Maritime Law

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• The terminology of shipping law contracts and liabilities;
• Commonly occurring contracts in the shipping industry;
• The tools of risk management provided by the law.
• The role of the flag state and ship registration;
• The legal risks associated with shipping business;

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Solve practical problems by identifying and analysing their elements;
• Write effectively for business purposes;
• Present effectively for business purposes;
• Use effective and focused narrative to present issues to business partners.

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Communicate on the various types of shipping contracts using apposite terminology;
• Plan insurance and finance to counter legal and non-legal risks.
• Identify risks arising out of shipping business;
• Assess contractual risks arising out of shipping business;
• Plan business with reference to the contracts required and the method for making them;
• Identify the various contracts involved in shipping business and their purpose;

1.Introduction to shipping contracts

2.Charterparties: bareboat, time, voyage

3.Cargo claims and bills of lading

4.Shipbuilding, sale, finance and flag state registration

5.Marine insurance: contracts and liabilities

6.Liabilities of the vessel: collisions, salvage, towage

7.Ship arrest: claims in rem and maritime liens, limitation of liability

8.Revision

Teaching and learning methods

Teaching methods include

• Lectures supported by example sheets, case studies, assignments and directed self-study

Learning activities include

• Lecture attendance
• Reading
• Assignment preparation

Resources & Reading list

Journal Articles

International and Comparative Law Quarterly.

International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law.

Virginia Journal of International Law.

Ocean Development and International Law.

Ocean Development and International Law.

Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce.

Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly.

Marine Policy.

International Journal of International Law.

American Journal of International Law.

Textbooks

Yvonne Baatz (ed) (2017). Maritime Law. Abingdon: Abingdon: Informa Law from Routledge.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

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.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External