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Purchase the digital version of the Revised Fifth Edition of the Official Commentary on the Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and Protocol thereto on Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment by Professor Sir Roy Goode, which was published in March 2024.
The Revised Fifth Edition of the Official Commentary provides a substantially revised and expanded analysis of the Cape Town Convention and Aircraft Protocol, addressing a range of issues thrown up in practice and incorporating the ninth edition of the regulations for the International Registry. With 75 illustrative examples and 18 appendices, together running to nearly 900 pages, it provides a comprehensive and authoritative guide which is indispensable for all manufacturers, financiers, lessors and their legal advisors involved in transactions relating to aircraft equipment.
Purchase the digital version of the 1st Edition of Sir Roy Goode's Official Commentary to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and Protocol on Matters specific to Mining, Agricultural and Construction Equipment (2021).
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