COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TRANSPORT LAW

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MBA 4026 TRANSPORT LAW ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Maritime Business Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR NIL KULA

Offered to

Maritime Business Administration (Evening)
Maritime Business Administration

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide a general view of international logistics and maritime transport within the framework of related legal norms and judicial decisions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Identifying the environment of logistics and maritime transport,
2   Analyzing the environment of logistics and maritime transport within the framework of related legal norms
3   Attributing the application of national and international norms related with transport
4   Critizing the problems which arise during the application of legal norms of transport
5   Interpreting orally or writtenly the solutions regarding the legal problems arise in logistics and maritime transport

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Transport law General Concept (Transport Agreement, Quality) Parties of Transport Agreement (Carrier, Shipper)
2 Formation and characteristics of international sales of goods contracts
3 International delivery terms, their characteristics and the relationships with the international transportation modes INCOTERMS
4 International payment terms and documentary letter of credits and transport documents
5 Classification of Unimodal and Multimodal Transport Multimodal Transport and Related Terms (Intermodal and Combined transport)
6 International and national sources of transport Carriage of goods by sea: Hague,Hague-Visby and Hamburg Rules
7 International and national sources of transport Carriage of goods by road: CMR
8 mıdterm
9 International and national sources of transport Carriage of goods by air: Warsaw Convention
10 International and national sources of transport Carriage of goods by rail: CIM COTIF
11 Multimodal Norms UNCTAD ICC, Multimodal Transport Convention and Rotterdam Rules
12 -Unimodal transport rules in Turkish Law and 6762 numbered Turkish Commercial Code Analyze - Multimodal transport rules in Turkish Law and 6102 numbered Turkish Commercial Code Analyze
13 Project Evaluation
14 Project Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Özdemir, Türkay; Uluslar arası Eşya Taşıma Hukuku, Istanbul, 2006
Karan, Hakan; Law on International Carriage of Goods, Istanbul, 2009
Günel, Volkan Reşat; Uluslar arası Havacılık Hukuku, Istanbul, 2010
Şamlı, Kübra Yetiş; Uluslararası Kara , Hava Ve Deniz Yoluyla Eşya Taşımalarında Taşıyıcının / Taşıyanın Sınırlı Sorumluluktan Yararlanma Hakkının Kaybı, Oniki Levha Yayıncılık, Istanbul, 2008
Aras, Yeşilova Ecehan; Uluslararası Karayolu Ile Yük Taşımacılığında Teslim Süresinin Aşılması Ve Teslimde Ödeme ( CMR M.19,20,21 ), Adalet Yayınevi, Istanbul, 2010
Ömer Faruk Görçün ve Özhan Görçün, Lojistik ve Tedarik Zinciri Yönetimi Perspektifinden Demiryolu Taşımacılığı, Beta Yayınevi, 2010, Istanbul
Presentations
Judicial Decisions (Especially 11th Circuit Court of Appeal)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Literature survey, case studies, presentation, homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 FINS FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE 1 * 0.20 + MTE 2 * 0.20 + FINS * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE 1 * 0.20 + MTE 2 * 0.20 + FCGR * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

skills and competencies in research, examination, critics, oral and written presentation of legal practices in the scope of international maritime business environment will be assessed.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

05333615391

Office Hours

wednesday 14.00-16.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Case study 1 3 3
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparing presentations 2 15 30
Preparation for final exam 4 6 24
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 130

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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