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Abstract

Chapter 1 Introductory Issues

 1．1 English legal history and legal system

 1．2 Chinese legal history and legal system

 1．3 Comparison between two legal systems

 1．4 Maritime law and its history

 1．5 Necessity of the research

 1．6 Why English maritime law?

 1．7 Contributions and aims of the research

Chapter 2 Basic Definitions

 2．1 Definition of damages and other terminologies

 2．2 Obligations．remedies and damages

 2．3 The objects of damages

 2．4 The interests that damages law exists to protect

 2．5 Legal philosophy．morality and law

 2．6 Particular issues relating tO the carriage by sea

Chapter 3 Causation

 3．1 Introduction

 3．2 Definition of causation English—style

 3．3 The“but for”test

 3．4 Competing causes

 3．5 Common sense

 3．6 Causation：the Chinese position

 3．7 The burden of proof of causation in sea carriage cases

 3．8 Contributory negligence and the carriage of goods by sea

 3．9 Causation issues in obligations and exceptions in the carriage of goods by sea

 3．1 0 Causation and the construction of contractual obligations

 3．11 Questions of causation on nomination of safe port／berth

 3．1 2 Other breaches of contract by carders

 3．1 3 Deliberate wrongdoing

 3．14 Conclusion

Chapter 4 The Remoteriess and Foreseeability Tests

 4．1 Introduction

 4．2 The remoteness rule in contract law．English—style

 4．3 The remoteness rule and the Chinese Contract Law of 1 999

 4．4 The remoteness rule in Chinese shipping law and its problems

 4．5 Justifications and legal policy：England and China

 4．6 Reasonable contemplation：imputed knowledge or actual knowledge?

 4．7 Whose contemplation?

 4．8 The requisite degree of probability of the contractual test of remoteness

 4．9 A further problem：the specificity of the knowledge required

 4．10 Knowledge communicated to the defendant

 4．1 1 What is taken to be within or outside the contemplation of the parties to a  carriage contract?

 4．1 2 Exclusion of the remoteness rule

 4．1 3 Foreseeability in tort law

 4．14  Exception to foreseeability：deliberate wrongdoing

 4．15  Conclusion

Chapter 5 Mitigation  

 5．1 Introduction

 5．2 English legal rules on mitigation

 5．3 Mitigation：Chinese law

 5．4 Morality，mitigation and contract law

 5．5 When to mitigate  

 5．6 The criterion of reasonableness in English law

 5．7 The standard Of reasonableness in Chinese law

 5．8 Deduction of benefits

 5．9 Shipping law illustrations

 5．1 0 Impecuniosity and mitigation

 5．1l Conclusion

Chapter 6 Measure Of Damages

 6．1 Measure of damages in the carriage of goods by sea：English law

 6．2 Measure of damages in the carriage of goods by sea： Chinese law

 6．3 Consequential lOSS

 6．4 Liability to third parties as a head of damage

 6．5 Other economic losses

 6．6 Normal transit losses

 6．7 Conclusion

Chapter 7 Limitation

 7．1 Introduction and the history of the limitation regime

 7．2 Necessity of two regimes

 7．3 Package Limitation

 7．4 Global Limitation

 7．5 The future of the limitation regime

 7．6 Conclusion and recommendations

Chapter 8 Interest and Foreign Currency

 8．1 Interest under English law．

 8．2 Interest under Chinese law．

 8．3 Foreign currency under English，law

 8．4 Foreign currency under Chinese law

Chapter 9 Conclusion

 9．1 General comparison and reflections on Chinese law

 9．2 International maritime conventions and national law

 9．3 Other specific problems and proposed solutions

List of Cases

List of Chinese statutes and their brief introduction

Abbreviations

Bibliography