Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Think critically, develop coherent arguments in writing.
- Identify and analyse key issues.
- Distinguish relevant from irrelevant materials.
- Display clarity and objectivity in written discussion demonstrating an awareness of issue of academic integrity.
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Identify and explain the main internationally-accepted principles underpinning the law relating to charterparties.
- Apply the legal principles, with appropriate legal authorities, in the solution of complex problems.
- Appraise and criticise existing debates in charterparties law, using appropriate legal research skills.
- Locate and analyse relevant legal and other primary and secondary source materials including standard contracts.
- Analyse relevant legal materials, including statutes, case law and standard charterparty clauses.
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- The commercial and public policies underlying legal principles on charterparties and areas of current debate and development.
- The legal principles governing time, voyage and bareboat charterparties.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Independent Study | 128 |
Lecture | 16 |
Tutorial | 6 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Mark Davis (2005). Bareboat Charters. Informa Law from Routledge.
Terence Coghlin, Andrew W. Baker, Julian Kenny, John D. Kimball, Tom Belknap (2014). Time Charters. Informa Law from Routledge.
John Wilson (2010). Carriage of Goods by Sea. Pearson Longman.
Sir Bernard Eder; David Foxton; Steven Berry; Christopher Smith; Professor Howard Bennett (2019). Scrutton on Charterparties and Bills of Lading. Sweet & Maxwell.
Julian Cooke, Andrew Taylor, John D. Kimball, David Martowski, LeRoy Lambert (2014). Voyage Charters. Informa Law from Routledge.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Formative Assessment
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback:
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
Summative
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