additional course mirjana INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT LAW · After attending the course, students should be able to find and interpret the rules of international transport law and know

Additional Course

INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT LAW

This course aims to give the students an introduction into several aspects of international transport law (maritime, air, rail, road and multimodal carriage). After attending the course, students should be able to find and interpret the rules of international transport law and know basic leading cases they may encounter in their professional career. Students will also learn their passenger's rights.

The course will start in March 2020 and will be held in English. Successful course participation shall be awarded by a Certificate.

Applications (full name, contact details, student card number) should be sent to by [email protected] 1, 2020 at the latest (Subject: Additional Course).

Patrick Vlačič, Ph.D., Associate Professor University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Maritime Studies and Transport

1. Basic Features of Transport Law

1.1. History of Transport Law 1.2. Unification of Transport Law 1.3. Relations Among International, European and

Local Transport Law 1.4. Ius Cogens and Soft Law 1.5. Civil and Common Law Meeting in Transport,

How Does It Work?

2. General on Contract of Carriage

2.1. General Features of Contract of Carriage 2.2. Legal Sources 2.3. Contract on Carriage of Goods 2.4. Contract on Carriage of Passengers and Their

Baggage 2.5. Contract of Carriage and Contract of Sale.

3. Carriage by Sea

3.1. Contracts of Exploitation of Ships 3.2. Contracts of Carriage of Goods (under bills of

lading, waybills and charter-parties) 3.3. Maritime Carriage of Passengers and Their

Baggage

4. Carriage by Air

4.1. Contracts of Carriage by Air 4.2. Carriage of Passengers and Their Baggage 4.3. Carriage of Goods

5. Carriage by Rail

5.1. Contracts of Carriage by Rail 5.2. Carriage of Passengers and Their Baggage 5.3. Carriage of Goods

6. Carriage by Road

6.1. Contracts of Carriage by Road 6.2. Carriage of Passengers and Their Baggage 6.3. Carriage of Goods

7. Multimodal Transport

7.1. Fundamental Characteristic of Multimodal Transport

7.2. Legal Sources for Multimodal Transport

8. Electronic Documents in International Transport

8.1. Traditional Electronic Documents Systems 8.2. Electronic Documents and Blockchain

Solutions

Program (45 hours)