Law of International Trade: Cross Border Commercial Transactions, 7th Edition

Law of International Trade: Cross-Border Commercial Transactions is a well-established title providing readers with a comprehensive and up to date treatment of all key aspects of private international trade law.

The seventh edition stays faithful to the book’s original rationale by emphasising the link between doctrine and the pragmatics of international commercial law. It offers a thorough, yet clear and lucid treatment of the rules and principles applicable to the law of international commercial transactions.

Key features of the seventh edition:

• Provides a clear and concise explanation of the theoretical framework which underpins the law against the background of modern trade documentation and export practice
• Incorporates specimen contractual clauses, forms and diagrams to demonstrate how the law works in practice
• Addressing not only basic issues of the law but also tackling the more complex legal problems
• Sets out summaries of the more significant cases and, where relevant, cases from the EU, Commonwealth and other countries are discussed
• Uses both early and up to date cases to highlight the evolution of legal principle
• Covering new developments, both in law and commerce
• Incorporates enhanced footnote references allowing further research

Contents:
*- Introduction and ContextInternational Sale of Goods
– Terms under the Sale of Goods Act 1979Remedies in International Sales
– The Vienna Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
– Bills of Lading
– Chaterparties and Common Law Principles Applicable to Carriage of Goods by Sea
– International Conventions on Carriage of Goods by Sea
– Carriage of Goods by Air, Road and Rail
– Marine Insurance for Cargo
– Payment and Finance for International Trade
– Civil and Commercial Jurisdiction
– Choice of Law for Contractual and Non-Contractual Obligations
– Recognizing and Enforcing Foreign Awards
– Alternative Dispute Resolution