BSc Nautical Sciences Maritime Law Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
This degree runs on the Choice Based Credit System throughout, items 4.69, 4.70 and 4.71 of the Academic Council of 23 July 2020, in force from the academic year 2020-21. The University’s earlier Credit Based Semester and Grading System syllabus is what her older third-year timetables name, so check which scheme your exam form names before you revise.
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Syllabus for Maritime Law
Module I: Conventions and Codes
- IMO Instruments: Conventions, Protocols, Codes, Recommendations, and Guidelines. (purpose and examples of each) Brief overview of following conventions– STCW, FAL, SAR, SUA, NAIROBI, SALVAGE, NUCLEAR, ATHENS, LLMC. Brief overview of ILO & MLC 2006 IMO Codes: ISM Code (outline of contents of all chapters, latest amendments, certification, audits. Human error, commitment and motivation. Impact and practice of Risk management), ISPS Code (Security threats, SSO, CSO, PFSO, SSP, ISSC, Security duties, Security Levels, Restricted areas, Security equipment, Declaration of security, Contingency plans to deal with security incidents), Code of Casualty Investigation, IGF Code, INF Code, Polar Code, III Code. Piracy – Best Management Practices for protection against Piracy of Somalia, West Africa, Malacca &Singapore Straits etc. Flag State, Port State Control (authority, inspections, detentions, common deficiencies, MOUs and their benefits)
Module II: Concept of Law-Civil, Criminal Law, Public Law,
- Private Law, Public and Private International Law. Indian contract Act with reference to following: Agreement, Offer and Acceptance, consideration, consent, capacity to contract, valid, void and voidable contracts, quasi contract, breach of contract, remedies for breach, discharge of contract, agency bailment. Scope of Maritime Law – Sources, Subjects and objects.
Module III
- UNCLOS: Continental Shelf, Exclusive Economic Zone, Sea Bed, Admiralty Jurisdiction International aspects of Registration of Ships, building contracts and mortgage. Nationality of ships, flags of convenience& flag of discrimination.
Reference Books
This paper runs across both semesters of the year and the University prints one list of reference books for it, at the end of the second half. Her list is repeated here so that this half is not read as a paper she recommends no reading for.
- 1 Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Govt. of India
- 2 The Indian Multimodal Transport of Goods Act,1993 Govt. of India
- 3 Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1925 Govt. of India
- 4 Marine Insurance Act, 1963 Govt. of India
- 5 The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 Govt. of India
- 6 The Indian contract Act Govt. of India
- 7 STCW Convention and Code, 1978 as amended IMO
- 8 Hague/Visby, Hamburg Rules
- 9 Charter parties & Bills of Lading Thomas E. Scrutton
- 10 Business & Law for the Shipmaster F.N. Hopkins
- 11 Shipping Law Grime R.
- 12 MLC 2006 ILO
- 13 UNCLOS, 1982
- 14 FAL Convention IMO
- 15 SAR Convention IMO
- 16 SUA Convention IMO
- 17 NAIROBI Convention IMO
- 18 NUCLEAR Convention IMO
- 19 ATHENS Convention IMO
- 20 Convention on LLMC IMO
- 21 ISPS Code IMO
- 22 ISM Code IMO
- 23 Code of Casualty Investigation IMO
- 24 IGF Code IMO
- 25 INF Code IMO
- 26 Polar Code IMO
- 27 IMO Instruments Implementation (III) Code IMO
- 28 Best Management Practices for protection against Piracy of Somalia based Piracy
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.Sc. (Nautical Science) under the Choice Based Credit System, in force from the academic year 2020-21. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.
The complete syllabus
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