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General average, legal basis and applicable law
the overrated significance of the York-Antwerp Rules
|| Paperback || Jolien Kruit || Paris Legal Publishers || met inkijkexemplaar
General average is considered to be one of the most uniformly regulated topics of maritime law. This study concludes that this perception is flawed. The invariably applicable York-Antwerp Rules do not provide a full regime, whereas their applicability is generally contractual only. As a result, questions arise as to which law applies to general average obligations, how the applicable national law is to be determined (taking into consideration the impact of the European Rome I and II Regulatio...
CMR 60 years: time for retirement or future proof
international commercial contract series
2017 || Paperback || Wouter Verheyen || Paris Legal Publishers
On May 19 1956, the CMR-Convention was signed, aiming at providing uniform rules for the contract of carriage of goods by road. The Convention proofed to be very successful and is after 60 years still in force in 55 member states. With this, the Convention provides uniform rules in most of Europe and the Middle East and still contributes to the underlying aim of legal certainty and predictability. Even though the Convention is very successful, there are also a returning number of critiques on...
Introduction to International Commercial and European Law / Druk 3
2021 || Paperback || Marco Mosselman || Paris Legal Publishers || met inkijkexemplaar
The field of international commercial law has gained importance due to the
increasing globalization of economies and international commerce in the last
decades.
This book covers the most important legal issues when conducting business
abroad. The legal environment of the business transactions is the central
theme of the first part. The political and policy risks of doing business abroad
are explained, as well as how they should be mitigated. The first part also covers
European law with a focu...
Hidden Civil Law. How can you know what the applicable law is?
how can you know what the applicable law is?
|| Paperback || R. Westrik || Paris Legal Publishers || met inkijkexemplaar
Lawyers are taught to work with applicable law and to be familiar with the applicable law, they should 'keep up to date with their literature'. Here, in two sentences, the reality and ways of working of lawyers throughout the past century. Past because, in contemporary times, applicable law can no longer be easily 'recognised'. There is a knowing problem related to applicable law of European origin. This problem consists in two main questions: How are lawyers to know what applicable law is? A...
The Legal Position of Terminal Operators in Hinterland Networks
mixed contracts and third parties
|| Paperback || S.H.L. Niessen || Paris Legal Publishers
The legal position of the terminal operator changes by the integration of the carriage of goods between the sea port and the hinterland into his service profile. The terminal operator performs a wide variety of obligations, including loading and discharging, stacking, warehousing, measuring, weighing and carrying goods within and beyond the terminal's premises. These obligations fall into different categories of contracts for which the law provides specific rules, i.e. a contract of carriage,...