Module overview
Admiralty Law 2: Enforcement and Limitation of Liability is an exciting module dealing with the laws applicable to shipping operations. In building on Admiralty 1, it covers in particular the enforcement rights for claimants including the right of arresting the ship that has caused damage, the way by which obtaining financial security is obtained, the priority of maritime claims and the jurisdictional rules applicable to maritime claims. In addition the shipowner’s right to limit liability will be discussed.
This module can count as one of the Maritime Option modules that students on the LLB Maritime Law need to select from.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- identify key legal and policy issues in their commercial and enforcement aspects of Admiralty law.
- draft legal advice based upon such problems being alert to issues of academic integrity while doing so
- critically appraise and offer solutions in existing areas of debate in U.K. and international maritime law.
- analyse relevant legal materials, including international conventions, statutes, case law and standard form maritime contracts.
- apply Admiralty enforcement principles, with appropriate legal authorities, in the solution of complex practical problems involving multiple regimes of liability
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- think critically in relation to policy issues
- identify and locate relevant legal materials, including international conventions, statutes, case law and standard form maritime contracts.
- plan and manage your studying and see how this can engage with your personal and professional development
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- the main commercial, safety and environmental policies and values underpinning enforcement of Admiralty claims.
- the existing areas of debate about what the law is and what it ought to be, both in U.K. and internationally.
- the main principles which govern enforcement rights in Admiralty
Syllabus
The main principles which govern enforcement rights in Admiralty including:
- -the character of maritime claims
- -the right to arrest a ship for a maritime claim
- -the priority between maritime claims
- -freezing orders
- -the shipowners’ right to limit liability and the way this is coupled with ship arrest
- -the ways for establishing jurisdiction on the merits for maritime claims
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Teaching methods include
Teaching will be by one two hour seminar per week.
Learning activities include
Seminars will develop:
- the structure of the subject and the presently applicable principles and policies
- the major controversies and problems existing in relation to the interpretation of the legal provisions
- draft legal instruments which are expected to change the law applicable
Type | Hours |
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Preparation for scheduled sessions | 100 |
Seminar | 20 |
Completion of assessment task | 15 |
Revision | 15 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
D.C. Jackson (2005). The Enforcement of Maritime Claims. London: Informa Publishing Ltd.
Aleka Mandaraka-Sheppard (2014). Modern Maritime Law (Volumes 1 and 2) (Maritime and Transport Law Library). London: Informa Publishing Ltd.
Yvonne Baatz (ed.) (2015). Maritime Law. Routledge.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
EssaySummative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Examination | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Examination | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Examination | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External