New Scholarship available
For the period commencing 1 August 2010 or a later agreed upon date, the Research School will award one Ph.D. grant. The particular area of emphasis to be supported by this grant is Maritime Law and Law of the Sea
For further details:
Talk on the proposal for a reform of German maritime law
On 12 April 2010 at 6 pm Dr. Beate Czerwenka from the Federal Ministry of Justice in Berlin will report on the planned reform of German maritime law. All persons interested are welcome. — For further details see the invitation.
"Hidden in Ice and Snow"
On 25th of January 2010 our Scholar Anja Rösel will report on her experiences as a member of the German Neumayer Station in the Antarctica where she worked as the leader of the meteorological observatory between 2005 and 2007. — For further details see the invitation.
The Hamburg Lectures on Maritime Affairs 2009
For the third time the Research School invited together with the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) to the Hamburg Lectures on Maritime Affairs which took place between 8 September and 21 October 2009.
This year's series included lectures by Francesco Munari, Lars Gorton and Charles Debattista. You find the 2009 programme here.
— The 2007 and 2008 Hamburg Lectures held by Thomas A. Mensah, Krijn Haak, Sergio M. Carbone, Lorenzo Schiano di Pepe, Erik Røsæg, Frank Smeele, Carlos Esplugues Mota and Lucius Caflisch have been published recently in our book series, the Hamburg Studies on Maritime Affairs.
Malta Excursion
In the summer semester of 2008, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Peter Ehlers, the former President of the Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (The German Federal Maritime and Hydrography Agency; BSH), Hamburg and Rostock, and Prof. Dr. Rainer Lagoni, LL.M., Director of the Law of the Sea and Maritime Law Institute of the University of Hamburg, Law Faculty, both Directors of the International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs (IMPRS) at the University of Hamburg, jointly conducted a law of the sea related seminar at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) on the topic “Responsibility and Liability in the Maritime Context". The second part of the seminar was an excursion to Malta.
Felix Sparka — Jurisdiction and Arbitration Clauses in Maritime Transport Documents: A Comparative Analysis
Jurisdiction and arbitration clauses are two different mechanisms that help to ensure impartiality and predictability in international dispute resolution. Despite their benefits, these clauses can be inconvenient for parties that are forced to litigate before distant fora. Moreover, particular problems arise in the context of maritime transport documents. Based on a broad comparative approach, this study seeks to explain the existing rules within their legal context and to develop a coherent system for such clauses, which takes into account the underlying interests as well as economic theory. While offering detailed answers to most issues surrounding jurisdiction and arbitration clauses in maritime transport documents, the book confronts the fundamental question of the limits of freedom of contract in an international setting.
— Felix Sparka's book has been published as volume 19 of our book series, the Hamburg Studies on Maritime Affairs.
Peter Ehlers & Rainer Lagoni (eds) — Responsibility and Liability in the Maritime Context
The Seminar on responsibility and liability in the maritime context, papers of which are published in this volume, dealt with the rules of the law of the sea and of maritime law governing these issues in order to realize similarities and differences in both fields of law which constitute the law of maritime affairs. Participants of the Seminar, which took place in July 2008 in the Premises of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, were scholars and associates of the Research School and students of the Law Faculty, University of Hamburg.
— Peter Ehlers, Rainer Lagoni (Eds.), Responsibility and Liability in the Maritime Context, LIT Verlag, series: Schriften zum See- und Hafenrecht, vol. 16, 2009, 288 p., 29.90 EUR, ISBN 978-3-643-10399-4
Peter Ehlers & Rainer Lagoni (eds) — Enforcement of International and EU Law in Maritime Affairs
Ocean governance has its legal basis in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and in numerous international maritime conventions. These rules help to balance conflicting interests in the uses of the oceans and seas and the protection and preservation of the marine environment. Their efficiency depends, however, on their enforcement. In 2007 Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Peter Ehlers and Prof. Dr. Rainer Lagoni, both directors at the Research School, organized a seminar on "Enforcement of International and EU Law in Maritime Affairs". Participants were Scholars of our Research School and other graduate students. Their papers cover various aspects of enforcement relating to the new Wreck Removal Convention and to rules of the European Union, such as port State control, enforcement measures in fisheries, the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), protection of maritime boundaries and inquiries into maritime casualties. The volume includes also an analysis of the maritime policy of the EU as a new integrated approach to maritime activities.
— Peter Ehlers, Rainer Lagoni (Eds.), Maritime Policy of the European Union and Law of the Sea, LIT Verlag, series: Schriften zum See- und Hafenrecht, vol. 13, 2008, 304 p., 24.90 EUR, ISBN 978-3-8258-0493-0
New Excursions: "Meet the Maritime Players"
Starting in 2007, the Research School launched a new series of excursions called "Meet the Maritime Players" within Hamburg, a city world renowned as one of the great maritime centres with a multitude of maritime institutions (scientific institutes, administrative bodies, trade associations, environmental organisations, etc.). These excursions take place once a month in the afternoon to inform the Scholars and Associates of the different maritime institutions, their roles, aims and actual emphasis of activity.
The last excursion of the series was on 19 November 2009 and the Members of the Research School headed to the Marine Environment Lab of the BSH in Hamburg-Sülldorf. The next excursion will be on 26 July 2010 and the Scholars and Associates will visit the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.
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