COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MARITIME LAW I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MTE 2131 MARITIME LAW I COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Marine Transportation Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR BURAK KÖSEOĞLU

Offered to

Marine Transportation Engineering

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide a general view of admiralty law.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Use legal terminology appropriately
2   Identify the legal issues in maritime business
3   Solve legal problems that a person might face in professional life
4   Have the ability to analyse and apply the legal rules to resolve factual problem situations
5   Learn the application of national and international norms related with admiralty law

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to admiralty law,legislation in Turkey
2 Law of Obligations Contracts: Definition, Classification, Formation
3 Scope and Sources of Commercial Law, Commercial Enterprise,Commercial Transaction Merchant, Trade Name, Commercial Registry
4 Business associations
5 The vessel,the registration procedure
6 The ownership of a vessel
7 Case studies about vessel and related topics
8 Midterm Exam
9 Shipowner,disponent owner ,the association of ownership
10 The duties and responsibility of a master
11 Overseas Sales Contract
12 Case studies about international sales contracts
13 Case studies about international sales contracts
14 The bill of lading
15 Case studies about bill of lading
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1.HILL Christopher, Maritime Law, Lloyd s of London Pres Ltd., 1995
2.SCHOENBAUM Thomas, Admiralty and Maritime Law, West Publishing Co.1994
4. ÜLGENER Fehmi; Çarter Sözleşmeleri 1, Der Yayınları, Istanbul 2000
5. BRODIE Peter, Commercial Shipping Handbook, Lloyd s of London Pres Ltd,1999
6. IVAMY Er Hardy, Carriage of Goods By Sea , Butterworths ,London 1989
7. COOKE Julian, YOUNG Timothy, TAYLOR Andrew, KIMBALL John, MARTOWSKI David, LAMBERT Leroy, Voyage Charters , Lloyd s Shipping Law Library, Second Edition 2001
8. SCHOFIELD John, Laytime and Demurrage, Lloyd s Shipping Law Library, Fourth Edition, 2000
9. DAVIS Mark, Bareboat Charters, Lloyd s Shipping Law Library, Fourth Edition, 2000
10. ROSE F.D. , General Average Law and Practice , Lloyd s Shipping Law Library,1997

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Literature review, case studies, presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Knowledge about admiralty law at undergraduate level, having skills and competencies, research, analysis, interpretation, verbal and written expression skills and competencies will be evaluated.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

The students have to attend %70 of the courses.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Yrd.Doç.Dr. Nurser GÖKDEMIR IŞIK Tel: 18824

Office Hours

Monday 14.30-16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 16 2 32
Preparation for midterm exam 1 14 14
Preparation for final exam 1 18 18
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 68

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17
LO.1333
LO.255533
LO.3555
LO.455
LO.55555