COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO LAW

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
UFB 1803 INTRODUCTION TO LAW COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Faculty Of Business

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR AYŞE GÜL KÖKKILINÇ

Offered to

Faculty Of Business
Political Science and International Relations (UOLP-SUNY ALBANY)
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (UOLP-SUNY ALBANY)
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (UOLP-SUNY ALBANY)
ECONOMICS (UOLP-SUNY ALBANY)

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide students with general understanding of the basic concepts and institutions of law.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn concepts and institutions of law.
2   To dominate legal terminology.
3   To apply personally, rule of law, equality and justice principles in their professional field of work.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Legal order; concepts of law and right; other rules regulating society, legal rules and sanctions
2 Sources of law: I Constitution, Codes, Presidential Decrees, International Treaties, By-laws
3 Sources of Law II Customary Law, Judge-made law, Doctrine
4 Public Rights Rights arising from Public Law
5 Private Rights Rights arising from Civil Law
6 Person and Personality I Real Person Real Persons: Beginning and end of personality; persons as subjects of rights; capacity to act; the degree of capacity , Protection of personality.
7 Person and Personality II Legal Persons Legal Personality, legal persons in public and private law, acquisition and loss of legal personality
8 Acquisition and loss of rights, Good faith principle , rule of honesty.
9 Legal events, legal acts, legal transactions
10 The concept of obligation;obligation relationship, liability, contractual liability, torts and unjust enrichment
11 Torts Tortious liabiity
12 Form of contracts, freedom of contract and its limitations, çlassification of contracts
13 Formation of contracts, offer and acceptance,genuineness of intention, simulation and defective intentions , unconscionable contracts Unconscionable bargains.
14 Performance of obligations, discharge of obligations

Recomended or Required Reading

Introduction to Turkish Law
Prof. Dr. Şakir Tuğrul Ansay, (Editör)Don Wallace Jr, (Editör)Işık Önay (Editör)
7. Baskı,
Ekim 2020

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures
2. Problem solving

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MT Midterm
2 FN Final
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MT * 0.40 + FN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MT * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. To learn the basic concepts and instutitions of law.
2. To apply this knowledge on legal issues, and to solve legal problems.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory.
2. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.
3. Attending the problem solving sections.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

aysegul.kokkilinc@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 13.00-14.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Final 1 1,5 2
Midterm 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 82

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.15
LO.25
LO.34

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