Course content - Learning outcome - Admission - Prerequisites - Overlapping courses - Teaching - Examination - Evaluation - Other

Course content

Maritime Law–Liability and Insurance is the study of how casualties in the shipping sector is regulated. The course covers the public regulation of loss prevention, the special rules of liability in connection to operation of ship, the regulation of ship owners and cargo owners insurance, and salvage. By examining all the legal questions with respect to casualties in one area of activity, one discovers connections that one perhaps otherwise would not have seen. Shipping is largely international and many of the topics are governed by international conventions. Wet Maritime Law therefore provides the perfect opportunity for experiencing the international aspects of Law in relation to casualties at sea. The main part of the course is dedicated to core areas of tort law and insurance contract law as they apply to shipping.

Learning outcome

You will learn about the main public and private regulation that applies to a ship in regard to casualties. This includes knowledge and understanding of the liability issues in shipping and how they are regulated through international and national legislation, how salvage is regulated and of the structure of marine insurance and which problems are addressed in different marine insurance contracts. The aim is a good understanding of the legal framework and the contractual regulation in regard to casualties at sea.

Admission

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You may register for this course if you have admission to a Master’s programme at UiO or the faculty's exchange programme. You can also register for this course if you do not have admission to any programme at UiO, but meet the formal prerequistites.

All students are required meet the formal prerequistites.

Have you met the formal prerequisites at another institution than the University of Oslo, and the results are not formally registered at UiO, you must apply for admission to courses at Master’s level . Students with admission to Master’s degree programmes at other faculties than The Faculty of Law must also apply for admission.

When your admission is in order you must register for courses in StudentWeb

Students enrolled in the LLM programme Maritime Law (master's 1 1/2-years) have first priority.

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Prerequisites

Formal prerequisite knowledge

Students must fill one of these requirements:

• Passed 1st - 3rd year of studies in Master's of Law (masterstudiet i rettsvitenskap at UiO) or examinations that qualify for exemption from these) or
• Having a 5-years Master’s degree in Laws (masterstudiet i rettsvitenskap at UiO) or equivalent.

Students with admission to the faculty’s exchange programme and students with admission to any master’s degree programme at the University of Oslo (except masterstudiet i rettsvitenskap) has an exemption from the formal prerequisites.

Overlapping courses

5 credits overlap with JUR1401 - Maritime Law (BA) (discontinued), 5 credits overlap with JUR1400 - Sjørett (discontinued), 5 credits overlap with MARLINTRO - Maritime Law (discontinued), 5 credits overlap with VALMARIT - Maritime Law (discontinued), 5 credits overlap with JUTMARIT - Maritime Law (discontinued), 5 credits overlap with VALSJØ - Sjørett (discontinued), 5 credits overlap with JUXSJØ - Sjørett (discontinued), 5 credits overlap with JUR5400 - Sjørett (discontinued), 5 credits overlap with JUVOSJØR, 5 credits overlap with JUR5401 - Maritime Law (discontinued), 5 credits overlap with JUS5400 - Sjørett (discontinued) and 10 credits overlap with JUS5404 - Sjørett: Ansvar og forsikring.

Teaching

Lectures

Language of teaching for this course is English. This means that all
communication during lectures/seminars will be in English, and all
literature and auxiliary materials are in English.

Coursework requirement for LLM students enrolled in the master programme Maritime Law (master's 1 1/2-years)

To be able to write the exam for this course students enrolled in the master programme Maritime Law have to:

• a) either join a two day excursion to Copenhagen where we visit the transport sections at the biggest Danish Law Firms and other shipping related companies to get practical knowledge about the Nordic Maritime Law environment and shipping industry. The students will have to pay transportation and over night costs them selves.
• b) or write an essay on a course related topic of maximum 2000 words.

The excursion and essay is a joint coursework requirement for the two courses JUS5401 - Maritime Law - Contracts and this course. If you don’t join the excursion you’ll have to write one essay but can choose if you want to hand it in either for the course about Contracts or the course about Liability and Insurance.

Access to teaching

A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved, is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending on available capacity.

Examination

Written examination, 4 hours.

Examination support material

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Regulations for support materials permitted at examination for courses taught in English . Please read all three chapters.

Previous exam papers

Language of examination

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The language of examination for this course is English. This means
that the examination question will be given in English, and students
may answer in English only.

Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.

Explanations and appeals

You may request an explanation of your grades, and you may also appeal against your grades or make a complaint about formal examination errors. Read more about explanations and appeals.

Resit an examination

You can usually resit an exam, but the conditions depend on whether you had a valid reason for absence from the regular exam. Read more about resitting an exam.

Withdrawal from an examination

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Special examination arrangements

If you have a disability or a health problem that entails significant inconvenience in an examination situation, you may be considered for special examination arrangements. Mothers who are breastfeeding may apply for extra time to complete the exam.

Evaluation

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Other

The language for this course is English. Students enrolled in the
Masterprogrammet i rettsvitenskap must pass one
English subject as part of their degree, this course will meet these
obligations.