COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONVENTION ON CONTRACTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SALE OF GOODS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
EKH 7049 CONVENTION ON CONTRACTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SALE OF GOODS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Law of Economics Non-Thesis (Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR HACI CAN

Offered to

Law of Economics Non-Thesis (Evening)

Course Objective

The Convention entered into force in 1.1.1988, and its the result of the opinion that the adoption uniform rules which govern contracts for the international sale of goods.Turkey became party of this convention.The purpose of this lesson is to give information about this convention and the impact of this convention on Turkish law of obligations.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to identify the scope of the convention
2   to express the impact of this convention on Turkish law
3   to come upon the convention and Turkish law of obligations
4   to identify the obligations of the buyer and the seller in contracts for the international sale of goods
5   to note the remedies for breach of contract by the seller in contracts for the international sale of goods

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The history and general imformation of the convention on contracts for the international sale of goods
2 The geografical, temporal and personal sphere of application of the convention on contracts for the international sale of goods
3 Sphere of application of the convention on contracts for the international sale of goods (about subject matter)
4 Interpretation of the convention on contracts for the international sale of goods
5 Gap-filling in the convention on contracts for the international sale of goods
6 Formation of the contract in accordance with the convention on contracts for the international sale of goods
7 Delivery of the goods and handing over of documents in accordance with the convention on contracts for the international sale of goods
8 Midterm Exam
9 Conformity of the goods and third party claims in accordance with the convention on contracts for the international sale of goods
10 Passing of risk in accordance with the convention on contracts for the international sale of goods
11 Breach of contract by seller in accordance with the convention on contracts for the international sale of goods
12 Blocks of performance in the convention on contracts for the international sale of goods
13 Remedies for breach of contract by the seller (buyer's rights) in accordance with the convention on contracts for the international sale of goods
14 Damages and interest in accordance with the convention on contracts for the international sale of goods

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Materials:
Zeytin, Zafer: Milletlerarası Mal Satım Sözleşmeleri (CISG) Hukuku, Seçkin, Ankara 2011.
Subsidiary Materials:
Atamer, Yeşim M. (ed.): Milletlerarası Satım Hukuku, Istanbul 2008.
Ekşi, Nuray: Milletlerarası Ticaret Hukuku, Beta, Istanbul 2010.
Şanlı, Cemal: Uluslararası Ticari Akitlerin Hazırlanması ve Uyuşmazlıkların Çözüm Yolları, 4. bası, Istanbul 2011.
Toker, Ali Gümrah: 11 Nisan 1980 Tarihli Uluslar arası Taşınır Mal Satımına Ilişkin Birleşmiş Milletler Sözleşmesi'nin (Viyana Sözleşmesi) Uygulama Alanı, Ankara 2005

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

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

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


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

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)

haci.can@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday, 12.30-13.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 11 11
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 120

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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