COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONSUMER LAW

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÖZH 5110 CONSUMER LAW ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Private Law

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ÖZGE ERBEK ODABAŞI

Offered to

Course Objective

Explaining the basic concepts and institutions of consumer law, in this regard consumer transactions, parties and subject of these transactions and evaluation of rules relating to the protection of consumers.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to define consumer transactions and parties of these transactions.
2   Ability to interpret the rules of consumer law.
3   Ability to reveal the connection of consumer law to the other branches of law.
4   Ability to apply the rule of consumer law for the settlement of disputes.
5   Ability to determine the jurisdiction of the arbitration committee for consumer and consumer courts and have full knowledge of dispute resolution procedures and jurisdictional issues in consumer matters.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General principles regarding consumer law.
2 The reasons and methods of consumer protection.
3 The concepts of consumer transactions, including what consumer, seller and trader means.
4 The unfair conditions in the consumer contracts.
5 Defective good, responsibility of defective good delivery, alternative rights of consumer, varranty deed.
6 Defective service, responsibility of defective service delivery, alternative rights of consumer.
7 Installment sales contracts.
8 Consumer credit contracts.
9 Mortgage agreements and residence sales contracts with prepayment.
10 Contracts negotiated away from business premises.
11 Distance contracts and subscription agreements.
12 Timeshare, long-term holiday product contract and package travel contract.
13 Misleading advertising and unfair commercial practices.
14 The jurisdiction of the arbitration committee for consumer and consumer courts and their trial procedures.

Recomended or Required Reading

GÜMÜŞ, M. A.: 6502 sayılı Tüketicinin Korunması Hakkında Kanun Şerhi, C.I, Istanbul, 2014.
ASLAN, Y.: 6502 sayılı Kanuna Göre Tüketici Hukuku, Bursa, 2014.
AYDOĞDU, M.: Tüketici Hukuku Dersleri, Ankara, 2015.
ZEVKLILER, A./ AYDOĞDU, M.: Tüketicinin Korunması Hukuku, Ankara, 2004.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

After explaining the subject by the lecturer, the students, who are prepared by examining the scientific works and related legislation before the lecture, are expected to participate in open discussions followed by expression of Lecturer.

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

Full presence to the lectures are expected to complete the courses. The student who can't attend a course due to an excuse must describe his/her status to the instructor by an e-mail. The course hours that were announced earlier, will not be changed by reason of the students' personal schedules.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ozge.erbek@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

At the end of the course.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for final exam 1 40 40
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
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.3111
LO.411
LO.5111

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