COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MARITIME LAW

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MBA 2031 MARITIME LAW COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Maritime Business Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR NURSER GÖKDEMIR IŞIK

Offered to

Maritime Business Administration
Maritime Business Administration

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide a general view of maritime law. The course focuses on advanced topics such law of sea especially maritime zones, and maritime labour law and ensure them to attribute relation between application and maritime law norms.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Identifying national and international norms related with maritime
2   Implementing the norms and the maritime application by analysing legal cases
3   Attributing daily international maritime problems
4   Critizing the applications regarding maritime problems
5   Describe the context and functions of maritime regulations
6   Identifing the coastal states rights in maritime zones

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Maritime Law The definition of law of the sea and related legislation in Turkey
2 -History and sources of law of the sea -Internal waters
3 Territorial waters and related legal disputes
4 Straits - Turkish Straits
5 Archipelagic Waters -Contiguous Zone
6 Continental shelf -Delimitation disputes related with continental shelf
7 Exclusive Economic Zone - Delimitation disputes related with exclusive economic zone
8 Midterm Exam
9 High Seas
10 Marine Scinetific Research
11 International Maritime Conventions
12 International Maritime Conventions
13 Maritime Labour Law
14 Maritime Labour Law

Recomended or Required Reading

1.Kuran, Selami. Uluslararası Deniz Hukuku, Türkmen Kitabevi, Istanbul 2009.
2.Churchill R.R. , Lowe A.V.,The Law of The Sea ,Manchester University Press,1999
3.Acer, Yücel ve Ibrahim Kaya. Uluslararası Hukuk Ingilizce Özetli Ders Kitabı, Legal Yayıncılık, Ağustos 2012.
4. Pazarcı, Hüseyin. Uluslararası Hukuk Dersleri, 2. Kitap Gözden Geçirilmiş 8.Bası, Turhan Kitabevi, Ankara 2005.
5. Sur, Melda. Uluslararası Hukukun Esasları, Beta Basım A.Ş., Istanbul 2008.
6. Toluner, Sevin. Milletlerarası Hukuk Dersleri, Devletin Yetkisi, Beta Basım Yayım, Istanbul.
7. Gündüz, Aslan. Milletlerarası Hukuk ve Temel Belgeler ve Örnek Kararlar, Beta Basım Yayım Dağıtım A.Ş. ,Istanbul, 2003.
8. Başeren, Sertaç Hami. Ege Sorunları, Türk Deniz Araştırmaları Vakfı Yayınları No: 25, Ankara, 2006.
9. Gökdemir Işık Nurser, Kıta Sahanlığı Hukuki Rejimi ve Ege Denizi Uyuşmazlığı, Dokuz Eylül Yayınları,Izmir 2010





Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Literature survey, case studies, presentation, homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Knowledge, skills and competencies in research, examination, critics, oral and written presentation of legal cases

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Nurser Gokdemir Işık (02323018805)

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Case study 1 3 3
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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