Symposium: The UNCITRAL Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea

The current issue of the Texas International Law Journal (Vol. 44, no. 3, Spring 2009) contains a symposium on the UNCITRAL Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea. Contents include:

• Mary Helen Carlson, U.S. Participation in Private International Law Negotiations: Why the UNCITRAL Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea Is Important to the United States
• Jose Angelo Estrella Faria, Uniform Law for International Transport at UNICTRAL: New Times, New Players, and New Rules
• Johan Schelin, The UNCITRAL Convention on Carriage of Goods by Sea: Harmonization or De-Harmonization
• Alexander von Ziegler, The Liability of the Contracting Carrier
• Tomotaka Fujita, The Comprehensive Coverage of the New Convention: Performing Parties and the Multimodal Implications
• Gertjan van der Ziel, Chapter 10 of the Rotterdam Rules: Control of Goods in Transit
• Manuel Alba, Electronic Commerce Provisions in the UNCITRAL Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea
• Chester D. Hooper, Forum Selection and Arbitration in the Draft Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea, or the Definition of Fora Conveniens Set Forth in the Rotterdam Rules
• Michael E. Sturley, Modernizing and Reforming U.S. Maritime Law: The Impact of the Rotterdam Rules in the United States