Maritime Bergen Law Summer Programme

Masteremne

Emnebeskrivelse

Mål og innhald

Bergen is the maritime capital of Norway, and the Maritime Bergen Law Summer Programme provides an introduction to maritime law in a broad sense. The maritime and marine business sector is of great national importance and is at the same time truly international in its character.

The programme is composed to cover the various stages of the life cycle of a ship. Starting out from ship finance, offshore and shipbuilding contracts, and sale and purchase of vessels, and continuing to contracts for the carriage of goods and passengers, marine insurance, and liability for damage, loss, and delays. Arbitration and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) are also components of the programme, with a particular emphasis on the Nordic Arbitration Model which is a recognized and often preferred model for solving disputes internationally, also in the maritime business sector.

In addition to maritime law in the narrow sense, the programme will touch upon other topics related to the ocean, such as the regulatory framework for aquaculture, energy law and climate change in a maritime context, and environmental law and marine pollution.

Læringsutbyte

Upon completion of the Maritime Bergen Law Summer Programme, it is expected that the students have acquired general knowledge and awareness of the essential features of the maritime and marine business sector. This is an important backdrop for the understanding of the various sets of legal rules which are applicable in this business sector.

Further, it is expected that the students have acquired basic knowledge and understanding of the main rules of the different sets of regulations within the area of ship finance, offshore and shipbuilding contracts, sale and purchase of vessels, contracts for carriage of goods and passengers, marine insurance, and arbitration and alternative dispute resolution (ADR).

The students are also expected to have acquired basic knowledge and understanding of the regulatory framework for aquaculture, and for core legal rules in energy law and environmental law applied in the maritime and marine business sector.

Finally, the students should be able to discuss and reflect on core maritime and marine law topics: the content of main rules, and the use of these rules in practice.

Studiepoeng, omfang

5 ECTS credits.

Studienivå (studiesyklus)

Master

Undervisningssemester

Autumn.
Krav til forkunnskapar

International students:

Admission in restricted to incoming exchange students from partner universities.

To be eligible, students should have previous knowledge of law. By previous knowledge of law, we expect that students have studied law courses equaling approximately two years of law studies before the programme starts. Previous knowledge of maritime law is not required. If the student is enrolled in a graduate law programme, one year of law studies is sufficient.

Students should also have a good level of English language, both written and spoken.

Norwegian students:

10-15 students enrolled in the MAJUR or MAJUR-2 programme may be admitted.

Interested students must submit an application according to the instructions and deadline which will be published annually in MittUiB well in advance of the next upcoming programme.

If the number of applicants exceed the number of places available for Norwegian students, students will be selected based on the quality of their application. The selection is done by the course leader and the course administrator.

Given that there are places available, students who complete their master of law degree between the time of application and the start of the programme, may attend the programme enrolled as POSTMAJUR students.

However, students who will still be enrolled in the MAJUR or MAJUR-2 programme at the time of the programme, will be selected before students who according to plan will complete the master of law degree before the start of the programme.

Tilrådde forkunnskapar
Good level of English.
Fagleg overlapp
No overlapping with other courses.
Krav til studierett
MAJUR, MAJUR-2, POSTMAJUR, INTL-MBLSP
Undervisningsformer og omfang av organisert undervisning

During the three-week programme, there will be a combination of lectures and field trips.

The field trips are site visits to businesses and government offices operating in the maritime and marine business sector. The companies represent the whole value chain of the maritime and marine cluster.

Obligatorisk undervisningsaktivitet

Attendance of lectures and field trips which are part of the programme is mandatory. An up to 25 % deviation from the general rule of 100 % attendance can be accepted.

Fulfillment of the attendance requirement is a condition for submitting the take home exam.

Vurderingsformer

Take home exam.

Students will be required to write a reflection paper upon completion of the programme (approximately 3000 words). The paper shall be based on two or three of the questions/topics provided by the lecturers in the programme. The deadline for submitting the paper is three weeks after the end of the programme, and the paper must be submitted in Inspera.

The reflection paper must be an individual, original work by the student, complying with academic and scientific ideals following academic standards for citation and references.

The reflection paper will be evaluated on a pass/fail basis.

When a need for resit occurs, this will be organized on an individual basis.

Karakterskala
Pass or fail.
Emneansvarleg
Professor Bjørnar Borvik, PhD.