Commercial Maritime Law

by Melis Özdel (Editor)

Overview

The title 'Commercial Maritime Law' is a misnomer. There is a patchwork of different commercial maritime laws around the world. However, the title is a true reflection of what many legal scholars and practitioners in the field have long desired: a common framework of commercial maritime law. This book unravels the complexities of bridging the gap between common law and civil law and will discuss whether the title will remain a misnomer despite the countless attempts at harmonisation. Internationally renowned legal scholars and practitioners discuss herein the areas in which the common law and civil law are divided; the impact of these differences on the drafting and ratification of international conventions; the search for a common framework; and the procedural aspects of the common law and civil law divide embedded within commercial maritime law.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781849466752
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/02/2020
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Dr Melis Özdel (MCIArb) is a Lecturer in Commercial and Maritime Law at University College London and Director of the UCL Centre for Commercial Law. At UCL, she convenes the International Trade Law and Carriage of Goods by Sea modules and co-convenes the International Arbitration Law module. She is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a supporting member of the London Maritime Arbitrators Association and a qualified advocate in Turkey.

Table of Contents

1. Cross-border Insolvency and Admiralty: A Middle Path of Reciprocal Comity
Professor Martin Davies
2. Singapore: Common Law Relevance in a Civil Law Asia
Lawrence Teh
3. The Common Law and Civil Law Traditions of Contract Interpretation in the Context of Maritime Law
Sir Bernard Rix
4. Actual Carriers in Civil Law – The German Example
Prof Dr Dieter Schwampe
5. Actual Carriers in Common Law
Professor Francis Reynolds
6. Suing the Master of a Vessel Qualitate Qua in Continental Law and the 'Action in Rem' at Common Law: Two Remedies Achieving the Same Result?
Professor Marc A Huybrechts
7. The Res Cogitans
Stephen Cogley KC
8. Marine Insurance and the Duty of Disclosure: Common Law and Civil Law Perspectives
Peter MacDonald Eggers KC
9. The Doctrine of Res Judicata in Commercial Maritime Arbitration
Dr Melis Özdel