Shipping and Maritime Commercial Law
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Module Aims
Aim 1
This module examines the theoretical and practical legal issues relating to the conduct of maritime affairs in a commercial context.The module intends to set the topics within a multidisciplinary background underlying the international law relating to the carriage of goods by sea, with emphasis on the distinct types of contractual regimes employed and the associated liabilities. In addition, the module attempts to make clear an understanding of the distinct liabilities under the law relating to marine insurance.
Module Content
- General international legal framework and international organisations
- Charterparties
- Voyage charterparties
- Time charterparties
- Bills of lading
- Incoterms
- International conventions
- Marine Insurance: historical background
- Hull and machinery marine insurance
- P & I marine insurance
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module, a student will be able to:
Teaching Methods
Preparation for the online workshops will involve extensive research and reading, to consider and critically analyse the set topics and the discussion questions, set in advance, arising from those topics. Students are expected to prepare answers to the discussion questions and present these to, and discuss with, the workshop tutor and group in the context of synchronous and / or asynchronous discussions. In addition to the skills of analysis and research, students are expected to develop and apply skills of analytical discussion, oral expression and writing. Students will engage with other students and staff in online activities, and synchronous and asynchronous workshops, to consider and critically analyse particular sources and engage in discussion leading to development of these skills.
The synchronous and asynchronous workshops also give students the opportunity to synthesise in a more dynamic way the independent learning already undertaken and apply principles from various themes covered in the workshop activity sheets. The final workshop will take place two-weeks before the submission deadline for coursework and run as a revision session.
Assessment Methods
This module is assessed through one Written Assessment and one Written Exam.
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