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The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea

An Appraisal of the "Rotterdam Rules"

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2011

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Editors:
  1. Meltem Deniz Güner-Özbek

    1. , Law School, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey

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  • With contributions by international experts

  • Includes papers by some of the creators and drafters of the Convention

  • An impressive effort to further explore the Rotterdam Rules

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (11 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. The History of the Rotterdam Rules

    • Francesco Berlingieri
    Pages 1-61

  3. General Principles of Transport Law and the Rotterdam Rules

    • Michael F. Sturley
    Pages 63-86

  4. The Scope of Application of the Rotterdam Rules and Freedom of Contract

    • Samim Ünan
    Pages 87-106

  5. Extended Scope of the Rotterdam Rules: Maritime Plus and Conflict of the Extension with the Extensions of Other Transport Law Conventions

    • Meltem Deniz Güner-Özbek
    Pages 107-138

  6. Obligations and Liabilities of the Carrier

    • M. Fehmi Ülgener
    Pages 139-153

  7. Construction Problems in the Rotterdam Rules Regarding the Identity of the Carrier

    • Kerim Atamer, Kerim Atamer, Cüneyt Süzel
    Pages 155-199

  8. Compensation for Damage

    • Anders Møllmann
    Pages 201-209

  9. Obligations and Liabilities of the Shipper

    • Tomotaka Fujita
    Pages 211-228

  10. Transport Documents in the Light of the Rotterdam Rules

    • Hakan Karan
    Pages 229-248

  11. Rights of the Controlling Party

    • Gertjan van der Ziel
    Pages 249-263

  12. Jurisdiction and Arbitration Under the Rotterdam Rules

    • Zeynep Derya Tarman
    Pages 265-289
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The international carriage of goods by sea has been regulated by international conventions. These include  the “International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading” (“Hague Rules”); the “Protocol to Amend the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law Relating to Bills of Lading” (“Visby Rules”); and the “UN Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea." They were adopted in 1924, 1968 and 1978 respectively and the transport industry's commercial needs have since substantially changed. Furthermore the advent of subsequent regimes has resulted in the uniformity in the carriage of goods by sea once provided by the Hague Rules being lost. In order to update and modernize existing regimes the “UN Convention  on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea” (“Rotterdam Rules”) was adopted on December 11, 2008 by the UN General Assembly and opened for signature on September 23, 2009. Since then drafters of the Rotterdam Rules, academics and practitioners have been publicizing, discussing, and evaluating the Rules. This book is an effort to further explore those same goals.

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  • , Law School, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Meltem Deniz Güner-Özbek

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