Admission requirements
Admission to the full time and parttime Blended Learning advanced LL.M. programme in Air and Space Law.
Description
The course aims to provide students with knowledge of the regime on the liability of the air carrier in cases of bodily injury or death, for the compensation of damages incurred by passengers and shippers of cargo, including damage caused by delay. To this end, the course studies the application of private international air law conventions, namely the Montreal Convention (1999) and Warsaw Convention (1929), and their jurisdiction over claims arising on an international contract of carriage by air.
Other topics that are covered pertain to third party liability for compensation of damages caused to third parties on the ground, rights and securities in aircraft and the liability of air traffic controllers, aircraft manufacturers and operators of airports. Recent developments in the area of air passenger protection regulations, with special attention to those of the EU, will also be studied. Each topic will be illustrated by relevant court decisions.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
Define the fundamental principles of private international air law.
Explain the rules and their applicability for liability as addressed under private air law.
Identify the legal issues pertaining to private air law matters and the most important case law and come with analyses and possible ways of addressing these issues.
Apply private air law instruments and case law at the international and EU level.
Solve practical case studies.
Undertake an individual research project in the area of private air law.
Timetable
Students can view the timetable in Brightspace.Participation in the online classes is optional for Blended Leaners.
Mode of Instruction
This course has been divided into several different modules, each of which covers a specific theme. Each module provides students with theoretical knowledge through assigned reading materials and multimedia knowledge clips. Students are responsible for coming to classes prepared, which in turn provides for elevated levels of discussion in classroom sessions.
The lecturers make extensive use of interactive teaching, thus encouraging the students to test their comprehension of the subject matter and to exercise their techniques for effective verbal communication. The level of interaction is high, and students are encouraged to reflect critically on the issues presented. Guest lecturers and expert practitioners are invited to highlight topical and emerging topics and themes from various perspectives.
Attendance at all lectures and on excursions is mandatory; any absence must be reported to the Programme Coordinator and to the lecturer.
Assessment method
This course is assessed by means of:
a Presentation (20%);
a Paper (30%); and
an Exam (50%)
Blended learning students will work on four assignments and one final paper, to be submitted via Brightspace.
The course is successfully passed if a weighted average grade for the course is obtained of 6.0 or higher. Only one retake may be granted to a student per course.
No retake will be granted to a student who has obtained a weighted average grade for the course of 6.0 or higher, cf Article 12.2 Course and Examination Regulations. No retake will be allowed if a student has not taken the scheduled exam, or any other scheduled form of assessment, and handed in written proof of a conscientious effort to meet the deadline. This is without prejudice to justified reasons of health, family or any other force majeure that could prevent the student from attending class or from participating in the assessment, cf. Article 12.3.
If a student fails an assessment component that is part of an activity that cannot be retaken, the form of the retake will be up to the discretion of the relevant lecturer, cf. Article 12.1.
The grade obtained in the retake assessment will replace the grade of the failed assessment and will be included in the weighting of the grade for the course.
Reading list
Introduction to Air Law by prof. Mendes de Leon (2017), articles and suggested reading materials.
Registration
Students will be registered automatically for the course in uSis and Brightspace.
Contact
International Institute of Air and Space Law (IIASL)
Law School, Leiden University
Steenschuur 25, 2311 ES Leiden, Netherlands
Postal address: P.O. Box 9520, 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands
Phone : +31 71 527 8081
Website: www.iiasl.aero
Contact: airandspace@law.leidenuniv.nl
Disclaimer
Currently these pages are being updated to reflect the courses for 2022 - 2023. Until these pages are fixed as per 1 September 2022 no rights can be claimed from the information which is currently contained within.
Should there be any future changes of the Covid 19 virus which may impinge our teaching and assessment, these could necessitate modification of the course descriptions after 1 September. This will only happen in the event of strict necessity and the interests of the students will be taken into account. Should there be a need for any change during the course, this will be informed to all students on a timely basis. Modifications after 1 September 2022 may only be done with the approval and consent of the Faculty Board and Programme Director.