A New Convention for the Carriage of Goods by Sea - The Rotterdam Rules

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CONTENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS

An introduction to the preparation, philosophy, and potential impact of the Rotterdam Rules
PROFESSOR MICHAEL F. STURLEY 
Stanley D. and Sandra J. Rosenberg Centennial Professor of Law, The University of Texas School of Law

Multimodal transport under the Convention
CHRISTOPHER HANCOCK QC
20 Essex Street, London

The liability regime of carriers and maritime performing parties
PROFESSOR D RHIDIAN THOMAS 
Director of the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law, School of Law, Swansea University

The obligations of carriers to provide seaworthy ships and exercise care
DR THEODORA NIKAKI 
Lecturer, Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law, School of Law, Swansea University

The right of the carrier to exclude and limit liability
PROFESSOR STEPHEN GRIVIN 
Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore

Loss due to a combination of causes: burden of proof and commercial risk allocation
DR REGINA ASARIOTIS
Chief, Policy and Legislation Section, Division on Technology and Logistics, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Geneva

Obligations owed by the shipper to the carrier
SIMON BAUGHEN
School of Law, University of Bristol

Transport documentation - the new approach
PROFESSOR RICHARD WILLIAMS
Visiting Professor of Law, Swansea University

Electronic alternatives to transport documents
MIRIAM GOLDBY
Lecturer in Law, University of Surrey

Delivery of the goods, rights of the controlling party and transfer of rights
Professor G J van der Ziel
Erasmus University, Rotterdam

Jurisdiction and arbitration
PROFESSOR YVONNE BAATZ
Professor of Maritime Law and Member of the Institute of Maritime Law, University of Southampton

A critique of the Rotterdam Rules
PROFESSOR WILLIAM TETLEY
McGill Law Faculty, McGill University, Montreal