COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MARITIME LAW II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MBA 2038 MARITIME LAW II COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Maritime Business Administration (English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR NIL KULA

Offered to

Maritime Business Administration (English)
Maritime Business Administration (Evening)

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide a general view of maritime law. The course focuses on advanced topics such vessel, master and seamen, vessel owner and operators, maritime transport contract, collision, salvage, general average and ensure them to attribute relation between application and maritime law norms.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Identifing national and international norms related with maritime
2   Implementing the norms and the maritime application by analysing legal cases
3   Attributing daily international maritime problems
4   Critizing the applications regarding maritime 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 Law: Why law Classification of law, Sources of law.
2 Uniformity in Maritime Law, Management of Marine in Türkiye, Sources of Turkish Maritime Law.
3 Legal Feature of Ship Definition of Ship: Comparision of Definitions Placed under new and previous TCC Component Part and Appurtenances of Ship Classification of Ship Discriminating Facts of Ship Cabotage Right to Fly the Turkish Flag and Its Lost Flag Certificate and Ship Certificate
4 Ship Registers National Ship Register International Ship Register Ship Register for Ships Under Construction Master's Register Gaining and Loss of Ship Ownership
5 Important Persons in Maritime Law Shipowner Debts and Liabilities of Shipowner
6 Important Persons in Maritime Law Shipping Partnership Bareboat Charterer Time Charterer Voyage Charterer
7 Important Persons In Maritime Law Master and Seamen
8 Midterm Week
9 Important persons in Maritime Law Carrier Liability Regime of Carrier: Concept of Liability, Exoneration from Liability, Limitation of Liability Actual Carrier Evaluation of Carrier's Liability Regime under the provisions of related international conventions and TCC Inspection of Goods, Notification, Time Bar
10 Transport Intermediaries Agency Freight Forwarder Broker
11 Maritime Contracts Bareboat charter contract Time charter contract Contract of affreightment: voyage charter contract and contract of carriage -Notice of Readiness, Laytime and Demurrage in Loading / Discharging
12 Important Documents in Maritime Law Bills of Lading: Functions and Types, Endorsement of Bill of Lading, Presumptions Connected to Bill of Lading Other transport documents -Transport Document
13 General Average -Definition and Facts of General Average -Primary Types of General Average -Dispatch
14 Collision and Salvage -Definition and Facts of Collision -Definition and Facts of Salvage -Applicable Norms to Collision and Salvage
15 General Overview on Marine Insurance

Recomended or Required Reading

-Kula Degirmenci, Nil: Maritime Law in Türkiye, Oniki Levha Yayınları, Istanbul 2017.
-Türk Ticaret Kanunu

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Literature survey, case studies, presentation, homework

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Knowledge, skills and competencies in research, examination, critics, oral and written presentation of legal cases

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nil Kula Değirmenci (02323018805)

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Case study 1 3 3
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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