The business of carriage of goods -- Shipping documents issued before shipment -- Types of bills of lading -- Other documents of carriage -- Issue and transfer of bills of lading -- The bill of lading as a receipt for the goods shipped -- The bill of lading as evidence of the contract of carriage -- The bill of lading as a document of title -- Third parties and bill of lading terms -- The carriers' delivery obligation -- Alterations of delivery obligations and other problems -- Charterparties and their relationship with bills of lading -- Paperless trading -- Domestic legislation on cargo liability -- The rise of international regulation -- The movement to the Hamburg Rules -- Hybrid carriage regimes and international uniformity -- The legal effect and interpretation of the Hague and Hague/Visby Rules -- The scope and application of the Hague and Hague/Visby Rules -- Shipper's common law obligations -- Freight-- Shipper's obligations and immunities under the Hague and Hague/Visby Rules -- Seaworthiness -- Deviation -- Reasonable despatch -- The carrier's obligations under the Hague and Hague/Visby Rules -- Liens -- Exclusion of liability under the Hague and Hague/Visby Rules -- Limitation of liability -- Voyage charterparties -- Laytime and demurrage -- Time charterparties -- Frustration -- Limitation periods -- Admiralty claims
