The Programme is structured on a credit system.
Candidates must therefore earn a sufficient number of credits
after successfully following and completing courses on distinct
subject areas within either the Public International Maritime
Law strand or the Private International Maritime Law strand.
The credits offered broadly follow the subjects offered within
the Institute’s LL.M. Degree Programme. All candidates
are expected to take two introductory subjects as a sine qua
non condition in fulfilling the Programme requirements. The
said subjects are accordingly designated as compulsory credits.
Other subjects are designated as optional credits. Accordingly
each of the Public International Maritime Law strand and the
Private International Maritime Law strand has two compulsory
credits. The first compulsory credit (referred to as the primary
compulsory credit) carries a significantly higher weighting
in credit value compared to the other compulsory credit (referred
to as the secondary compulsory credit).
A candidate who chooses to pursue the General
International Maritime Law strand must first elect the primary
compulsory credit he/she intends to pursue. If the primary compulsory
credit chosen is within the Public International Maritime Law
strand he/she is compelled to take the secondary compulsory
credit of the Private International Maritime Law strand. Conversely,
if the primary compulsory credit chosen is within the Private
International Maritime Law strand he/she is compelled to take
the secondary compulsory credit of the Public International
Maritime Law strand. Such candidate may then choose any number
of optional credits sufficient to satisfy the requirements for
the award of the Advanced Diploma in International Maritime
Law (see below) from the Public International Maritime Law and
the Private International Maritime Law strands.
More generally, credits (including optional credits)
are given different weighting depending amongst other things
on the nature of the subject thereof, its relative importance
and the number or intensity of lectures/tutorials offered by
the Institute in relation thereto.
Candidates must earn a total of 25 credits in
order to satisfy the requirements for the award of the Advanced
Diploma in International Maritime Law.
The credit subjects and their respective weighting
are the following:
1. Advanced Diploma in International Maritime
Law (Public)
1.1 Compulsory credits
(i) Introduction to public international law (circa
25 lectures)
- overall credit weighting: 10 credits
(ii) The law of international institutions (circa
8 lectures)
- overall credit weighting: 3 credits
1.2 Optional credits
(i) The law of the sea: general introduction (circa
5 lectures)
- overall credit weighting: 2 credits
(ii) Coastal waters: the territorial sea and internal
waters (circa 4 lectures)
- overall credit weighting: 2 credits
(iii) Coastal waters: the contiguous zone (circa
3 lectures)
- overall credit weighting: 2 credits
(iv) Coastal waters: archipelagic States and archipelagic
waters (circa 2 lectures)
- overall credit weighting: 2 credits
(v) International straits (circa 2 lectures)
- overall credit weighting: 2 credits
(vi) The continental shelf (circa 3 lectures)
- overall credit weighting: 2 credits
(vii) The exclusive economic zone (circa 3 lectures)
- overall credit weighting: 2 credits
(viii) The high seas (circa 4 lectures)
- overall credit weighting: 2 credits
(ix) Fisheries (circa 3 lectures)
- overall credit weighting: 2 credits
(x) Land-locked States and geographically-disadvantaged
States (circa 2 lectures)
- overall credit weighting: 2 credits
(xi) Regime of islands (circa 1 lecture)
- overall credit weighting: 2 credits
(xii) Enclosed and semi-enclosed seas (circa 1
lecture)
- overall credit weighting: 2 credits
(xiii) The deep seabed (circa 3 lectures)
- overall credit weighting: 2 credits
(xiv) Marine scientific research (circa 3 lectures)
- overall credit weighting: 2 credits
(xv) Development and transfer of marine technology
(circa 1 lecture)
- overall credit weighting: 2 credits
(xvi) International maritime security law (circa
2 lectures)
- overall credit weighting: 4 credits
(xvii) Settlement of disputes (circa 4 lectures)
- overall credit weighting: 2 credits
2. Advanced Diploma in International Maritime Law (Private)
2.1 Compulsory credits
(i) Introduction to shipping law (circa 25 lectures)
- overall credit weighting: 10 credits
(ii) Nationality, registration and ownership of
ships (circa 8 lectures)
- overall credit weighting: 3 credits
2.2 Optional credits
(i) International trade law (circa 8 lectures)
- overall credit weighting: 3 credits
(ii) Proprietary interests in ships – a
comparative analysis (circa 10 lectures)
- overall credit weighting: 4 credits
(iii) Security rights in ships (circa 15 lectures)
- overall credit weighting: 4 credits
(iv) Enforcement of maritime claims (circa 18
lectures)
- overall credit weighting: 6 credits
(v) Carriage of goods by sea (circa 40 lectures)
- overall credit weighting: 10 credits
(vi) Carriage of passengers and their luggage
by sea (circa 3 lectures)
- overall credit weighting: 2 credits
(vii) Maritime labour law (circa 14 lectures)
- overall credit weighting: 6 credits
(viii) Law of maritime safety and security (circa
18 lectures)
- overall credit weighting: 7 credits
(ix) Law of marine collisions (circa 6 lectures)
- overall credit weighting: 3 credits
(x) Law of salvage and wreck (circa 10 lectures)
- overall credit weighting: 4 credits
(xi) Law of general average (circa 5 lectures)
- overall credit weighting: 2 credits
(xii) Law of towage (circa 5 lectures)
- overall credit weighting: 2 credits
(xiii) Law of marine pilotage (circa 4 lectures)
- overall credit weighting: 2 credits
(xiv) Global limitation of liability (circa 5
lectures)
- overall credit weighting: 2 credits
(xv) Law of marine insurance (circa 18 lectures)
- overall credit weighting: 7 credits
(xvi) Marine environmental law (circa 14 lectures)
- overall credit weighting: 6 credits
(xvii) Private international maritime law (circa
5 lectures)
- overall credit weighting: 2 credits