International law: transport, communications and commerce

This book documents and explains the differences in the ways Americans and Europeans approach the issues of privacy and intelligence gathering.

This book assesses the extent to which two specialized UN agencies - the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in Montreal - have been able to regulate environmental pollution in the global commons.

This book should be read by anyone with an interest in the interaction between trade law and international standardization.

Vessels very frequently serve under a long chain of charterparties and sub-charterparties.

Duncan Gaswaga, a former judge of the Seychelles Supreme Court who has presided over numerous piracy trials, asked the following question: "e;What is a judge to do when a bearded piracy suspect facing justice asserts that he is fourteen?

This book examines third party protection in shipping.

The Business of Shipbuilding thoroughly analyses vessel construction, from material receipt and preparation, to final outfitting.

Grounded in extensive empirical research, Danger, Development and Legitimacy in East Asian Maritime Politics addresses the major issues of geopolitics in the region that have been and will continue to shape the international politics of the Asia-Pacific for years to come.

Future Challenges for the Port and Shipping Sector discusses the issues that most influence the future of the maritime and port industries.

Core Principles of Maritime Navigation introduces the main navigation concepts required by trainees and professionals involved in maritime operations.

This book covers the subjects of break bulk cargo, general cargo and project cargo, and how these cargoes are shipped.

This book brings together scholars from twenty-three countries to review the Convention on Contracts for International Sale of Goods.

This book provides expert analysis of the application of the evolving law in Corporate Manslaughter as it relates to the Maritime and Aviation industries.

A study of how states can lawfully react to malicious cyber conduct, taking into account the problem of timely attribution.

Principles of the Carriage of Goods by Sea offers students studying this topic as part of their LLM or LLB course an accessible, comprehensive overview of the subject from a leading expert in the field.

Explores the ideas, interests and institutions that shape the development of media systems, particularly in countries engaged in, and emerging from, violent conflict.

The key aim of this book is to explore the global conservation and management of sharks.

This book provides a comprehensive collection of Cases and Materials On Marine Insurance Law.

The law that applies to maritime operations at sea is complex and comprises two distinct elements: treaty law (1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea), and the cases and incidents that occur at sea in both peacetime and during armed conflict which result in the creation of customary international law applicable to maritime operations at sea.

Written from the perspective of the Average Adjuster, and updated to include a detailed analysis of the new rules adopted in 2016, this book is an essential read for practitioners in maritime law and marine insurance.

This book provides readers with a foundation in policy development and analysis, describing how policy, including legal mechanisms, are applied to the marine environment.

International Commercial and Marine Arbitration analyses and compares commercial-martime arbitration in a number of different legal systems including the US, the UK, Greece and Belgium.

A book which sets out the latest national law relating to time bars on the most common maritime claims in over 30 countries.

From the time it was first published in 1998, Shipping and the Environment has been the leading text on international and US law and practice in this field.

Interest in autonomous ships has grown exponentially over the past few years.

The 9/11 terrorist attacks prompted a new urgency in efforts to deal with chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear proliferati on.

The book is concerned with the harmonisation of maritime safety legal systems in Europe.

The advent of the Europeans was crucial in transforming the contours of Maritime Asia.

Violence at Sea is an overview of maritime piracy, examining threats that piracy poses to global security and commerce, as well as measures and policies to mitigate the threat.

This is the last of three volumes dealing with the International Legal Environment (see list in back of book), included in the Collected Research Studies of the Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada.

This book is the third volume in the Oxford International and Comparative Insolvency Law Series.

The South China Sea region contains potentially huge deposits of petroleum and natural gas, important shipping lanes and fishing areas, and is subject to a number of maritime territorial disputes.

An accessible introduction to multimodal contracts of carriage, Multimodal Transport Law works from general principles toward specific, technical problems.

This book identifies and examines the legal challenges facing the shipping industry and ship management today.

Now in its seventh edition, this bestselling Handbook for Marine Radio Communication provides an incomparable reference source for all vessels using maritime radio communication systems, which are now a legislative requirement.

On 22 January 2013, the Republic of the Philippines instituted arbitral proceedings against the People's Republic of China (PRC) under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) with regard to disputes between the two countries in the South China Sea (South China Sea Arbitration).

This book is the founding title in the Grammenos Library.

The first modern title to cover the varied and complex world of ship management in the 21st century.

This book should be read by anyone with an interest in the interaction between trade law and international standardization.

This book identifies a paradigm shift in international investment law and enquires into how states reassert control over investment treaties.

The Challenge of Arctic Shipping presents a collection of candid essays on the future of Arctic waters.

This book explores the regulatory challenges posed by the changing landscape of electricity trade to the multilateral trading system.

Acclaimed as the standard reference work on the law relating to time charters, this new edition provides a comprehensive treatment of the subject, accessible and useful both to shipping lawyers and to shipowners, charterers, P&I Clubs and other insurers.

This book analyses the most recent processes, laws and best practices for consumer dispute resolution and the law related to consumer redress.

Chalmers' Marine Insurance Act 1906 is far more than a piece of annotated legislation; it includes case law with analysis and puts the decisions made in the individual cases into the context of Act.

The North Pole is being transformed from a sea-ice cap to a seasonally ice-free sea within the next few decades.

This book presents a novel framework to reconceptualize internet governance and better manage cyber attacks.

Both China and Europe have a long tradition of commercial and maritime law; and this new book examining various topics from their particular perspectives is both timely and important.