LA4028 - Law of the Sea

Credit points:	03
Year:	2009
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
Administered by:	School of Law Office

This subject will cover the development of the Law of the Sea, Baselines, Territorial water zones, Non-territorial water zones, Maritime boundary delimitation, Zones beyond national jurisdiction; Navigation, Fisheries, Marine pollution and marine environmental protection, Sea power and Dispute settlement. Within this framework, you will also consider such issues as pilotage within the Great Barrier Reef, Port State Control, oil pollution, piracy, whaling and anti-whaling activities, actions against people smugglers and drug and arms runners and offshore State-Federal issues (mining, oil and gas, wrecks).

Learning Outcomes

• knowledge of the international legal regime governing the use of the sea in all its aspects;
• understanding of the regulation and use of the oceans;
• appreciation of enforcement and dispute resolution processes;
• awareness of legal aspects of actual incidents at sea.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to find and access information using appropriate media and technologies;
• The ability to evaluate that information;
• An understanding of the economic, legal, ethical, social and cultural issues involved in the use of information;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
• The ability to work individually and independently;
• The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.

Assumed Knowledge:	It is assumed that students have an understanding of the constitutional limits to State and Federal legislative power.
Prerequisites:	LA1101 and LA1102

Availabilities
Townsville, Block, Study Period 7
Census Date 10-Jul-2009
Face to face teaching 06-Jul-2009 to 17-Jul-2009 (36 hours of contact over 2 week period)
Coordinator:	Professor Stephen Graw
Contact hours:	36 hours
Assessment:	end of semester exam (70%); assignments (30%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Subject to variation.
Cairns, Block, Study Period 7
Census Date 10-Jul-2009
Face to face teaching 06-Jul-2009 to 17-Jul-2009 (36 hours of contact over 2 week period)
Coordinator:	Professor Stephen Graw
Contact hours:	36 hours
Assessment:	end of semester exam (70%); assignments (30%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Subject to variation

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.