COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MARITIME LAW

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIY 5036 MARITIME LAW COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Maritime Business Administration

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR NIL KULA

Offered to

Maritime Business Administration

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide a general view of maritime law. The course focuses on advanced topics such as maritime law, admiralty law, law of the sea, maritime labour law and ensure them to attribute relation between application and maritime law norms.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Identifying national and international norms related with maritime and admiralty law
2   Implementing the norms and the maritime application by analysing legal cases
3   Attributing daily international admiralty problems
4   Critizing the applications regarding admiralty problems
5   Interpreting the missing parts of the rules and generate to create the standard arrangement

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Presentation: What Do We Know About Law / Maritime Law - Classification of Maritime Law, - Reasons of Arise of Maritime Law - Historical Improvement of Maritime Law - Uniformity of Maritime Law - Management of Marine in Turkey - Resources of Turkish Maritime Law
2 Article Examination: New Turkish Maritime Law Presentation: The Ship
3 Presentation: Flag And Ship Registries
4 Article Examination: Vessels Presentation: Gaining The Title of The Ship / Ship Share
5 Presentation: Maritime Liens
6 Article Examination: Vessels Presentation: Important Persons In Maritime Law - Ship-owner - Ship-owners Debts and Responsibilities - Ship-owners Limited Liability - Ownership Participation - Construction Participation - Bareboat Charterer - Master and Seamen
7 Midterm
8 Midterm
9 Article Examination: Liability Limits, Master & Seamen Presentation: Maritime Contracts: - Towage Contract, - Ship Hire Contract, - Time Charter Contract, - Volume Contract, - Freight Contract, - Contracts of Passenger Transportation in Marine Ship Management Contracts
10 Presentation: - Ship Documents - Bills of Lading - Electronic Bills of Lading - Transport Document
11 Presentation: - Carrier - Carrier's liabilities - Exoneration from Liability - Limitation of Liability - Mandatory - Provisions Related to Carrier's Liability and their Exceptions - Liability of Actual Carrier - Rights of Carrier
12 Article Examination: - Carrier's Liability - Rotterdam Rules and Uniformity Problem Presentation: General Average
13 Presentation: Collision and Salvage
14 Term Paper Presentation
15 Term Paper Presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

- Kula Değirmenci, Nil: Maritime Law in Turkey, Oniki Levha Yayınları, Istanbul 2017
- Türk Ticaret Kanunu

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + PRS * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + PRS * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Asst.Prof.Dr.Nil Kula Değirmenci
E-mail: nil.degirmenci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 25 25
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 143

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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