COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COMMUNITY PROPERTY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
EKH 7042 COMMUNITY PROPERTY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Law of Economics Non-Thesis (Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MEHMET BEŞIR ACABEY

Offered to

Law of Economics Non-Thesis (Evening)

Course Objective

The object of the course of Property Regimes is to learn the legal and optional property regimes which govern the relationships arising between the spouses due to their properties in the conjugal union; to be able to carry out the dissolution of the properties as per the property regime valid between the spouses under the former Civil Code and the Turkish Civil Code; to criticize the provisions related to the property regimes and generate solutions in accordance with the principles governing the property regimes.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to describe the basic concepts of Property Regimes (legal property regime- optional property regime, property regime contract, extraordinary property regime, etc.), the history of the property regimes and the property regime systems applicable in different countries within the framework of the basic principles of property regimes (equality of spouses, principle of limited number, contracting freedom).
2   Ability to explain the provisions of the former Civil Code and the Turkish Civil Code.
3   Ability to make a correct decision as to what legal rule is to be applicable in the application of the legal rules related to property regimes to tangible events.
4   Ability to dissolve the property regime valid between spouses within the framework of the relevant legal rules.
5   Ability to criticize any existing legal regulations and decrees of the Supreme Court related to property regimes and generate proper solutions therefor.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General Information on Property Regimes (concept of property regime, principles governing the property regime law, Historical development of property regimes, property regimes valid in the legal systems of foreign countries)
2 Types of property regimes regulated in the Turkish Civil Code (legal property regime, contractual property regimes, extraordinary property regime), property regimes in the former Civil Code
3 Property regime contract
4 Legal property regime in the Turkish Civil Code: Participation in Acquired properties Regime: examination thereof in general (area, time, etc. of application)
5 Property groups: Acquired Properties, Personal Properties
6 Rights and Obligations of Spouses Related to Their Properties during the Validity of the Property Regime (Ownership, Management, Disposal)
7 Termination and Dissolution of the Participation in Acquired Properties Regime: Surplus Value Concept and Calculation Thereof: Values of the Acquired Properties of Spouses Which Fall into the Assets and Liabilities
8 Midterm Exam
9 Claim and liability of value increase interest, claim and liability of equalization, values to be added
10 Participation in surplus value percentage, participation claim value increase interest, legal action against third parties due to participation claim
11 Dissolution Action and Lapse of Time: Contractual Property Regimes
12 Separation of Properties Regime
13 Shared Separation of Properties Regime- Community of Properties Regime
14 Comparison of Legal Property Regime and Contractual Property Regime

Recomended or Required Reading

ACABEY ,M.Beşir: Evlilik Birliğinde Yasal Mal Rejimi, Izmir 1998.
ACABEY, M.Beşir: Medeni Kanun Tasarısının Evlilik Birliğinde Yasal Mal Rejimine Ilişkin Hükümlerinin Değerlendirilmesi, Prof. Dr. Hayri Domaniçe 80. Yaş Günü Armağanı, II. Cilt / Istanbul 2001, sh. 777 vd.
ACABEY, M. Beşir: Edinilmiş Mallara Katılma Rejiminde Mal Grupları- Ispat Kuralları ve Eşlerin Paylı Mülkiyeti Altındaki Mallara Ilişkin Düzenlemeler, Prof.Dr. Ünal Narmanlıoğluna Armağan, DEÜ. Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, C.9 - Özel Sayı 2007, Izmir-2009.
ACABEY, M. Beşir: Edinilmiş Mallara Katılma Rejiminde Tartışmalı Bazı Konular Hakkında Düşünceler, Izmir Barosu Dergisi, Y. 73/2009, S. 2/Nisan.
ACAR, Faruk: Aile Konutu, Mal Rejimleri, Eşin Yasal Miras Payı, Ankara 2012.
ŞIPKA, Şükran: Türk Hukukunda Edinilmiş Mallara Katılma Rejimi ve Uygulamaya Ilişkin Sorunlar, Istanbul 2011.
ZEYTIN, Zafer: Edinilmiş Mallara Katılma Rejimi ve Tasfiyesi, Ankara 2008.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The subjects are explained in the light of examples from the practice and especially decrees made by the Supreme Court and lectures are given in the form of case analyses.

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)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 30 30
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 126

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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