A view of Singleton Campus including Singleton Park and the beach, with the sea stretching into the horizon

Ms Jia Wang

Lecturer in Law

Law

jia.wang@swansea.ac.uk

Office - 117a
First Floor
Richard Price Building
Singleton Campus

Research Links

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4869-3796

About

Dr Jia Wang joined Swansea University in 2023. She obtained an LLB Maritime Law degree from Dalian Maritime University, after which she worked as a judge in a local court in China for two years. Jia also holds two LLM Maritime Law degrees from Dalian Maritime University and the University of Nottingham before she completed her PhD at the University of Nottingham in 2023.

Before joining Swansea University, Jia worked as a Teaching Associate at the University of Nottingham between 2021 to 2023 to teach English Contract Law and Public Law.

Her research interests lie in socio-legal and comparative legal studies, marine insurance law with a particular focus on the protection of SMEs in insurance business, legal transplantation and legal globalisation. Her teaching expertise lies in marine insurance law, international trade law, and carriage of goods by sea.

Jia is a member of the Society of Legal Scholars and a peer reviewer for the Global Journal of Comparative Law.

Areas Of Expertise

Marine Insurance Law
International Trade Law
Contract Law
Comparative Law
Socio-legal theories

Publications

Research Highlights

Wang, J. (n.d.) Reflection on Legal Transplantation Theories: A Socio-legal Historical Study of the Formulation and Evolution of Chinese Marine Insurance Law. International Journal of Law in Context
https://doi.org/10.1017/S174455232400034X, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67737

All Research

Journal Articles

Wang, J. (n.d.) Reflection on Legal Transplantation Theories: A Socio-legal Historical Study of the Formulation and Evolution of Chinese Marine Insurance Law. International Journal of Law in Context
https://doi.org/10.1017/S174455232400034X, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67737

Taught Modules

LA-121A Fundamental Principles of Contract Law

This module is available only for visiting exchange students from Chinese partner universities.
LA-123 Legal Methodology

This module will be available only for visiting exchange students from Chinese partner universities.
LA-124 Fundamental Principles of International Trade Law

This module will be available only for visiting exchange students from Chinese partner universities.
LA-M01 Law of International Trade

This module elaborates and analyses (a) the legal and commercial issues associated with international sale contracts; (b) the organization and content of such contracts; and (c) how parties can engineer satisfactory solutions through adjusting the terms of their agreement against a background of freedom of contract. The concentration will be on the rules of English law: but reference will be made where relevant to other regimes, including the Uniform Commercial Code and the 1980 Vienna Convention on the International Sale of Goods. We identify the principal categories of international sale and commodity contracts; in addition, we give extended attention to the INCOTERMS 2020 (both shipping-related and non-shipping-related) promulgated by the International Chamber of Commerce. Our examination of the legal relationship between international sellers and buyers includes questions of general sales law; of ownership, title and risk; of force majeure; of the commercial and legal significance of transport documentation and insurance; and of the question of remedies. We will make time available time to discuss contemporary issues as they arise, such as the harmonisation of international trade law, and issues associated with containerisation and multi-modal transport.
LACM10 Carriage of Goods by Sea, Land and Air

Goods are carried all over the world by different modes of transport ¿ by land, rail, sea and air. This module analyses the issues that arise in relation to each form of transportation. In most cases, cargo is carried purely by one mode of transport (unimodal transport). For example, bulk cargoes are generally carried solely by sea and such carriage is subject to compulsory international regimes which are intended to regulate that mode of carriage i.e. the Hague, Hague-Visby and Hamburg Rules. Similarly, high value cargoes and pharmaceuticals are generally carried solely by air and are compulsorily subject to the Warsaw/Montreal Conventions. However, it is also common for goods to be carried in the one receptacle but by different modes of transport e.g. one container may be carried by road, rail, sea and air (multimodal transport). Such form of carriage gives rise to difficulties since whilst separate conventions apply to individual legs of the carriage, there is no one international convention which applies to the whole of such carriage. This module is designed to analyse the different features and characteristics of the different forms of contract of carriage that are currently used in relation to both unimodal and multi modal transport, the problems that may be faced when cargo carried under such contracts is lost or damaged and the part played by the current international regimes i.e. the Hague, Hague-Visby and Hamburg Rules in relation to carriage by sea, the Warsaw/Montreal Conventions in relation to carriage by air, CMR in relation to carriage by road and CIM/COTIF in relation to carriage by rail. The module also considers multi-modal contracts of carriages, which are not subject to any international regime. Finally, this module examines several contemporary difficulties which arise both in relation to the nature of bailment contracts and the practicalities of cargo claims.
LAMM03 The Law of Marine Insurance

This module introduces the foundations and basic concepts of the law of marine property insurance, i.e. the insurance of ships, cargoes and freight. The law considered is predominantly English law, although it is of international relevance for two reasons. First, principles of English marine insurance law are to be found in many Commonwealth jurisdictions and is recognised as authority in the United States. Secondly, forms used in London Insurance market are to be found in 2/3 of the world¿s markets (according to the UNCTAD) and the US forms show marked similarities. English marine insurance law is based upon the Marine Insurance Act 1906 as modified by the Insurance Act 2015. Most provisions of the Act, however, are frequently subject to contrary agreement between the parties and the Act does not address the perils against which cover is provided. Accordingly, considerable emphasis is placed on the standard clauses of the International Underwriting Association of London where much of the substance of modern marine insurance contracts is to be found. Throughout the module, the respective positions, rights and duties of assureds and insurers are analysed, as also are the concepts of indemnity, subrogation and co-insurance.

Career History

Teaching Associate, University of Nottingham

2021 - 2023

Ms Jia Wang

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Research Links

About

Areas Of Expertise

Publications

Research Highlights

All Research

Journal Articles

Taught Modules

LA-121A Fundamental Principles of Contract Law

LA-123 Legal Methodology

LA-124 Fundamental Principles of International Trade Law

LA-M01 Law of International Trade

LACM10 Carriage of Goods by Sea, Land and Air

LAMM03 The Law of Marine Insurance

Career History

Teaching Associate, University of Nottingham