LAW5116

International Law of the Sea II: Issues in Maritime Management

(LAW)

Dr Eric Wilson

6 points + Three 1-hour lectures per week + Clayton + Nil Prerequisites

Synopsis: - UNCLOS III - Freedom of Navigation; Right of Transit issues - Admiralty - Introduction to basic principles - International Carriage of Goods; Insurance; Liability - Ship Registration; Flags of Convenience - MARPOL; the London Convention - Port-State Authority - legal regimes (both classical and new) - Maritime Labor regulation - IMO; ILO - Maritime Environmental management - ship-based pollution; exotic species; GMO - International Maritime Public Order - piracy; drug trafficking; illegal transit of human cargoes ("people smuggling")

Assessment: Four short essay/research assignments (each 1000 words): 40% + compulsory take-home examination: 60%