COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
LGM 4007 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Logistics Management

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Logistics Management

Course Objective

This course aims to afford a general overview of the laws that prevail in the domestic and international business environment.The primary objective is to provide students with a good understanding of the legal matters that arise in the day-to-day business practice.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To Distinguish between different types of law
2   Be familiar with the basic procedures within the legal system
3   Understand the components of a contract, the nature of the contractual performance obligation and consequences for breach of contract.
4   Be familiar with basic commercial law concepts and understand the law of business organizations
5   Examine the legal enviroment of international business

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Law and its effect on business -Different types of law and legal systems/families
2 Sources of law -Turkish legal and administrative structure
3 Basic Concepts related with business law: Obligations - The contract -The tort -The unjust enrichment
4 Establishing a business,commercial enterprice -Legal Forms of Business Enterprises
5 Negotiable Instruments Commercial Papers
6 Legal Framework of International Business
7 The International Organizations related with International Business
8 Mid-Term Exam
9 International Economic Law - Non-Discrimination - Free Competition
10 International Sales Contracts
11 Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods -Carriage of goods by road -Carriage of goods by sea
12 Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods -Carriage of goods by air -Carriage of goods by rail
13 Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods -Multimodal transport
14 Payment Methods and Documentation in International Sales Contracts
15 Presentation
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Uluslararası Ticaret Hukuku, Nuray Ekşi ve Cemal Şanlı, Beta Basım A.Ş., Istanbul, 2004

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Literature review, case studies

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FINS FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + FINS * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Oral and written competencies regarding the use of knowledge, abilities and skills in the field of International Business Law in terms of research, investigation and evaluation will be evaluated.

Language of Instruction

English

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 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing assignments 1 12 12
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 120

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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