The module of Navigation Law aims to provide the law students with an adequate training in a highly specialized field, with a view to facilitate the entering in the business world. The primary objective is to provide the students with the necessary skills to carry out the main forensic activities. Moreover to give the essential knowledge for a possible entry into the business world as well into public and private institutions and national and international organizations operating in the transport sector and international mobility.
Knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course the student will have acquired a solid knowledge of the main navigating law institutes, in the light of their framing and systematic linkage with all branches of the legal system. The study of the national, european union and international legislation and regulations of the institutes will be complemented by the analysis of the contract forms commonly used in the practice of maritime and air traffic. Moreover a deep analysis of the main legal and arbitration cases in this field will be carried out.
Applying knowledge and understanding
The student should be able to correctly frame the national, european and international sources of navigation law. To understand the discipline of public goods and the administrative activity of the sector, understand the peculiar regime of the owner and the operator, the ship and aircraft utilization contracts and other sources of shipping related obligations. The student will be able to apply to practical cases the skills acquired in relation to the normative, doctrinal and jurisprudential production in maritime and air navigation.
Making judgements
The student will be able to critically evaluate
and analyze the many issues related to the maritime and aviation sector in the various operational, public and private contexts. To this end, educational tools will be used, including simulations, discussions of legal cases in schools, critical arrangement of doctrinal and jurisprudential interpretations.
Communication skills
The student will have the ability to transmit, also through IT tools the skills acquired in the subject, knowledge and to use the technical-legal language typical of discipline. The communicative skills of the student will be explicitly assessed during the exam.
Learning skills
This module will provide the student with the necessary autonomy to continue to deepen autonomously the study of navigation Law and access to the main scientific literature, including through online databases, in order to align their competences with the continuous evolution of sectoral legislation in relation to the working contexts in which they will operate.