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MURDOCH-S1-FACE2FACE-2025-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S2-FACE2FACE-2025-ONGOING

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Learning outcomes

1.

demonstrate an understanding of the business of shipping and its legal regulation as a matter of international law;

2.

differentiate between different types of charterparties and contracts for the carriage of goods by sea;

3.

apply knowledge to determine the likely outcome of disputes concerning carriage of goods by sea;

4.

identify and explain the liabilities that a ship may incur by reason of a range of different activities or events; and how a shipowner may be permitted to limit its liability;

5.

demonstrate an understanding of the court’s jurisdiction of Admiralty, its features and constraints;

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Additional information

Unit content:

This unit will:

  • introduce the law relating to carriage of goods by sea,
  • outline the international regulation of ships (considering the liabilities of ships for matters such as marine pollution, carriage of passengers, collisions, pilotage, salvage and towage, as well as shipowner limitation of liability), and
  • outline the unique features of admiralty law and the maritime jurisdiction of the courts.