Law of International Trade: Cross Border Commercial Transactions 5th ed

Law of International Trade: Cross-Border Commercial Transactions provides readers with a comprehensive and up to date treatment of all key aspects of private international trade law.

• Demonstrates to readers how international trade law operates in its political, economic and business contexts and includes analysis of both theoretical and doctrinal issues
• Provides a clear and concise explanation of the theoretical framework and the legal principles which underpin the law against the background of modern trade documentation and export practice
• Incorporates example contractual clauses, forms and diagrams to demonstrate how the law works in practice
• Offers an important treatise of the subject, examining legal complexities in cases and materials
• Sets out summaries of the more significant cases and, where relevant, cases from the EU, Commonwealth and other countries are discussed
• Includes increased coverage of the Vienna Convention on International Sales, and the International Air, Road and Rail Carriage of Goods regimes
• Discusses recent legal developments, including, the Rome I and Rome II Regulations, the final draft UNCITRAL Transport Convention, UK insurance law reform, URR725 and the UCP 600
• Provides footnotes to guide further and more detailed research into key topics
• Discusses latest case law: Scottish & Newcastle International; Premium Nafta; Lesotho Highlands Development Authority; The Front Comor; Freeport plc; Datec Electronics; The Achilleas; MSC Amsterdam; Stemson; Dadourian; Shamil Bank; The Golden Victory, and many others