Course Information

Course Name	Turkish	Deniz Ticareti Hukuku
	English	Maritime Law
Course Code	MMD 204E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	2	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Onur Sabri Durak
Course Objectives		Teaching the topics and institutions of the Maritime Law.
Course Description		Course content is as follows: Concept and definition of law; sources and branches of law; Legal systems in the world and the Turkish legal system; sources of obligations: contracts, tort, and unjust enrichment; international conventions regarding maritime transport; ship, flag, seaworthiness; ship documents, records on board the vessel; the owner and the association of owners; captain's powers and responsibilities; maritime contracts, charter parties, contract of affreightment, layday, demurrage, bill of lading; carrier's liability; maritime casualties: general average, collision, salvage; limitation of liability; compensation for marine environmental (oil etc.) pollution damage; enforcement.
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