COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IUI 7036 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW COMPULSORY 3 0 0 8

Offered By

International Business Administration Non-thesis

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ASLI TUTUCU

Offered to

International Business Administration Non-thesis

Course Objective

Having knowledge about regulations of Trade Law in international plan, national regulations, also international uniform works and its organizations. Comprehending the relation between international commercial agreement samples and individual international commercial contracts. Having knowledge about incoterms, international sales, EU Competition Law, International Land Transport Law, generally having informed in several significant issues in international field, such as international payment formats, L/C contracts, franchise, leasing, forfaiting contracts.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Comprehending national regulations in International Trade Law, neccesity of uniform configurations and its reasons, importance of international agreements in this field.
2   Evaluating what should be remarked for avoiding legal desputes while the parties settle international commercial contracts liberally, in accordance with freewill, importance and results of attributing incoterm clauses in international sales incontracts.
3   Evaluating norms and principles of international sales.Recognizing UN Agreement s executiong area which applied ininternational sales field, its regulations, solutions.
4   Distinguishing international commercial contract types,interpreting the species, parties, and provisions of maincontracts; discernmenting international regulations whichshould be applied or not in contracts.
5   Comprehending and interpreting the norms and principles of EU Competetion Law which references national regulations in 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 work of unification on international trade law and the work by international establishments fort his purpose; especially the importance of being a party to multilateral international aggrements regulating international trade.
2 Conditions which oftenly located into the international sales contracts. Meaning of freedom will and the importance of INCOTERMS, purpose, history, editing.
3 INCOTERMS 2010 Revision.
4 Separately to examine incoterms clauses, Interpretation of CIF and FOB Clauses which frequently used in the contract of sale,analysis of case studies.
5 Overall ratings of the UN Convention on the International Sale of Goods ( CISG) , field of application of the agreement,
6 According to the UN Convention on the International Sale of Goods, delivery of goods, delivery of goods in accordance with the contract, transition of damage , contrary system to the contracts.
7 Overview of the EU Competition Law-ABIDA- 101 Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union Article Investigation ( limiting the prohibition of competition), case studies.
8 ABIDA 102 Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union Article Investigation ( Prohibition of abuse of dominant position) and case studies.
9 Intellectual Property Law, international regulations especially regarding patents and trademarks
10 Comparing studies on factoring and forfeiting contracts, franchise agreements, the nature of the contract, subject, the rights and obligations of the parties, the termination of the contract.
11 The agreements of the contract of carriage of goods by road 1956 ( CMR). Field of application of the agreement, the transport document, the carrier s liability, states which removes the responsibility, case studies.
12 Forms of international payments especially the credit agreement

Recomended or Required Reading

International Sales Law UN Agreement about Contracts for International Sales edt. Yesim Atamer
Articles about International Commercial Law Ercument Erdem
CIF Sales Ercument Erdem
Franchise Contracts Osman Berat Gurzumar
Vendor's Obligations in International Sales Contracts under CISG Yesim Atamer
International Ware Transportation on Land and CMR Ziya Akıncı
Convention about International Ware Transportation on Land CMR Expo Hakan Karan
European Union Competition Law and Politics Ugur Ozgoker

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, preparing a seminar work and presentation based on a survey, midterm and final exams.

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


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Students shall pick a midterm work topic or the topic shall be given, mid term work shall be prepared and presented during semester, after the presentation in accordance with suggestions, work shall be edited and by the end of the semester, seminar work shall be delivered to academic member.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

aslitutucu@deu.edu.tr
DEBIS Contact 4204180/10581
If academic member finds necesserity, GSM number may be given to the
students during the class.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing presentations 1 7 7
Preparing assignments 1 50 50
Final Assignment 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 206

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51

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