Indira Carr - International Trade Law

International Trade Law

International Trade Law offers a clear overview of the complexities of an international sale transaction through informed analysis of case law, legislation, and international conventions and rules. Fully updated with changes to the law and new directions in legal debate, this new edition considers:

Standard trade terms including INCOTERMS 2010, the Convention on International Sales of Goods 1980 and the UNIDROIT Principles for International Commercial Contracts 2004

E-Commerce issues, including electronic bills of lading

Insurance and payment mechanisms, such as letters of credit and the UCP 600

International transportation of cargo, including the Rotterdam Rules

Dispute resolution, incorporating jurisdiction, applicable law, arbitration and mediation

Corruption and anti-corruption conventions, including the UK Bribery Act 2010

In addition to clarifying a range of topics through tables and diagrams, the book directs readers to relevant further reading and online resources throughout, offering students an accessible resource to this often challenging area of the law.

Indira Carr is Professor of Law at the University of Surrey.

Many of my students have commented on how useful Indira Carr's book had been to them. This book is on the top of my list of suggested key textbooks.

Dr Simone Lamont-Black, Edinburgh University, UK

This is an excellently written, comprehensive and easy to navigate through book. It is an indispensable resource for academics, practitioners and students.

Dr Jadranka Petrovic, Monash University, Australia

An excellent textbook pitched at just the right level for the modern student.

Dennis Crighton, Staffordshire University, UK

It is an excellent work on the major elements of international trade which accurately reflects the law and is essential for practitioners as well as students.

Masood Ahmed, University of Leicester, UK

Carr's book is fluently written and richly informative on the current state of the law and practice in field [] often bringing out the historical context of the international dynamics of commercial transactions.

Dr Priscilla Schwartz, University of East London, UK

International Trade Law

Fifth Edition

Indira Carr
MA (Delhi), BPhil (Liverpool), LLM, PhD (Exeter)

Professor of Law
University of Surrey

with contributions on Private
International Law by

Peter Stone
MA, LLB (Cantab), Barrister (Middle Temple)

Professor of Law
University of Essex

Fifth edition published in 2014
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2014 Indira Carr

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First edition published by Cavendish Publishing Limited 1995
Fourth edition published by Routledge-Cavendish 2010

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Carr, Indira.
International trade law / Indira Carr, Peter Stone. Fifth edition.
pages cm
1. Foreign trade regulationGreat Britain. I. Stone, Peter, 1947- II. Title.
KD2460.C37 2013
343.41087dc23
2013019442

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