COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MARITIME LAW

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DDD 7010 MARITIME LAW ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Maritime Security, Safety and Environmental Management Non-Thesis (Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR BURAK KÖSEOĞLU

Offered to

Maritime Security, Safety and Environmental Management Non-Thesis (Evening)

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 Introduction to Maritime Law The definition and admiralty law and law of the sea Maritime Law Legislation in Turkey
2 -The vessel,the registration procedure, -The ownership of a vessel -Shipowner,disponent owner ,the association of ownership, -The duties and responsibility of a master
3 -Overseas Sales Contract -The bill of lading - Contract of carriage - Charterparties
4 The responsibilities of carrier
5 -Collision - Particular and General Average -Salvage -Maritime liens and ship mortgages
6 -History and sources of law of the sea
7 Mid-term Exam
8 -Internal waters -Territorial waters
9 Continental shelf
10 Exclusive Economic Zone
11 High seas
12 Maritime Labour Code
13 Termination of Labour Contract Working hours according to Maritime Labour Code
14 Project Presantation
15 Final Exam
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1.AYBAY Atilla, AYBAY Aydın, AYBAY Gündüz, AYBAY Rona; Deniz Hukuku, Denizciler, Işletmeciler ve Yöneticiler Için, Istanbul, 1998
2.CHURCHILL R.R. ,LOWE A.V.,The Law of The Sea ,Manchester University Press,1999
3.ÇAĞA, Tahir; Deniz Ticaret Hukuku I Giriş, Gemi Donatan ve Kaptan, Filiz Kitabevi, Istanbul 1995
4.ÇAĞA,Tahir; Deniz Ticaret Hukuku II Navlun Sözleşmesi, Beta basım yayım Dağıtım A.Ş.,7. Bası , Kasım 2004 ,Istanbul
5.ÇAĞA,Tahir; Deniz Ticaret Hukuku III Gemi ve Yük Alacaklısı Hakları ,Zamanaşımı , Deniz Hukukunda Cebri Icra, Arıkan Basım Yayım Dağıtım A.Ş.,Ocak 2005 ,Istanbul

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Course presentation, case studies through review of court decisions,, presentation and discussion

Assessment Methods

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

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Nurser GÖKDEMIR

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 6 78
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 12 12
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 155

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.1553
LO.253
LO.3353
LO.453
LO.553