COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CIVIL LAW

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMY 2008 CIVIL LAW COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Public Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR GÜLÜMDEN ÜRCAN

Offered to

Public Administration (Evening)
Public Administration
Public Finance
Public Finance (Evening)

Course Objective

The general objective of this course is to make student have information about the family law, law of persons, property law.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to explain the preliminary provisions of Turkish Civil Code.
2   Being able to explain the capacity to acquire rights and beginning and end of personality.
3   Being able to classify legal persons by their legal capacity .
4   Being able to explain legal persons and beginning and end of their personality.
5   Being able to ascertain the conditions for a valid marriage, general legal effects of marriage, dissolution of a marriage and its legal consequences.
6   Being able to explain the types of real rights.
7   Being able to explain the possession and means of protection of possession.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Concept of Civil Law, The Sources and the General Principles of Civil Law
2 Preliminary Provisions of Turkish Civil Code, Discretion of Judge, Principle of Honesty
3 Bona Fides, Burden of Proof, Public Registry
4 Natural Persons: Beginning and End of Personality, Capacity to Acquire Rights, Capacity to Act
5 The Kinship, the Domicile, Protection of Personality, Name and Protection of the Name, Register of Births - Deaths and Marriages
6 Legal Person: Beginning and End of Personality, Capacity to Acquire Rights, Capacity to Act, Associations, Foundations
7 Family Law: Engagement (the Legal Nature, Conditions for a Valid Engagement, Legal Effects of Engagement, End of Engagement)
8 Midterm exam
9 Midterm exam
10 Marriage (the Legal Nature, Conditions for a Valid Marriage, General Legal Effects of Marriage, Marital Rights and Matrimonial Property Systems)
11 Dissolution of Marriage, Annulment of Marriage, Divorce, Legal Consequences
12 Adoption, Guardianship and Curatorship
13 Law of Property, Real Rights and Personal Rights. Ownership: Beginning and End of Ownership, Protection of Ownership
14 Concept of Possession, Types of Possession, Legal Protection of Possession, Land Registry, Limited Real Rights

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Akıntürk Turgut, Medeni Hukuk, Istanbul 2010.
References:
Öztan Bilge, Medeni Hukukun Temel Kavramları, Ankara 2011.
Havutçu Ayşe / Zevkliler Aydın / Gürpınar Damla, Medeni Hukuk (Temel Kavramlar), Ankara 2008.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures of Instructor about relevant week. Current topics, which are related civil law, are discussed. Practices which based on fictional events are made.

Assessment Methods

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

Students are expected to be prompt at all times and to participate during class sessions. Students must pay attention to course harmony and discipline.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

gulumden.urcan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

It will be announced at the beginning of each period.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 104

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.145
LO.2444
LO.333
LO.444444
LO.5
LO.64
LO.74