COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TRANSPORT LAW

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
LGM 3003 TRANSPORT LAW COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Logistics Management

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR NIL KULA DEĞIRMENCI

Offered to

Logistics Management

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide a general view of international logistics and maritime transport within the framework of related legal norms and judicial decisions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Identifying the environment of logistics and maritime transport
2   Analyzing the environment of logistics and maritime transport within the framework of related legal norms
3   Attributing the application of national and international norms related with transport
4   Critizing the problems which arise during the application of legal norms of transport
5   Interpreting orally or writtenly the solutions regarding the legal problems arise in logistics and maritime transport

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Transport law General Concept (Transport Agreement, Quality) Parties of Transport Agreement (Carrier, Shipper)
2 Formation and characteristics of international sales of goods contracts
3 International delivery terms, their characteristics and the relationships with the international transportation modes INCOTERMS
4 International payment terms and documentary letter of credits and transport documents
5 Classification of Unimodal and Multimodal Transport Multimodal Transport and Related Terms (Intermodal and Combined transport)
6 International and national sources of transport Carriage of goods by sea: Hague,Hague-Visby and Hamburg Rules
7 International and national sources of transport Carriage of goods by road: CMR
8 Mid-Term
9 International and national sources of transport Carriage of goods by air: Warsaw Convention
10 International and national sources of transport Carriage of goods by rail: CIM COTIF
11 Multimodal Norms UNCTAD ICC, Multimodal Transport Convention and Rotterdam Rules
12 Unimodal transport rules in Turkish Law and 6762 numbered Turkish Commercial Code Analyze - Multimodal transport rules in Turkish Law and 6102 numbered Turkish Commercial Code Analyze
13 Presentation
14 Presentation
15 Final-Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Law on International Carriage of Goods, Hakan Karan, Turhan Kitabevi, Ankara, 2009.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Literature review, case studies

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FINS FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Oral and written competencies regarding the use of knowledge, abilities and skills in the field of Transportation Law in terms of research, investigation and evaluation will be evaluated.

Language of Instruction

English

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 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

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