Shipping Law

The content of the present volume may be treated as an excellent reference work which is expected to be useful not only to the practicing marine lawyers but in fact to any person interested in maritime security. With no doubt we can say that this is a major resource for the discussion of virtually all important legal aspects of the maritime security. The book is very well structured making it very easy to use.

Today, there is hardly any other volume on maritime security that would be as thorough and comprehensive as this one. The authors are world respected maritime law experts who have performed thorough examination of both EU and NATO security and also covered important aspects of the environmental protection, security zones, maritime claims etc.

The book shall also provide readers with the coverage of the ongoing issues in the South China Sea region, maritime piracy, law enforcement, blockades, illegal transportation of the mass destruction weapons and many other matters. An excellent reading for the people with the interest in maritime security issues of today's world.

This is the second, significantly updated edition of the present publication from the world recognized "Lloyd's Commercial Law Library" series. Ewan McKendrick, Professor of the English Private Law and the author of the present volume, included the extensive and thorough professional examination of the FM, i.e. force majeure in French Law, a well as the drafting of the relevant clauses, application of the force majeure in the ship construction contract, and application of the commercial impracticality in accordance with the Article 2-165 of the UCC, i.e. Uniform Commercial Code.

The book is a must-have in the library of any marine lawyer. The FM together with the frustration are considered to be the matters of serious commercial interest; however, they were neglected in most of the previously released law books; and in his volume, the author has made a successful attempt to remedy subject deficiency and to perform the critical evaluation of the general principles that relate to the frustration and force majeure taking into account the difficulties. Talking about the evaluation, we would like to underline that the content of the volume does not adopt anyone's consistent line...

The original intention of the Thomas Cottier, the author of this book, was to try and undertake a thorough and detailed analysis of the evolution of equity in the today's international law of the sea. In his publication he focused on the most important aspects of the relationship of legal rules on delimitation and of equitable principles touching all relevant factors.

He explored the relationship of law and equity in different complex individual cases and in particular circumstances which couldn't be easily solved by any of the ready-made, fast and hard legal rules. The author has performed the assessment of the treaty law and the UNCLOS impact, depicting the process of trial-and-error in the law of International Court of Justice and expounding the fundamental principles and factors.

The main focus has been made by the author on equity covering its implications for the legal methodology, offering further practical guidance relating to the international economic law. Obviously, the publication will be of great professional interest to the persons involved in the subject processes regardless of the actual roles they have been assigned.

The last two years have seen big changes in U.S. environmental regulations and, likewise, big changes in the Environmental Law Handbook. The most important change to note is that the Environmental Law Handbook, previously published by Government Institutes for over thirty-five years and through twenty-one editions, is now published by Bernan Press, a leading publisher of government information, and the largest source for publications from U.S. government agencies and worldwide intergovernmental organizations.

As GI's flagship publication, the Environmental Law Handbook has consistently delivered a comprehensive and accessible source for the most accurate and up-to-date information on environmental laws in the United States. Each chapter is written by a recognized legal authority, and although the information represents the state of the art of the field, it is always presented in a straightforward and accessible way and in plain English, with as little legal jargon as possible. Even though the twenty-second edition of the Environmental Law Handbook is now published by Bernan, you can still rely on it to be your top source for information on the environmental legal and regulatory structure and its implications.

As always, you get leading experts in the field, all of whom are practicing lawyers, giving you up-to-date information and interpretations on the major environmental laws. Chapters likewise offer actionable advice for businesses regarding how to comply with new and updated federal regulations. As in previous editions, the twenty-second edition of the Environmental Law Handbook begins with a general introduction to environmental law and a chapter on how the laws are enforced before delving into individual environmental laws and issues.

Several chapters have been extensively updated, including the chapters on the Clean Air Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, climate change, pesticides, and the Comprehensive Environmental Resource, Compensation, and Liability Act.

Introduction; Abbreviations; Historical and present perspective; Table of treaties & other international instruments; Table of cases; The settlement procedure under UNCLOS - General obligations and preliminary means of dispute settlement; Limitations on/optional exceptions to applicability of various compulsory procedures entailing binding decisions - Choice of procedure and provisional measures; Deep seabed mining, including alternative mining regime; Conclusion.

The oceans cover approximately 5/7 of the surface of our planet; they are playing a vitally important role in supporting human life on earth. Needless to say that they are considered the most important natural resource. Each country of the world has some strategic, social and political interests there and these interests shall be treated as a sort of manifest in numerous maritime activities, for example marine transportation of cargoes, fishing, naval missions, exploration and production of the minerals and hydrocarbons, scientific researches etc...

This Reference Guide is the product of many years of work carried out in reliance on two inter-related premises. The document is covering all valuable contributions made by the relevant decisions of the World Court which is considered the major judicial organ of the UN and the most senior court of the world having a broadest possible material jurisdiction, to the sea law development forming one of integral parts of the global peace and security system.

The present publication will definitely be very useful to all scholars and professionals working in this field. It will serve as a truly indispensable addition to any collection of materials. The content of the book has already been very well met and appreciated by the industry specialists from all around the world so it can be recommended to all readers willing to be in kept in the loop of the latest happenings to the law of the sea.

Here is the collection of statutes released by the "Informa Law from Routledge" and belonging to the "Maritime and Transport Law Library" series - the originally declared intention of the authors of the book was to form a reference point for the maritime, insurance and commercial litigator. In total, thirty-five statutes have been included in this collection; some of the statutes have been supplemented with the professional commentary.

The complete list of the key cases has also provided to assist readers with the correct interpretation of the particular statute. We do recommend the present collection of the shipping law documents to every person involved in the subject activities - it does not matter whether as student or specialist - the documents contained in the book will be of great practical benefit when used either for training of the future shipping lawyers or when performing the day-to-day professional duties of those who are already in the loop.

The collection was compiled by the people with great professional knowledge and experience. There is absolutely no doubt that every single paper included in its content shall be read and understood.

The main of the declared aims of the authors of this excellent volume was to make an attempt in researching the English common law as related to the commencement of laytime, considering the existing criticisms and looking at the different possible remedies.

The laytime itself is the amount of time that is allowed for the loading and discharge operations; over and above this amount of allowed time the ship owner will be pain demurrage. Subject time is considered to be a matter of truly extreme importance taking into account its applicability to every single voyage charter party and involvement of the huge sums of money when taken in the aggregate.

The publication starts with the concise yet informative introductory chapter followed with the main content covering the arrival at the destination port, special clauses considered relevant to the arriving, readiness, breaches of contracts, damages, as well as the miscellaneous matters, such as readiness and cancellation, possible exceptions, sale contracts, etc.

Every person in the industry knows how rare these books are and how difficult it is to get them. That is why we recommend to download this one especially if you are involved in subject activities.