COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO LAW

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MBA 1005 INTRODUCTION TO LAW COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Maritime Business Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR FATMA ITIR BINGÖL

Offered to

Maritime Business Administration
Maritime Business Administration

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide a basic understanding of law through a general introduction on the subject and to prepare students for further and detailed law courses.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Discuss and define the legal issues of general concern.
2   Identify fundamental legal terms correctly
3   Analyze legal information from different sources
4   Examine the structure of the Turkish Judicial System.
5   To provide a basic understanding of Turkish law

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 Law, Systems of Law
2 Branches of Turkish Law -Branches of public law
3 Branches of Turkish Law -Branches of private law
4 Sources of Law
5 Court System in Turkey
6 Organization of the Turkish judicial system
7 Mid-term
8 General information about Constitutional Law
9 General information about International Law
10 General information about Criminal Law
11 General Information about Civil Law -Law of Persons (I)
12 Law of Obligations
13 Law of Property
14 General information about Private International Law

Recomended or Required Reading

1. ANSAY Tuğrul, WALLACE Jr. Don,Introduction to Turkish Law, Seçkin Kitabevi, Ankara,2011
2.AYBAY Rona, An Introduction to Law, Istanbul Bilgi University Press, Istanbul , 2011
3.WACKS,Raymond,Law- A very Short Introduction,New York,2008
4. GÖZLER Kemal, Hukuka Giriş,Ekin Yayınevi,Bursa, 2011
5.PULAŞLI Hasan, KORKUT Ömer, Temel Hukuk, Karahan Kitabevi,Adana 2011
6.BILGE Necip,Hukuk Başlangıcı,Turhan Kitabevi,Ankara,2011
7.GÖZÜBÜYÜK Şeref,Hukuka Giriş,Turhan Kitabevi,Ankara,2011
8.BILGILI Fatih, DEMIRKAPI Ertan, Hukukun Temel Kavramları,Dora Yayınevi, Bursa 2011
9.OVACIK Mustafa, Ingilizce-Türkçe Hukuk Sözlüğü, Banka ve Ticaret Hukuku Araştırma Enstitüsü, Ankara,2000
10.OVACIK Mustafa, Türkçe- Ingilizce Hukuk Sözlüğü, Banka ve Ticaret Hukuku Araştırma Enstitüsü, Ankara,2003

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Cooperative and active teaching and learning strategies

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 FINS FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE 1 * 0.20 + MTE 2 * 0.20 + FINS * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE 1 * 0.20 + MTE 2 * 0.20 + FCGR * 0.60

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 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.211
LO.3111
LO.411
LO.511