Centres
for Maritime Law and Marine Studies,
University of Queensland
The Centre for Maritime Law (CML)
has been established within the T.C. Beirne
School of Law, University of Queensland, led
by Dr Michael White QC, Executive Director
and Dr Sarah Derrington. The Centre has
integrated links with the Centre for Marine
Studies in the University of Queensland and
other Australian centres.
The CML
services include:
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promoting teaching and research in
all aspects of maritime law and the
law of the sea;
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providing the legal profession,
academia, law students and the marine
and shipping industries with detailed
information and specialist expertise
relating to developments in, and
application of, maritime law;
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monitoring international developments
in maritime law and providing advice
and expertise to governments on
policy and legislation related to
maritime law, and the law of the sea;
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encouraging and promoting
publications in all aspects of
maritime law and the law of the sea;
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cooperating with other major centres
in the University of Queensland and
other major Australian and
international centres, and to develop
interdisciplinary policies, research
and teaching; and
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holding seminars and conferences to
enable access by lawyers and the
maritime community to emerging and
developing areas of marine and
related law.
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The CML
holds regular seminars, having held them on Marine
Oil Spill Claims in Brisbane and Ship
Arrest & Oil Spill Claims in Cairns,
both sponsored by Queensland Department of
Transport, Maritime Division. Seminars in
Singapore (July) and in South Africa
(September) are currently in hand.
The CML
offers post-graduate specialist subjects in
maritime law and international law of the sea
for Australian and overseas students in the Masters
of Law degree. For graduates whose
primary degrees do not include Law, the CML
offers a Masters of Applied Law, which
contains four familiarising the student with
Law and then eight subjects in maritime law
for the degree. Distance education is
accommodated through some research subjects
(on a topic chosen by the student and
approved by the course supervisors) and some
subjects being offered in a two-week
intensive mode. Further, students can
undertake some of the Law subjects at
Australian universities other than the
University of Queensland, and also by
approved universities overseas. Those
students who so chose can proceed overseas to
finish the degree and obtain overseas
experience.
The
University of Queensland has also formed the
Centre for Marine Studies, which will offer a
Master of Marine Studies from early
2000. This is an interdisciplinary degree
which will combine studies in the marine area
from marine science, transport economics and
marine laws. This degree would particularly
suit graduates who wished to specialise in
the marine environment in the Masters degree.
There is
also demand for those who already have their
post-graduate degree and wish to engage in a
PhD. The PhD can be undertaken for distant
students quite easily as all supervision can
be handled electronically as well as through
personal contact. Dr White’s own PhD was
in the marine environment, 'Marine Pollution
Laws of the Australasian Region', and Dr
Derrington’s was on comparative
insurance. Suitable supervisors can be
arranged for theses in any maritime law
subject from overseas if they cannot be found
in Australia.
For further
information contact:
Dr
Michael White QC
Centre for Maritime Law
University of Queensland Qld 4072
Telephone: +61 7 3365 2120
Facsimile: +61 7 3365 1454
E-mail: m.white@mailbox.uq.edu.au
Dr
Sarah Derrington
Telephone: +61 7 3356 3320
Facsimile: +61 7 3365 1454
E-mail: s.derrington@mailbox.uq.edu.au
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