JUS5402 – Maritime Law: Liability and Insurance
Course description
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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.
For students enrolled in Rettsvitenskap (jus) (master - 5 år): Have you considered a specialization as part of your degree? The course is part of the profile Skipsfart og offshore
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.
Read more about learning outcomes (achievement requirements)
Admission
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
Prerequisites
Formal prerequisite knowledge
Students must fill one of these requirements:
- Passed 1st - 3rd year of the 5-years degree Master of Laws (Master i rettsvitenskap at UiO) (or exams that qualify for exemption for these) or
- Hold a 5-years Master’s degree in Laws (Master i rettsvitenskap at UiO) or equivalent.
Exemptions from the formal prerequisites will be given to students with admission to the faculty's own exchange or master’s degree programmes. This rule does not apply to students with admission to other master’s degree programmes at the University of Oslo, unless otherwise agreed.
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)
- 10 credits overlap with JUS5404 – Sjørett: Ansvar og forsikring (discontinued)
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.
In addition, a lecture on Norwegian terminology is offered if needed.
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
The exam will be a 24 hour home exam, maximum 3000 words.
Footnotes should be included in the word count of the main text. Not included in this count: front page (with name and title etc.), summary, table of contents and references (bibliography). (If relevant for the paper).
Assignments/papers with text exceeding the word limit will not be accepted.
Examination support material
This is an open book exams, thus all available sources can be used
Use of sources and rules for citing.
General rules on cheating and plagiarism apply. You must provide a reference whenever you draw upon another person’s ideas, words or research in your answer to the exam question(s). You cannot copy text directly from textbooks, journal articles, court judgments etc. without highlighting that the text is copied. Verbatim quotes must be italicised or otherwise highlighted to make obvious that the pieces of text are quotes.
Example:
The European Commission defines mobile payments as "payments for which the payment data and the payment instruction are initiated, transmitted or confirmed via a mobile phone or device". (European Commission, GREEN PAPER Towards an integrated European market for card, internet and mobile payments, page 5)
Failure to cite sources or highlight quotes in your exam answer may be considered as evidence of cheating.
Language of examination
The examination text is given in English, and you submit your response in English.
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.
Marking criteria for written examination
This guide is used by examiners for grading elective courses at the Faculty of Law.
Explanations and appeals
Resit an examination
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Resitting an examination.
- There are special rules for resitting a passed examination in the master's programme in Law.
Withdrawal from an examination
It is possible to take this exam up to 3 times. If you withdraw from the exam after the deadline or during the exam, this will be counted as an examination attempt.
There are special rules for resitting a passed examination in the master's programme in Law.
Special examination arrangements
Application form, deadline and requirements for special examination arrangements.
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 this requirement.