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Shipping and logistics law : principles and practice in Hong Kong / Felix W.H. Chan, Jimmy J.M. Ng, Bobby K.Y. Wong.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chan, Felix W. H.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Maritime law--China--Hong Kong.
- Maritime law.
- Logistics--China--Hong Kong.
- Logistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (797 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The maintenance of Hong Kong as a free port and international logistics hub is crucial for its economic vitality. Rapidly expanding international trade with mainland China and Hong Kong has generated significant changes to the shipping and logistics law in both jurisdictions. This textbook provides a general framework for the basic principles of shipping and logistics law in Hong Kong.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Table of Cases; Table of Statues; International Conventions and Other Formulations of International Trade Law; Part I. Introduction; 1. Admiralty Jurisdiction in Hong Kong; 2. Alternative Dispute Resolution; 3. General Legal Principles Relating to Carriage of Goods; 4. Carriers and Goods in Transit; 5. Conflicts of Laws and Choice of Law in Contracts of Carriage; Part II. Carriage of Goods by Sea; 6. Time Charter; 7. Bills of Lading; 8. Functions of Transport Document in International Trade Finance: Documentary Credits
- 9. Freight, Demurrage and Shipowners' LiensPart III. Other Modes of Carriage of Goods; 10. Carriage of Goods by Air; 11. Carriage of Goods by Road and Rail; 12. Door-to-door Service and Multimodal Transport; Part IV. Freight Forwarding; 13. Freight Forwarding; Part V. Transport Insurance; 14. Contract of Indemnity, Utmost Good Faith and Insurable Interest; 15. Policy and Broker; 16. Perils; 17. Included, Excluded Losses and Principle of Indemnity; 18. Partial Loss and Total Loss; Part VI. PRC Maritime Law; 19. The Comparative Aspects of Mainland Chinese and Hong Kong Maritime Law*; References
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-70707-8
- 9786612707070
- 988-220-276-4
- OCLC:
- 649479020
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