在国际海上货物运输中，货物运输的纠纷解决往往参照海运提单中的仲裁援引条款。虽然这一做法已成为商业习惯而被广泛应用，但从法理上这类援引条款的效力仍饱受质疑。本书从海运提单的法律性质出发，阐明海运提单与仲裁条款的关系，论证海运提单中仲裁条款的一般效力，建立仲裁条款对第三方持单人的约束力，为仲裁条款援引入海运提单打通了路径，提高了海运纠纷解决途径及结果的可预期性和稳定性。同时，通过对中英两国法律及大量案例的梳理分析，解析两国法律的共性与特性，本书的研究致力于为我国出海企业提示相关法律风险，为对外贸易保驾护航。

Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1 Setting the Scene of Incorporating an Arbitration Clause from a Charterparty to a Bill of Lading in Chinese Legal System
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Maritime Arbitration in China
1.3 Problems in Chinese Legal System Concerning the Incorporation of an Arbitration Clause from a Charterparty to a Bill of lading
Chapter 2 Functions and Legal Nature of Bills of Lading
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Custom of Merchants
2.3 The Register Book
2.3.1 The Clerk—Officer in Charge of the Register Book
2.3.2 The Contract of Carriage Recorded in the Register Book
2.4 Copies of the Register Book and Rudimentary Forms of Bills of Lading
2.5 The Book and/or the Bill of Lading
2.6 Bills of Lading as Transferrable Documents
2.6.1 Before the Bill's Transferability BeingRecognised in English Law
2.6.2 The Leading Case Lickbarrow v Mason
2.7 The Legal Nature of Bills of Lading Under the Bills of Lading Act 1855
2.8 The Legal Nature of Bills of Lading Under the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1992
2.9 Conclusion
Chapter 3 Traditional Legal Basis for Extending the Referred Arbitration Clause to a Holder of a Bill of Lading
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Assignment
3.2.1 The Charterparty's Arbitration Clause is Not Assigned to the Holder of a Bill ofLading
3.2.2 A Holder's Consent to the Assignment of an Obligation to Arbitration is Absent
3.2.3 An Arbitration Clause Would Be Unassignable if it is Proved as a Personal Performance
3.3 Incorporation by Reference
3.3.1 The Conflicting Judgments About Interpreting the Bill's Incorporation Clause
3.3.2 The Non-Contractual Effect Bill's Incorporation Clause Hinders the Application of the Principle of Incorporation
3.4 Third-Party Beneficiary
3.5 Conclusion
Chapter 4 The New Paradigm for the Incorporation of an Arbitration Clause from a Charterparty to a Bill of Lading (Part 1)
4.1 An Overview of the New Paradigm
4.2 The New Paradigm Part I: When the Holder of a Bill of Lading Does Not Have Access to the Referred Arbitration Clause
4.3 Establishing an Independent Contractual Effect of the Bill's Incorporation Clause
4.3.1 The Practical Necessity to Regard an Incorporation Clause as a Separate Contract
4.3.2 Theoretical Support: The Principle of Separability
4.4 Parties' Consent to Arbitrate and its Legal Effecton an Incorporation
4.4.1 The Consent from a Shipowner
4.4.2 The Consent from the Holder of a Bill of Lading
4.5 The Consistency Test
4.5.1 When the Wording of the Referred Arbitration Clause Incurs Inconsistency
4.5.2 No Arbitration Clause Exists in the Referred Charterparty
4.6 The Case The Channel Ranger
4.7 The New Paradigm Part I: When the Holder of a Bill of Lading is a Third-party to the Related Charterparty
Chapter 5 The New Paradigm Part II: When the Holder of aBill of Lading Has Access to the Referred Arbitration Clause
5.1 The Legal Effect of the Bill's Incorporation Clause
5.1.1 When the Holder of a Bill of Lading is an Original Party to the Referred Arbitration Clause
5.1.2 When the Related Charterparty is on aStandard Form
5.1.3 hen a Bill of Lading is on a Standard Form
5.2 The Consistency Test
5.2.1 When the Holder of a Bill of Lading is an Original Party to the Referred Arbitration
5.2.2 When a Standard Arbitration Clause Conflicts with a Bill's Incorporation Clause or When a Standard Incorporation Clause Conflicts with the Referred Arbitration Clause
5.3 The New Paradigm Part II: When One-Contract Doctrine Applied
Chapter 6 The Workability of the New Paradigm: Setting the Scene in Chinese Legal System
6.1 Applying the New Paradigm to Chinese Law
6.2 Step 1: The Incorporation Clause-An Evidential Document between the Charterer and the Carrier
6.3 Step 2: The Incorporation Clause-An Independent Contract between the Shipper and the Carrier