COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE UNIDROIT PRINCIPLES APPLICABLE TO INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÖZH 5112 THE UNIDROIT PRINCIPLES APPLICABLE TO INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Private Law

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ALI GÜMRAH TOKER

Offered to

Private Law

Course Objective

In the field of international trade law, the states aim to establish the unification of the rules of substantive law. The UNIDROIT Principles was one one of the sources of law which was created for using in the international trade. The purpose of this course is to introduce the UNIDROIT principles and provide information on the implementation of these principles to international commercial contracts.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to gain information about establishing the unification of the rules of substantive law in the field of international trade law,
2   to introduce the the UNIDROIT principles,
3   to determine the national legislation and the international conventions about determining the law applicable to international commercial contracts,
4   to provide information on the implementation of the UNIDROIT principles of international commercial contracts,
5   to provide information about the role of the UNIDROIT Principles in arbitration.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Concept of International Commercial Contracts
2 The determination of applicable law to international commercial contracts
3 The effords about the unification of the applicable law to International Commercial Contracts
4 The effords about the unification of the applicable law to International Commercial Contracts
5 UNIDROIT Principles
6 UNIDROIT Principles
7 the expressly choice of applicable law by the parties as the UNIDROIT Principles
8 the expressly choice of applicable law by the parties as the UNIDROIT Principles
9 Incorporatin of the UNIDROIT Principles and become a part of an international contract
10 Incorporatin of the UNIDROIT Principles and become a part of an international contract
11 The effect of the UNIDROIT Principles in case of the parties didn't choose of law
12 The effect of the UNIDROIT Principles in case of the parties didn't choose of law
13 Some other situations that may result effect of UNIDROIT Principles
14 Some other situations that may result effect of UNIDROIT Principles

Recomended or Required Reading

Sural, Ceyda: Uluslararası Ticari Sözleşmelere Uygulanacak Hukuk Olarak UNIDROIT
Prensipleri, Izmir 2008.
Nomer, Ergin: Devletler Hususi Hukuku, 20. bası, Istanbul 2013.
Ekşi, Nuray: Milletlerarası Ticaret hukuku, Istanbul 2010.
Şanlı, Cemal: Uluslararası Ticari Akitlerin Hazırlanması ve Uyuşmazlıkların Çözüm
Yolları, Istanbul 2013.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, discussion, case studies, seminars or work assignments.

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


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)

Ass. Prof. Dr. Ali Gümrah Toker
aligumrah@hotmail.com

Office Hours

Friday, 13.30-14.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 30 30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 1 28 28
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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