COURSE UNIT TITLE

: APPLICATION OF UNIDROIT PRINCIPLES TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÖZH 7036 APPLICATION OF UNIDROIT PRINCIPLES TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Private Law (Non-Thesis-Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ALI GÜMRAH TOKER

Offered to

Private Law (Non-Thesis-Evening)

Course Objective

In the field of international trade law, the states aim to establish the unification of the rules of substantive law. The UNIDROIT Principles was one one of the sources of law which was created for using in the international trade. The purpose of this course is to introduce the UNIDROIT principles and provide information on the implementation of these principles to international commercial contracts.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to gain information about establishing the unification of the rules of substantive law in the field of international trade law,
2   to introduce the the UNIDROIT principles,
3   to determine the national legislation and the international conventions about determining the law applicable to international commercial contracts,
4   to provide information on the implementation of the UNIDROIT principles of international commercial contracts,
5   to provide information about the role of the UNIDROIT Principles in arbitration.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Concept of International Commercial Contracts
2 The determination of applicable law to international commercial contracts
3 The effords about the unification of the applicable law to International Commercial Contracts
4 The effords about the unification of the applicable law to International Commercial Contracts
5 UNIDROIT Principles
6 UNIDROIT Principles
7 the expressly choice of applicable law by the parties as the UNIDROIT Principles
8 the expressly choice of applicable law by the parties as the UNIDROIT Principles
9 Incorporatin of the UNIDROIT Principles and become a part of an international contract
10 Incorporatin of the UNIDROIT Principles and become a part of an international contract
11 The effect of the UNIDROIT Principles in case of the parties didn't choose of law
12 The effect of the UNIDROIT Principles in case of the parties didn't choose of law
13 Some other situations that may result effect of UNIDROIT Principles
14 Some other situations that may result effect of UNIDROIT Principles

Recomended or Required Reading

1. ÇELIKEL, Aysel/ERDEM, Bahadır: Milletlerarası Özel Hukuk, 16. Bası, Istanbul 2020.
2. DAYINARLI, Kemal; Milletlerarası Ticari Sözleşmelere Ilişkin Unidroit Ilkeleri, Milletlerarası Hukuk ve Milletlerarası Özel Hukuk Bülteni 23, s. 203-250, Istanbul, 2011
3. DOĞAN, Vahit: Milletlerarası Ticaret Hukuku, 1.Baskı, Savaş Yayınevi, Ankara 2020.
4. EKŞI, Nuray: Milletlerarası Ticaret Hukuku,3.Bası, Beta Yayıncılık, Istanbul Eylül 2019.
5. ERDEM, Ercüment: Milletlerarası Ticaret Hukuku, On Iki Levha Yayınları, Istanbul 2017.
6. SÜRAL, Ceyda B.: Uluslararası Ticari Sözleşmelere Uygulanacak Hukuk Olarak UNIDROIT Prensipleri, Güncel Hukuk Yayınları 2008.
7. ŞANLI, Cemal: Uluslararası Ticari Akitlerin Hazırlanması ve Uyuşmazlıkların Çözüm Yolları,7.Bası, Beta Yayıncılık, Istanbul 2019.
8. ŞANLI, Cemal/ESEN, Emre/ATAMAN-FIGANMEŞE, Inci: Milletlerarası Özel Hukuk, 7. Bası, Istanbul 2019.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, discussion, case studies, seminars or work assignments.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Meeting Place with Students: 3. floor A1-313 N. room
e-mail: gumrah.toker@gmail.com

Office Hours

Friday,12.30-13.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 23 23
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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