shipping law

i'm interested in shipping law and the maritime industry and wanted to know if there were any good books i could read or lectures i could attend. so far i've been looking at law firms like Ince & Co. and stuff

Reply 1

Palatinate

cloudless

Specialised shipping/maritime law modules are normally taught as part of an LLM.

That said, most courses teach a general commercial law module in which this kind of thing is touched upon. At Durham for example our commercial law module included international trade, cif/fob contracts, incoterms, bills of lading etc.

If you can get a hold of them both of these books have interesting introductory chapters in shipping law/international trade -

Atiyah, Adams and McQueen; THE SALE OF GOODS, Clarendon.

Sealey and Hooley: COMMERCIAL LAW: TEXT, CASES AND MATERIALS, oup.

Reply 2

Tory_boy

Considering doing an LLM in this area is a good idea. At Ince & Co a lot of the lawyers have done so. I don't think it would be a good idea to get hold of those books if you haven't started your degree though. Firstly, they are very expensive and are unlikely to be found in a libary near you. Secondly, and importantly, if you haven't studied basic contract law yet- you will be putting the cart before the horse.

Either or both of these reasons could result in you losing interest in the area sooner than you think which would be particularly distasteful to graduate recruitment at Ince & Co who place a lot of emphasis on their applicants having strong academic history.