Maritime Law and Civil Liability
Objectives
- Identify and characterise ship chartering.
- Identify and characterise maritime insurance.
- Identify and characterise the international conventions on maritime pollution, limitation of liability and guarantee funds.
- Identify and characterise the gross damage regime / York-Antwerp Rules.
- Identify and characterise national legislation on the seizure and registration of ships, mortgages, judicial sale, and the priority of claims.
- Identify and characterise the conventions on the maritime transport of goods.
- Identify and characterise the maritime salvage regime.
- Identify and characterise the system of maritime guarantees, particularly mortgages and maritime privileges.
General characterization
Code
33216
Credits
4
Responsible teacher
Duarte Lynce de Faria
Hours
Weekly - Available soon
Total - 112
Teaching language
Available soon
Prerequisites
Not Applicable
Bibliography
Not Applicable
Teaching method
The sessions will include presentation of the various issues on a theoretical point of view and some practical cases on international maritime law. Teaching will include lectures and practical drills.
Evaluation method
Assessment will be based on a final written test (exam).
Subject matter
- Presentation and objectives (2 hours).
- The "charter party" regime (4 hours).
- The international maritime transport of goods conventions (4 hours).
- The international conventions on pollution (4 hours).
- Maritime insurance and the P&I Clubs (4 hours).
- General average and the York-Antwerp Rules (4 hours).
- National law that rules the Arrest of Vessels, Registration of Vessels and Mortgages of Vessels, Judicial Sales of Vessels and Priority of Claims (4 hours).
- Maritime salvage regime (2 hours).
- Maritime guarantees and maritime finance (2 hours).
- Final conclusions (2 hours).
Programs
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