Course Information

Course Name	Turkish	Maritime Law I
	English	Maritime Law I
Course Code	MST 311	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	1	2	2	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Onur Sabri Durak
Course Objectives		1. To teach basic concepts of the Law of the Sea. 2. To teach maritime jurisdiction areas. 3. To teach international organizations related to maritime. 4. To teach Marine Environmental Law 5. To teach Maritime Social Security Law.
Course Description		Main principles and sources of maritime public law. The law of the sea. Flag and PSC Control. Maritime jurisdiction areas. Internal waters. Territorial seas. Contiguous zone. EEZ. Continental Shelf. High Seas and international disputes related to High Seas. Legal status of Turkish Straits. UN, IMO and other international organizations and their status. International and national rules regarding to marine pollution. Maritime Social Security Law. Maritime Security and ISPS. Protecting the Marine Environment.
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Textbook		1. Yoshifumi, T., The International Law of the Sea, 3rd Ed., Cambridge University Press, 2019. 2. Rothwell, D. R., and et al., The Oxford Handbook of the Law of the Sea, Oxford University Press, 2017 (Paperback).
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