Covers in a systematic and comprehensive fashion the common law relevant to carriers and freight intermediaries along with the various convention carriage regimes with particular emphasis on the multimodal and agency aspects of transactions.

This introductory textbook examines the concepts of the law relating to international sale of goods which, pursuant to the sale contract, are transported by sea, land and/or air. It focuses on sea transportation, explaining the relevant international trade terms and typical payment methods, essential issues of relevant carriage contracts and cargo insurance and related international private law aspects.

Die Dissertation untersucht die Ersatzfähigkeit der einzelnen Schadensposten eines Geschädigten unter dem Blickwinkel des Verkehrsunfalls. Die Arbeit zeigt auf, dass sowohl im System der Schadensregulierungsposten als auch im Gesamtzusammenhang der Schadensrechtsprechung, die Mühewaltung des Geschädigten als Arbeitseinsatz - entgegen der ständigen Rechtsprechung - im Wege des materiell-rechtlichen Schadensersatzanspruches zu entschädigen ist.

This article investigates the extent to which international transport conventions for the carriage of goods are reliant on European and national law. As will be seen, since the international convention must be recognised by the applicable law, which in turn is determined by the forum hearing the dispute, the question of whether a particular transport convention is to be applied depends on considerations beyond the mere scope of application of the convention. European and national law provide the legal background within which the convention rules apply and by which they are complemented.

Early in 2009, the Rome II Regulation on the Law Applicable to Non-Contractual Obligations came into force in the European Community. As the very first European Regulation on choice of law, it finally enables environmental lawyers to refer to a single primary source throughout the EC when dealing with conflict of laws issues (that is, cases having a foreign element, such as those involving transboundary pollution), rather than asserting the law applicable according to the private international laws of numerous Member States. This article focuses on the rules relating to environmental damage and, in particular, on Article 7 which appears to be the ‘black sheep’ of Rome II. In contrast to Rome II as a whole, Article 7 has no real background in European tradition; it is expressly grounded in Community law, and, last but not least, it deliberately creates uncertainty. Despite its character as inverse mirror of the system of Rome II, Article 7 is a welcome solution in the interest of protection of the environment and it reinforces Community policies in the absence of further harmonisation in this field since, for the purpose of deterrence, the burden of uncertainty falls on the alleged polluter.

An introduction to the international sales transaction and its related duties against the background of international trade terms, uniform rules and international conventions.

The paper investigated the extent to which international transport conventions for the carriage of goods are reliant on European and national law.

The paper examined and compared the origin, principles and key provisions of Rome II, the EC Regulation 864/2007 on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations.

The paper examined the need for further harmonisation of the laws of Ukraine relating to private international trade law in order to support businesses in an international market.