6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 9020229FNR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
1st and 2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
English
Partnership Agreement
Under interuniversity agreement for degree program
Faculty
Faculty of Law and Criminology
Department
Faculty of Law and Criminology
External partners
Universiteit Gent
Educational team
Erik Franckx (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
40 contact hours Lecture
Course Content

This course consists of an in depth study of the international law of the sea by means of case studies, followed by a number of critical questions aimed not only at testing the knowledge of the basic rules applicable to this field of law, but also linking up to other parts of the law of the sea or international law more generally.  These case studies cover about all major branches of the law of the sea and relate not only to the different maritime zones (high seas, internal waters, territorial sea, contiguous zone, exclusive economic zone, deep seabed), but also to issues such as maritime delimitation, straits, archipelagic waters, protection and preservation of the marine environment, conservation and management of high seas living resourses, maritime terrorism and security, and settlement of disputes.

Course material
Handbook (Required) : Cases and Materials on the Law of the Sea, Sohn, L.B., Noyes, J.E., Franckx, E. and Gustafson Juras, K., 2nd, Leiden, Brill, 9789004169906, 2014
Additional info

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Learning Outcomes

Algemene competenties

The student is able to independently analyse concrete cases in the area of the international law of the sea and can frame them as legal issues to which he is able to apply the relevant international legal instrucments by making use primarily of the applicable international conventions and rules of customary international law.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • examen schriftelijk with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

100 % written exam

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This course offer isn't part of a fixed set of graduation requirements. Hence, it is a free elective.