Law of the Sea
Course type
Study programme and level
Language
slovenščina
Lectures | Seminar | Tutorial | Druge oblike študija | Individual Work | ECTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
20 | 20 | 35 | 3 |
Prerequisites
Fulfilment of requirements to enrol in the 1st year.
Content (Syllabus outline)
1 Introduction
1.1 Definitions
1.2 Historical developments and codification
1.3 Sources
1.4 UNCLOS III Convention
2 Legal regimes
2.1 Internal waters
2.2. The Territorial Sea
2.3. The Contiguous Zone
2.4. The Exclusive Economic Zone
2.5. The Continental Shelf
2.6. The High Seas
2.7. Straights and canals
3 Miscellaneous
3.1. Status of ships at sea
3.2. Fisheries and conservation of the living resources
3.3. Cables
3.4. Prevention of the Pollution of the Seas
3.5. The International Seabed
4 Slovenia and its Regulation at Sea
5 Peaceful settlement of disputes
5.1. Regulation and Methods
5.2. Recent and Topical Cases
6 International cooperation
6.1. Activities of the UN
6.2. International Maritime Organization (IMO)
6.3. Other International Organizations
Objectives and competences
The main objective of this course is to present to the students international legal regulation in the field of the law of the sea in a comprehensive manner – from understanding the development, importance and characteristics of the law of the sea, to its sources, particularly studying in detail the UN Law of the Sea Convention from 1982 (UNCLOS III).
Students will gain knowledge on legal regimes at sea – the types of the regimes, as well as the regulation and the rights and obligations pertaining to each of them. The scope of the execution of sovereign rights and authority of relevant States also depends on the type of the regime.
Related to the law of the sea other important questions emerge, in particular the status of the ships and more recently the limitations of the fishing and exploitation of living resources and seabed, all with the aim to prevent the extensive pollution of the seas.
It is important to get aquatinted with the Slovene regulation at sea and the topical open dispute with Croatia on the delimitation at sea, as well as with methods of peaceful settlement of disputes in this field of international law. Many international organizations deal with various questions of the law of the sea.
Intended learning outcomes
– knowledge gained in accordance with all objectives listed above;
– understanding the importance and relevance of the law of the sea in the context of interstate relations in contemporary international community
– analysing topical interstate disputes in the field of the law of the sea.
Learning and teaching methods
– lectures (theory, legal regulation)
– tutorial (cases in practice)
– seminar (not obligatory)
Assessment
Written exam
Lecturer’s references
ANA POLAK PETRIČ is an assistant professor of international law, international relations and European law at the European Faculty of Law, Slovenia. She graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana (2002), holds a master’s degree in advanced international studies from the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna and University of Vienna (2007), and a PhD in law from the European Faculty of Law (2014).
Since 2003, she has worked as a diplomat and a legal expert in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia, where she is in her career dealing mostly with international law, EU law and humans rights law. In 2014, she was appointed High Representative of the Republic of Slovenia for Succession Issues.
She has authored and published several publications and articles on the topics of international and European law, human rights law and the succession of states, and is the editor of the International Law Series (personal bibliography – COBISS št. 92709).