Examines the law and practice of marine cargo insurance on a worldwide basis, and provides information needed to quickly and accurately resolve cargo insurance coverage issues, wherever they may arise.

The book concentrates on the law in the United States and England. It then examines other countries with a common law tradition including Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and Australia. The civil law systems are highlighted in a number of key trading nations: Italy, Germany, France and Norway. The book includes chapters on South Africa as well as the People’s Republic of China. It concludes with a comparative law chapter concentrating on issues that arise in practice in cargo coverage cases. This chapter also examines how the Institute Cargo Clauses have been construed by Courts worldwide.

The appendices include the standard cargo policy insurance terms used in each jurisdiction, some translated for the first time for this volume, as well as translations of the relevant statutes and commercial codes, many not available elsewhere.

Author:  John Dunt

ISBN: 13: 978-1-843119470 

Published: Taylor & Francis (Informa Law by Routledge) 2013

Binding: Hardback

CONTENTS:

1. History and Harmonisation, John Dunt
2. Jurisdiction and Applicable Law, John Dunt
3. England, John Dunt
4. Hong Kong, Colin Wright and Caroline Thomas
5. Singapore, Corina Song
6. Japan, Shuji Yamaguchi and John Dunt
7. Australia, Derek Luxford
8. The United States of America, Stephen V. Rible
9. Italy, Francesco Siccardi
10. Germany, Joachim F. Bartels
11. France, Gildas Rostain, Maxime de La Morineri and Marie Buzulier
12. Norway, Trine-Lise Wilhelmsen and Hans Jacob Bull
13. The PRC, Liu Guiming, Liang Jian and Cai Dongdong
14. South Africa, Andrew Robinson
15. Comparative Analysis, John Dunt