COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO LAW

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
UFB 1803 INTRODUCTION TO LAW COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Faculty Of Business

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AYŞE GÜL KÖKKILINÇ

Offered to

Faculty Of Business
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (UOLP-SUNY ALBANY)
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (UOLP-SUNY ALBANY)
ECONOMICS (UOLP-SUNY ALBANY)

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide students with general understanding of the basic concepts and institutions of law.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn concepts and institutions of law.
2   To dominate legal terminology.
3   To apply personally, rule of law, equality and justice principles in their professional field of work.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Legal order; concepts of law and right; other rules regulating society
2 Rules of law and its qualities. The principle of rule of law. The aim of law. Enforcement: Sanctions.
3 Sources of law: Constitution, Codes (Statutes); Statutory Sources; Regulations and by laws Customary Law. Judge-Made Law. Branches of law
4 Legal Relations and Rights. Concept of right Characteristics of rights. Public rights. Private rights Absolute and relative rights: Absolute rights on property; Absolute rights on persons; Relative rights and their kinds. Real rights and personal rights. Property, ownership, possession.
5 Personality Real Persons: Beginning of personality; persons as subjects of rights; capacity to act; the degree of capacity. End of personality. Protection of personality. Legal personality; Legal entities in public and private law.
6 Persons as subject of rights The acquisition and the loss of rights.
7 Good faith principle in acquisition of rights. Rules regulating capacity to act; rule of honesty.
8 Legal events and legal acts Legal Transactions: definition, classification of legal transactions.
9 The scope and the source of law of obligations The concept of obligation; debtor-creditor relationship, responsibility
10 Classification of contracts.Formation of contacts. Validity form of contracts The legal consequences of the non-observance of a prescribed form of the contracts.
11 Interpretation of contracts
12 Subject matter of contracts; concept of autonomy of will and freedom of contract Unconscionable bargains.

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Fevzi Demir, Hukuka Giriş ve Temel Kavramlar, 2. Baskı, Izmir 2012
2. Necip Bilge, Hukuk Başlangıcı, 2010 Ekim.
3. Şeref Gözübüyük, Hukuka Giriş ve Hukukun Temel Kavramları, Ankara, 2013 Ağustos.
4. Bilge Öztan, Medeni Hukukun Temel Kavramları, Mart 2011.
5. Rona Aybay, An Introduction to Law, Istanbul 2009.
6. Erhan Adal, Fundamentals of Turkish Private Law.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures
2. Problem solving

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MT Midterm
2 FN Final
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MT * 0.40 + FN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MT * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. To learn the basic concepts and instutitions of law.
2. To apply this knowledge on legal issues, and to solve legal problems.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory.
2. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.
3. Attending the problem solving sections.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Tutorials 12 1 12
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Final 1 1,5 2
Midterm 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 87

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.15
LO.25
LO.34

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