Electronic Documents in Maritime Trade

Dr Miriam Goldby is Reader in Shipping, Insurance and Commercial Law at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London, Deputy Director of the Centre's Insurance Law Institute, Co-Academic Director of its Institute of Transnational Commercial Law and Director of its LLM in International Shipping Law. She is Deputy Editor of the British Insurance Law Association Journal, and a member of the Comité Maritime International (CMI) Standing Committee on Carriage of Goods and of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Commercial Law and Practice Committee. She has received research funding from the British Academy, the ESRC and Lloyd's of London and has contributed to research undertaken by the Bank of England and the Law Commission.

• I BACKGROUND 1: Documents Used in International Trade 2: Legal Aspects of Electronic Communication II ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS: LEGAL FRAMEWORK 3: International Sale Contracts and their Performance 4: Legal Framework to Govern Electronic Payment and Electronic Presentation of Documents 5: Carriage Documents and the Functions that They Perform 6: Legal Framework to Govern Electronic Transport Documents 7: Cargo Insurance Documents and the Functions that They Perform 8: Legal Framework to Govern Electronic Cargo Insurance Documents III ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS: EMERGING PRACTICES 9: Removing Obstacles on the Road to Transition 10: Electronic Systems for Payment Processing 11: Electronic Systems for the Issue and Transfer of Rights over Goods in Transit 12: Electronic Systems for Cargo Insurance

Review from previous edition An exceeding practical approach to electronic trade documents by a member of the legal profession in touch with trade practitioners. This book will facilitate electronic documents and go some way to convince the 'e- sceptics'!