COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTERNATIONAL AIR LAW

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HUK 3054 INTERNATIONAL AIR LAW ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Law

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ALI BAL

Offered to

Law

Course Objective

Objective: Introduction to the legal regime of the airspace and international rules on relationships and issues related to aviation.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to explain the basic concepts and principles of international air law,
2   To be able to specify the historical development of aviation and the air law,
3   To be able to explain the main sources of air law and normative activities of international institutions on aviation
4   To be able to explain the legal status of airspace, its boundaries and distinction from the outer space,
5   To be able to specify the international legal order on international navigation and transportation in the airspace
6   To be able to evaluate the issue of liability in air carriage
7   To be able to explain the international legal order on criminal matters in the airspace

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The scope of the air law and historical development of aviation
2 Sources of the Air Law and the general order of the Chicago Conventions
3 The order of the Chicago Conventions
4 ICAO
5 Introduction to other international institutions on aviation
6 The concept of airspace and its legal status
7 Horizontal and vertical boundaries of the airspace
8 Aerial Intrusions
9 Aerial Intrusions
10 Legal regime of the aircraft
11 Phases of the rules of international law relating air freedoms and the liberalization process
12 Air transport scheme in the European Union
13 The development of aviation industry and air law in Türkiye, and airspace issues related to Türkiye
14 International legal order on criminal matters in the airspace
15 Mid-term exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Bal Ali, Uluslararası Hava Hukuku - Hava Sahasının Hukukî Rejimi, Seçkin, 2019.
Günel Reşat Volkan, Uluslararası Havacılık Hukuku, Beta, 2010.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, discussions, evaluation of current events

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE roundKPU + FN,0
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) roundKPU + BUT,0


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)

ali.bal@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 21 21
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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