COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTERNATIONAL JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÖZH 5094 INTERNATIONAL JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Private Law

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ALI GÜMRAH TOKER

Offered to

Private Law

Course Objective

International judicial assistance refers to co-operation with the competent authorities about any foreign country to make the legal process. The subject of Internatonal judicial assistance expresed differently in variant law systems. The subject and scope of the Internatonal judicial assistance differs from county to country. Internatonal judicial assistance used in broad and in a limited sense. When its used in broad sense, guarantee, service abroad, evidence abroad, obtaining information about foreign law, recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards and legal aid are included.When its used in limited sense, it only means one part of taking evidence from
foreign countries called letters of request. Course objective is giving information about Internatonal judicial assistance in broad sense by identifying national and international regulations.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to determine the scope of the Internatonal judicial assistance
2   to express information about international guarantee
3   to express information about service abroad
4   to determine the way of obtaining information about foreign law
5   to list the prosedures of taking evidence from foreign countries

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 judicial assistance, its scope and Importance
2 The importance of bilateral and multilateral agreements about international judicial assistance
3 International guaranties
4 Multilateral agreements about International guaranties which Turkey became party to
5 Service abroad
6 Service abroad as part of international agreements
7 Procedures of taking evidence from foreign countries (letters of request)
8 Procedures of taking evidence from foreign countries (letters of request)
9 Procedures of taking evidence from foreign countries (taking of evidence by diplomatic officers, consular agents)
10 Procedures of taking evidence from foreign countries (taking of evidence by diplomatic officers, consular agents)
11 Procedures of taking evidence from foreign countries (taking of evidence from foreign countries by judges)
12 Procedures of taking evidence from foreign countries (taking of evidence by videoconferencing)
13 Procedures of taking evidence from foreign countries (importation of evidence)
14 Procedures of taking evidence from foreign countries (importation of evidence)

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Materials:
Ruhi, Ahmet Cemal: Milletlerarası Usul Hukukunda Tebligat, Ankara 2008.
Şanlı, Cemal: Uluslararası Ticari Akitlerin Hazırlanması ve Uyuşmazlıkların Çözüm
Yolları, 5. bası, Istanbul 2013.
Toker, Gümrah A.: Millelerarası Özel Hukukta Istinabe, Ankara, 2015
Subsidiary Materials:
Çelikel, Aysel/Erdem, Bahadır B.: Milletlerarası Özel Hukuk, 13. Bası, Istanbul 2014.
Ekşi, Nuray: Türk Mahkemelerinin Milletlerarası Yetkisi, 2. Bası, Istanbul 2000
Nomer, Ergin: Devletler Hususi Hukuku, 21. Bası-Beta, Istanbul 2015

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, discussion, case studies, seminars and studies.

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 * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + 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)

Ass. Prof. Dr. Ali Gümrah Toker
aligumrah@hotmail.com

Office Hours

Friday, 13.30-14.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 30 30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 1 30 30
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1111
LO.211
LO.311
LO.4111
LO.5111

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