COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO LAW

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MBA 1017 INTRODUCTION TO LAW COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Maritime Business Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR FATMA ITIR BINGÖL

Offered to

Maritime Business Administration

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide a basic understanding of law through a general introduction on the subject and to prepare students for further and detailed law courses.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Discuss and define the legal issues of general concern.
2   Identify fundamental legal terms correctly
3   Analyze legal information from different sources
4   Examine the structure of the Turkish Judicial System.
5   To provide a basic understanding of Turkish law

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 Law, Systems of Law
2 Branches of Turkish Law -Branches of public law
3 Branches of Turkish Law -Branches of private law
4 Sources of Law
5 Court System in Turkey
6 Organization of the Turkish judicial system
7 Mid-term
8 General information about Constitutional Law
9 General information about International Law
10 General information about Civil Law- Law of Persons
11 Civil Law-Law of Prpperty
12 Civil Law-Law of Obligations
13 General Information about Commercial law
14 Case Study
15 Case Study on a decision of high court
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. ANSAY Tuğrul, WALLACE Jr. Don,Introduction to Turkish Law, Seçkin Kitabevi, Ankara,2011
2.AYBAY Rona, An Introduction to Law, Istanbul Bilgi University Press, Istanbul , 2011
3.WACKS,Raymond,Law- A very Short Introduction,New York, 2018
4. GÖZLER Kemal, Hukuka Giriş,Ekin Yayınevi,Bursa, 2019
5.BILGILI, Fatih/DEMIRKAPI, Ertan, Hukukun Temel Kavramları, Bursa, 2019
6.PULAŞLI Hasan, KORKUT Ömer, Temel Hukuk, Karahan Kitabevi, Adana 2019
7. KAYAR, Ismail/ ÜZÜLMEZ, Ilhan, Hukukun Temel Kavramları, Seçkin yayınevi, 2018
8. SÜMER, Halûk Hâdi, Hukuka Giriş, Seçkin Yayınevi, 2020

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Litreature review, case studies, problem solving

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FINS FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)


*** 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

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

e-mail: itir.bingol@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursdays: 16:00-17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 79

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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