The present article is the last installment of the third part discussion related to the electronic bill of lading. In the present article the author surveys the relevant international efforts related to the introduction of the electronic commerce, the impact of electronic commerce on the evolution of the bill of lading’s instruments, and connects the efforts related to the development of electronic commerce to the evolution of the elect...

The present article is the second installment of the third part discussion related to the electronic bill of lading. In the present article the author surveys the relevant international efforts related to the introduction of the electronic bill of lading, and provides a useful intellectual map of the ideas behind these efforts. The article is of interest for lawyers involved in transportation matters, but also for lawyers and academics ...

The present article is the first installment of a third part discussion related to the electronic bill of lading. In the present article the author introduce the historical evolution of the bill of lading, respectively its transformation in the electronic bill of lading. The author also discusses the reasons why the electronic format of the bill of lading din not become the leading instrument used in transportation matters, in spite of...