The preliminary steps towards finding the law that will determine incorporation of an arbitration clause into the bill of lading -- Identifying the prerequisites for the valid incorporation of charterparty arbitration clauses into bills of lading under English law -- The sequel in the...

This volume challenges the "Walled Kingdom" perspective. China reached out to the seas far more actively than historians have allowed, while the maritime world shaped China, Qing China in particular, much more than the continental world. It gave birth to and defined Chinese modernity

Maritime location of Canada has not been questioned by many generations of researchers. However, a quick look at the map or the coastline measurements do not always allow to identify the real sources of its inalienable properties. Canada ranks first in coastline in the world and is formally "the...