Module LAW3189 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
LAW3189: Shipping Law
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Aims
This module will introduce you to the main features of English shipping law, some of which are unusual and powerful (like the ability to arrest ships). We will cover those topics which arise most frequently in practice. We will explore the law through its guiding principles, along with illustrative case studies. By the end of the module, you should have a confident understanding of the overall shape of English shipping law, and the ability to navigate successfully some of its complexities. You should be able to apply the law to resolve factual disputes, and critique the law to suggest reform.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of English shipping law and a substantial range of major concepts, values and principles relevant to its application; 2. identify, explain and critically evaluate key issues in English shipping law and to apply relevant rules and theories. |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. apply legal knowledge to a problem or case study and to suggest a conclusion supported by relevant arguments; 4. select, integrate and present coherently and reflectively relevant law and legal or theoretical arguments. |
Personal and Key Skills | 5. manage relevant learning resources, information, learning strategies and to develop own arguments and opinions with minimum guidance; 6. work independently and to manage time efficiently in preparing for scheduled learning activities, exercises and assessment. |
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
- Admiralty jurisdiction
- Claims in rem
- Arrest of ships
- Admiralty procedure
- Salvage
- General average
- Limitation actions
- Charter parties
- Bills of lading
- Arbitration
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
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22 | 128 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled learning and teaching | 22 | 11 x 2 hours seminars |
Guided independent study | 100 | Reading and seminar preparation |
Guided independent study | 28 | Preparation for assessments |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Essay | 1,250 words | 1-6 | Written |
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
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100 | 0 | 0 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Essay | 100 | 2,500 words | 1-6 | Written |
Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
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Essay | Essay (2,500 words) | 1-6 | August/September reassessment period |
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Basic reading:
This reading list is indicative, providing an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not a confirmed or compulsory reading list:
The latest editions of:
Tamblyn, Shipping Law: An Outline (Amazon)
Baughen, Shipping Law (Routledge)
Derrington and Turner, Law and Practice of Admiralty Matters (OUP)
Meeson and Kimbell, Admiralty Jurisdiction and Practice (Routledge)