Gutteridge and Megrah's Law of Bankers' Commercial Credits

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• Preface. Table of cases. Table of statutes. Bibliography. 1. Bankers' commercial credits - mechanism and operation 2. The types of credit 3. Revocable and irrevocable credits 4. The legal aspects 5. Relationship between buyer and seller 6. Contractual relationships 7. Transmission of the benefit of a credit 8. The tender of documents under a credit 9. The bankers' security 10. The measure of damages for breach of the bankers' undertaking 11. Conflict of laws