COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MBA 3018 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Maritime Business Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR NIL KULA DEĞIRMENCI

Offered to

Maritime Business Administration (Evening)
Maritime Business Administration

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   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 Introduction to Course Introduction to Law The Relationship Between International Trade, Logistics and Transportation
2 Domestic Acrors Concerning International Business Law
3 Legal Features of International Sales Contracts
4 Delivery Terms in International Trade
5 International Payment Methods and Letter of Credit
6 International and Commercial Trade Documents
7 Mid-term
8 Mid-term
9 Transportation Related Concepts and Terminology Sea and Multimodal Transportation
10 Legal Features of Rail-Road-Air Transportation
11 Case Study
12 Legal Features of Insurance Coverage
13 Homework Presentations
14 Homework Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

1. SÖZER Bülent, Legal Environment of Business,Beta Basım A.Ş.,Istanbul,2001
2. ŞANLI Cemal, EKŞI Nuray, Uluslararası Ticaret Hukuku, Beta Basım A.Ş., 2004
3. ANSAY Tuğrul, SCHEIDER Eric, Introduction to Turkish Business Law, Turhan Kitabevi, Ankara, 2002
4. ESENER Turhan, Turkish Business Law 1(Law of Obligations),Boğaziçi University Press, Istanbul, 2004
5. ESENER Turhan, Turkish Business Law 2,Boğaziçi University Press, Istanbul, 2003

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Cooperative and active teaching and learning strategies

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MD Midterm
2 HW Homework
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MD * 0.30 + HW * 0.20 + FN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MD * 0.30 + HW * 0.20 + BUT * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nil Kula
E-mail: nil.degirmenci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 13.00-14.00

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 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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