Contemporary Commercial Law
About the Book Series
Since 2014 this series has been offering cutting-edge and practical books that are of great benefit to practitioners and academics alike across the broad range of commercial law specialisms, such as insurance, reinsurance, arbitration, contracts, interim measures and third-party protection.
Blockchain Technology and the Law: Opportunities and Risks
2nd Edition
By Muharem Kianieff
June 29, 2026
Blockchain Technology and the Law: Opportunities and Risks was one of the first texts to offer a critical analysis of Blockchain and the legal and economic challenges faced by this new technology. It offered those who are unfamiliar with Blockchain an introduction as to how the technology works and...
Causation in Insurance Contract Law
2nd Edition
By Meixian Song
June 27, 2025
Causation is a crucial and complex matter in ascertaining whether a particular loss or damage is covered in an insurance policy or in a tort claim, and is an issue that cannot be escaped. Now in its second edition, this unique book assists practitioners in answering one of the most important ...
Managing International Trade Risk: Customs, Revenue and VAT Compliance
1st Edition
By Mark Rowbotham
May 16, 2025
This book provides readers with an authoritative guide to measure, quantify and address customs, VAT and international trade risk, especially with a view to maximising the efficiency of both trade practice and the governance and collection of national revenue associated with the regulation and ...
Multiparty and Linked Contracts, Transport Logistics and the Uniform Transport Law: Legal Solutions for Co-operation in Cargo Bundling
1st Edition
By Marta K. Kołacz
December 11, 2024
This book introduces legal aspects of business networks in logistics with the example of shippers’ co-operation in cargo bundling, which is the practice of manufacturing and distributing companies (shippers) consolidating cargo before the engagement of a carrier. Shippers agree to co-operate and to...
Company Directors' Liability and Creditor Protection
1st Edition
By Andrew Keay
October 04, 2024
The book provides an analytical exposition of the law concerning directors’ liability for the losses sustained by their companies’ creditors, when the directors’ companies are in financial distress or become insolvent. It is a detailed one-stop resource for obtaining a good understanding of the law...
Knock-for-Knock Indemnities and the Law: Contractual Limitation and Delictual Liability
1st Edition
Edited
By Kristoffer Svendsen, Endre Stavang, Greg Gordon
October 04, 2024
This book examines contractual limitation, principles and practice through the use of knock-for-knock indemnity clauses. In using such clauses, the parties agree that for certain forms of potential liability – typically property damage, personal injury to employees, and sometimes other heads of ...
Maritime Law in China: Emerging Issues and Future Developments
1st Edition
Edited
By Johanna Hjalmarsson, Jenny Jingbo Zhang
June 24, 2024
The Chinese maritime and shipping market has been expanding enormously in recent times as its commercial capacity to perform shipping, ship building, banking and insurance activities grows and the role of the State as guarantor of commerce is gradually reduced. This book provides a detailed guide ...
Comparative Analysis of Interim Measures – Interim Remedies (England & Wales) v Preservation Measures (China)
1st Edition
By Vivek Jain, Thomas Macey-Dare, Shengnan Jia
January 29, 2024
Interim remedies and provisional measures are a critical component of civil/commercial litigation and arbitration. The objective of this book is to set out not just the law and practice in relation to the primary interim remedies and preservation measures available in England & Wales and China,...
Reinsurance and the Law of Aggregation: Event, Occurrence, Cause
1st Edition
By Oliver D. William
January 09, 2023
In excess of loss reinsurance, the reinsurer covers the amount of a loss exceeding the policy’s deductible but not piercing its cover limit. Accordingly, a policy’s quantitative scope of cover is significantly affected by the parties’ agreement of a deductible and a cover limit. Yet, the ...
Multi-sided Music Platforms and the Law: Copyright, Law and Policy in Africa
1st Edition
By Chijioke Ifeoma Okorie
June 30, 2021
Multi-Sided Music Platforms and the Law explores the legal and regulatory frameworks surrounding copyright protection, competition and privacy concerns arising from the way multi-sided platforms use copyright-protected content in digital advertising. This book suggests how stakeholders in Africa, ...
Third Party Protection in Shipping
1st Edition
By Carlo Corcione
March 31, 2021
This book examines third party protection in shipping. Today, shipping is not just a part of the supply chain; it is indistinguishable from it. Once at the periphery, third party protection is now a central element of carriage. This matter is addressed by means of analysis of the current legal ...
Blockchain Technology and the Law: Opportunities and Risks
1st Edition
By Muharem Kianieff
December 18, 2020
Blockchain Technology and the Law: Opportunities and Risks is one of the first texts to offer a critical analysis of Blockchain and the legal and economic challenges faced by this new technology. This book will offer those who are unfamiliar with Blockchain an introduction as to how the technology ...