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.
Double Insurance and Contribution
1st Edition
By Nisha Mohamed
December 18, 2020
Double insurance is an issue which frequently arises in practice. Dr Nisha Mohamed delves into the problems which arise in double insurance and the attempts to provide a solution to the uncertainty of the law in this area. The book begins with a fascinating look at the history and development of ...
Insurance Law in China
1st Edition
Edited
By Johanna Hjalmarsson, Dingjing Huang
December 18, 2020
The Chinese insurance market is expanding enormously as risk adversity takes hold in the economy while the role of the State as guarantor of commerce is gradually reduced. In addition, insurance is a heavily regulated field with detailed contract law stipulations. An introduction to regulation and ...
The Contract of Carriage: Multimodal Transport and Unimodal Regulation
1st Edition
By Paula Bäckdén
December 18, 2020
The Contract of Carriage: Multimodal Transport and Unimodal Regulation provides a new perspective on how to approach the question of multimodal transport regulation regarding liability for goods carried. Unlike previous literature, which has approached the issue of applicability from a strict ...
The Law and Autonomous Vehicles
1st Edition
By Matthew Channon, Lucy McCormick, Kyriaki Noussia
December 18, 2020
When will we see autonomous vehicles on our roads? The answer is that to some degree, they are already here. Numerous organisations are testing fully autonomous prototypes on public roads in the UK, and even commercially available vehicles already have several ‘quasi-autonomous’ features. KPMG has ...
Illegality in Marine Insurance Law
1st Edition
By Feng Wang
December 12, 2019
Illegality in Marine Insurance Law is the first book to deal specifically with illegality in the context of marine insurance law. Previously, this issue has only ever been partially covered within analysis and criticism of Section 41 of the Marine Insurance Act 1906 and warranties. However, Dr Wang...
Insurance Law Implications of Delay in Maritime Transport
1st Edition
By Aysegul Bugra
December 12, 2019
Delay in a marine adventure is an important and frequent phenomenon of maritime transport as it affects various parties and their interests. Insurance Law Implications of Delay in Maritime Transport is the first single book to deal specifically with this issue in the context of insurance law. The ...
Online Arbitration
1st Edition
By Faye Fangfei Wang
December 12, 2019
Innovative initiatives for online arbitration are needed to aid in resolving cross-border commercial and consumer disputes in the EU, UK, US and China. This book provides a comparative study of online dispute resolution (ODR) systems and a model of best practices, taking into consideration the ...
FIDIC Red Book: A Commentary
1st Edition
By Ben Beaumont
March 04, 2019
Written by a member of the FIDIC President’s List of Adjudicators, this detailed and critical commentary on the FIDIC Red Book provides authoritative guidance and recommendations for best practice. Focusing on each Clause of the Condition of Contract, this book identifies pitfalls and logistics ...
FIDIC Yellow Book: A Commentary
1st Edition
By Ben Beaumont
December 13, 2018
The book analyses every aspect of the ease or otherwise of implementing the FIDIC Yellow Book Conditions of Contract. On a clause-by-clause basis, it highlights important structural features and suggests alternative text to avoid problems with the contract. Written in a user-friendly manner by an ...