Sustainable tourism science

DONATELLA BOCCHESE
DONATELLA BOCCHESE

By attending the course, students will acquire a specific preparation, in terms of acquired knowledge and understanding, of the complex phenomenon of maritime and air navigation, which, contributing to guarantee the mobility of people and things, is of fundamental importance within the tourism sector.
During the course, students will acquire an adequate technical-legal language, by analyzing of the multilevel regulatory discipline, the case law and doctrinal contributions.
Therefore, on the basis of the knowledge acquired and applied, also during class exercises, they will be able to arrive at a correct interpretation of normative and juridical texts.
At the end of the course, the students will be able to argue and communicate, effectively and with an appropriate lexicon, their reflections on the topics studied, and thanks to the skills so developed, they'll be able to undertake more complex studies in the tourism sector, in a independent and critical way.

By the end of the course, the student will have acquired basic legal knowledge of the most relevant institutions of maritime law and will have acquired an appropriate technical-legal language register, which will enable him/her to convey the acquired notions with mastery and in a critical manner.

The teaching module aims to provide students of the Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Tourism with a basic preparation in order to be able to deal with a highly specialised, topical and dynamic professional sector such as that of maritime navigation and air navigation, also with reference to the issues related to the sustainability of these modes of transport and the related infrastructures. The programme encompasses both public and private aspects of the subject, and has a strong connection with international and EU law. In view of the speciality and interdisciplinary nature of shipping law, it would therefore be useful to approach the study of this discipline having acquired a compendium of basic legal knowledge.

Syllabus: During the course, a general overview of the national, european and international regulations governing the phenomenon of maritime and air navigation, as a whole, will be provided. Furthermore, typical cases in this sector will be analyzed, which are not reflected in other disciplinary areas.

More precisely, the following topics will be faced:

- characters and sources of maritime and air law (10 hours)
- public property useful for navigation (5 hours)
- administrative activity in public goods intended for navigation (5 hours)
- navigation services (8 hours)
- ship and aircraft administrative system (4 hours)
- ownership of the vessel and aircraft (6 hours)
- the owner of the ship and the operator of aircraft (8 hours)
- recreational boating (4 hours)
- lease, time and voyage charters, and transport contracts (26 hours)
- liability for damage to third parties on the surface (2 hours)
- liability for collision (2 hours)
- salvage (4 hours)

Recommended text for exam preparation:
- L. TULLIO, Breviario di diritto della Navigazione, Milano, 2019 (third edition), only the chapters: I – II – IV – V – VI (only paragraphs: from 47 to 57) - VII – IX – X (only paragraphs from 79 to 88) – XII – XIV (only paragraphs from 125 to 206) – XVIII – XIX – XX.

Interactive lectures with the aid of powerpoint presentations during which the most significant case law cases will be discussed, also through interaction with the students.

Attendance is not compulsory, but strongly recommended.

Oral examination aimed at ascertaining the degree of preparation achieved by the student by means of an interview on the topics covered by the syllabus.

The student deals with the air carrier's liability system for passenger death or injury under the 1999 Montreal Convention.