COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE HEIRDOM OF THE SURVIVING SPOUSE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÖAH 7091 THE HEIRDOM OF THE SURVIVING SPOUSE COMPULSORY 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Family Law Non-Thesis (Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SERKAN AYAN

Offered to

Family Law Non-Thesis (Evening)

Course Objective

Study of the legal status of the surviving spouse of a married person arising from the inheritance law which is especially related to family law and law of property upon the termination of the natural personality as a whole.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to generate solutions for the disputes arising from the termination of natural personality
2   Ability to pursue and evaluate the scientific studies, court decrees and legislation related to the heirship of the spouse
3   Ability to determine the relation of the legal status of the spouse arising from inheritance law with the other branches of law
4   Ability to generate justified, critical and discussable opinion about the heirship of the spouse
5   Ability to improve any scientific studies, court decrees and legislation about the inheritance law

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Complete and partial succession concepts
2 Legal heirs
3 Affirmative conditions of the heirship of the spouse
4 Negative conditions of the heirship of the spouse
5 Analysis of an actual events
6 Relationship of the heirship of the spouse with the family law
7 Analysis of an actual Event
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Relationship of the heirship of the spouse with the law of property
10 Reserved portion of the spouse
11 Effect of the states terminating the heirship capacity on the heirship of the spouse
12 Relationship of equalization in heirship on the heirship of the spouse
13 Spouse's legal status at the stage of sharing the inheritance
14 Regulations in the heirship of the spouse in the foreign legal systems Analysis of an actual Event

Recomended or Required Reading

Serozan / Engin: Miras Hukuku, Istanbul 2008.
Inan / Ertaş / Albaş: Miras Hukuku, Ankara 2008.
Dural / Öğüz: Miras Hukuku, Istanbul 2009.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, discussion of actual events, presentation

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 * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


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)

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
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 24 24
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
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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