1. Nature, validity and construction of the contract
2. Extension of rights and liabilities under contracts of affreightment beyond the original parties to such contracts
3. Agency
4. Charterparties
5. The bill of lading as a contract
6. Bills of lading for goods on a chartered ship
7. Terms of the contract
8. The bill of lading as a receipt for goods received or shipped
9. Performance of contract : loading
10. The bill of lading as a document of title
11. Liability of shipowner for loss of, or damage to, goods carried
12. Performance of the contract - the voyage
13. Performance of the contract - unloading
14. Demurrage
15. Freight
16. The charters
17. Through bills of lading, combined transportation, containers
18. Lien
19. Damages
20. The Carriage of Goods by the Sea Act 1971
21. Jurisdiction, choice of law and limitation of actions.