COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SURETY LAW

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÖZH 5104 SURETY LAW ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Private Law

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SERKAN AYAN

Offered to

Private Law

Course Objective

Studying the basic characteristics of recognizance contracts which are one of the most important personal guarantee contracts and their difference from similar contracts and their provisions and consequences in terms of the provisions of the Code of Obligations No. 6098.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to produce solutions for any disputes arising from a recognizance contract.
2   Ability to evaluate any scientific studies, court decrees and legislation about recognizance contracts.
3   Ability to distinguish a recognizance contract from other guarantee contracts.
4   Ability to generate justified, critical and discussable opinion in Recognizance Law.
5   Ability to improve learning, learning skills and critical thinking capability in Recognizance Law.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Distinction of security in kind and personal security
2 Definition and legal nature of recognizance contract
3 Distinguishing recognizance contract from similar contracts
4 Validity conditions of recognizance contract in material terms
5 Validity conditions of recognizance contract in formal terms
6 Ordinary bail
7 Analysisof an actual event
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Joint bail
10 Secondary guarantee, reciprocal guarantee, guarantee for loss and co-guarantee
11 Scope of the responsibility of a guarantor
12 Pleas of guarantor and obligations and charges of creditor
13 Relationship between guarantor and the principal debtor
14 Termination of guarantee Analysisof an actual event

Recomended or Required Reading

Burak Özen: Kefalet Sözleşmesi, Istanbul 2012.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, discussion of actual events, presentation.

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 * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** 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)

serkanayan@yahoo.com

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 26 26
Preparation for final exam 1 40 40
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.2111
LO.311
LO.411
LO.5111