965.

Mr. Koster received a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame (1963) and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School (1968).