The Rotterdam Rules: The UN Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea

This new work acts as a comprehensive commentary on the new UNCITRAL Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea, and is written by three of the experts most involved with the drafting of the Convention.

It places the convention in its historical and commercial context, and explains the intended meaning of all the principal provisions.

The new Convention provides the basic rules governing how goods are conveyed by sea, and replaces the 1924 Hague Rules, the Hague-Visby Rules and the Hamburg Rules.

• Provides a comprehensive commentary on the new UN convention that provides the basic rules governing how goods are conveyed by sea, coming into force in September 2009.
• Explains the intended meaning of all the convention's principal provisions.
• Supplies authoritative guidance that can be relied upon, from three of the architects of the convention intimately involved with its drafting and negotiation
• Follows the organisation of the convention allowing easy reference
• Includes many worked examples- hypothetical cases with explanations of how they would be resolved under the new convention.
• Places the convention in its historical and commercial contexts so the changes under the new regime and their practical impact are clear
• Shows how the convention replaces and expands upon the 1924 Hague Rules, the Hague-Visby Rules and the Hamburg Rules.

The Authors; Professor Michael Sturley, University of Texas Law School; Professor Tomotaka Fujita, University of Tokyo; Professor G J van der Ziel, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam.