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Course description

This is a postgraduate course for students from a non-law discipline to gain a basic understanding of the Australian legal system, with an emphasis on Marine Law. The course introduces fundamental general legal concepts, including the common law, court hierarchy and the role of expert witnesses. It addresses statutes, case law, contracts, torts, administrative law. The course includes marine law issues, such as international law of the sea, collisions, salvage, pilotage, carriage of goods and charterparties, marine insurance and Admiralty jurisdiction. It gives an insight into international conventions and domestic Australian laws on the protection and preservation of the marine environment.