LLM Maritime Law at Gujarat Maritime University, Gandhinagar Offline Course

Master of Laws (LLM) in Maritime Law is a one-year full-time postgraduate program in Law offered at Gujarat Maritime University, Gandhinagar.

It is a little known fact that a ship can be operated from one country, flagged for operational reasons to another and then has crew from yet another nation. This makes the domain of maritime law more intricate, yet exciting to pursue as a professional.

Topics under the maritime law is extremely varied and challenging which covers a huge range of subjects like salvage, collision liabilities, carriage of passengers, marine pollution liabilities, freezing injunctions, ship arrest, towage contracts, the limitation of liabilities and maritime liens.

An LLM in Maritime Law program would be ideal for students and professionals aiming to specialist in the shipping and maritime domain.

This course would take a student through

The program would also expose students to various aspects of international maritime law and the key subjects would include:

• Admiralty Law – where the scope includes acquisitions and transfer of interest in ships; ship mortgages; collisions; salvage; and marine pollution.
• International Law of the Sea – which explores the legal framework of a range of activities
• Marine Insurance Law – which explores circumstances in which risks to parties, cargo and ships involved in international trade can be covered
• International Sales Law
• Carriage of Goods by Sea – which would offer insights into maritime law and shipping contracts, charter party agreements, marine environment, marine insurance and a gamut of other topics of relevance which would make you stand out.