COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FAMILY LAW

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AED 5553 FAMILY LAW ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Family Education and Counselling Non-Thesis (Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR NALAN KAHVECI

Offered to

Family Education and Counselling Non-Thesis (Evening)

Course Objective

Gain the knowledge of the Definition of Family, Marriage and Engagement to Marriage and Divorce and their Reason, and also the ending of marriage and their legal consequences.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be able to know the basic and important part of the society : family
2   To learn basic definitions of family law and concepts in turkish Law
3   To learn Engagement to Wedding, Marriage and Divorce and their Reason
4   The ending of Marriage and their legal consequences of spouses and children.
5   Parental custody and tutelage

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definiton of Family and General Knowledges of Family Law Lesson -questions and answers
2 Engagement to Wedding and Marriage Lesson -questions and answers
3 The General Legal Consequences of Marriage (The Right's and Obligations of the Spouses, The personel statute of the spouses Lesson -questions and answers
4 The legal transaction of the spouses, the protection of family Lesson -questions and answers
5 The legal matrimonial property Lesson -questions and answers
6 The Invalidity of Marriage (the nullity, Partial invalidity-total invalidity Lesson -questions and answers
7 Divorce Lesson -questions and answers
8 Course review, general evaluation, Midterm
9 The legal consequences of divorce about the spouse and children Lesson -questions and answers
10 The Definition of Filiation Lesson -questions and answers
11 The establishment of Filiation Lesson -questions and answers
12 Adoption Lesson -questions and answers
13 Law of Parental Custody Lesson -questions and answers
14 Law of Tutelage Lesson -questions and answers
15 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Dougles,Gillian ' Introduction to Family Law'Oxford University Press, 2004;Malcolm Dodds 'Family Law'
Baskı 3
Yayıncı Old Bailey, 2004

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Interactive presentations, discussion and individual learning

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

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 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 25 25
Preparation for final exam 1 35 35
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 144

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.15555555555
LO.25555555555
LO.35555555554
LO.45554444445
LO.55554444444