COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GUARDIANSHIP LAW

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÖAH 7079 GUARDIANSHIP LAW COMPULSORY 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Family Law Non-Thesis (Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MEHMET BEŞIR ACABEY

Offered to

Family Law Non-Thesis (Evening)

Course Objective

Object of the course of Custody Law is to study the right of custody established between the child and the parents for the protection of the child within the framework of the children's rights as contained in international documents and of the provisions as contained in our legislation.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to explain the custody right concept and scope thereof as well as its regulation in national and international documents.
2   Ability to associate the provisions related to custody in the international conventions related to children's rights such as United Nations Children's Rights Convention and European Convention on the Exercise of Children's Rights, to which our country is also a party, with the provisions related to children s rights and custody in our legislation.
3   Ability to explain the provisions related to custody in the Turkish Civil Code.
4   Ability to apply the rules related to custody to a tangible event in a correct manner.
5   Ability to criticize the legal regulations related to custody in our legislation.6
6   Ability to generate remedial solutions for the problems related to the Custody Law.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Concept of Custody Right, Object of Custody Right, Comparison of Custody and Guardianship
2 Custody Right in the International Legal Regulations Governing Children's Rights
3 People with Custody Right, Rights and obligations of the mother and/or father who possesses the custody right
4 Scope of the Custody Right
5 Child's Voice in the Exercise of the Custody Right, Child's Obligation to Obey His/Her Parents
6 Provisions of the Custody Right Related to Personal Status of the Child, Child's Education
7 Child's Legal Capacity and Representation
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Child's Properties and protection of Child's Properties: Parent's rights on child's properties
10 Child's properties on which the parents have partial or no rights of management and utilization
11 Regulations related to the Protection of Child's Properties
12 Conditions of the Abolition of Custody
13 Decree of the Abolition of Custody
14 Consequences of the Abolition of Custody Disappearance of the Reasons Causing the Abolition of Custody

Recomended or Required Reading

AKINTÜRK, Turgut: Türk Medeni Hukuku, Yeni Medeni Kanuna Uyarlanmış Aile Hukuku, C.II.,Istanbul 2010.
AKIPEK, Jale G./AKINTÜRK, Turgut: Türk Medenî Hukuku, C.I, Başlangıç Hükümleri-Kişiler Hukuku, Istanbul 2011.
AKYÜZ, Emine: Çocuğun Haklarının ve Güvenliğinin Korunması, (Ulusal ve Uluslararası Hukukta), Ankara 2012.
ANKAY, Aydın; Çocuk Hukuku, Ankara 1999.
BAKTIR ÇETINER, Selma; Velâyet Hukuku, Ankara 2000.
DURAL, Mustafa/ÖĞÜZ, Tufan/GÜMÜŞ, Alper: Türk Özel Hukuku, C. III, Aile Hukuku, 4. Bası, Istanbul 2011.
HODGKIN, Rachel/NEWELL, Peter: Çocuk Haklarına Dair Sözleşme Uygulama El Kitabı, UNICEF, 1998.
INAN, Ali Naim: Çocuk Hukuku, Istanbul 1968.
ÖZTAN, Bilge: Aile Hukuku, Ankara 2004.
ÖZUĞUR, Ali Ihsan: Açıklamalı - Içtihatlı Velayet-Vesayet-soybağı Evlat Edinme Hukuku Diğer Eşin Rıza ve Onamına Bağlı Işlemler, Ankara 2010.
SEROZAN, Rona: Çocuk Hukuku, Istanbul 2005.
ŞENER, Esat; Vesayet ve Velâyet Hukuku, Ankara 1996.
ZEVKLILER/ACABEY/GÖKYAYLA: Medeni Hukuk, Ankara 2000.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

: Lectures and examination of the Turkish Supreme Court decisions with the attending students

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 * 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + RST* 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

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 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 24 24
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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