Written by leading scholar Paul Todd, this Advanced Introductiondraws on the author's decades of experience researching and teaching maritime law, offering a clear and concise introduction to the core areas of the field. In addition to providing a primer on the substance, it explains the worldwide applications of English law, and surveys the sources of law and how to locate them. It also highlights some of the difficulties in interpreting the law and pinpoints which individuals have been instrumental in doing so, and in making and developing the law.

Key features include:

• broad but concise coverage of international sales, carriage of goods by sea, marine insurance and admiralty law
• the provision of references and citations for further study
• exploration of the recent and likely future developments for the field.

TheAdvanced Introduction to Maritime Lawwill be a key resource for students and non-specialist scholars of commercial law, transport law and maritime law, while also appealing to professionals with an interest in expanding their knowledge of the topic.