COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TRANSPORTATION LAW

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
LOJ 2005 TRANSPORTATION LAW COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Logistics Programme

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR FATMA ITIR BINGÖL

Offered to

Logistics Programme

Course Objective

General information about carriage law, carriage contracts, the liability of the parties in a carriage contract, the limtis of the liability of the parties in a carriage contract, the prescription time, the national and international rules regarding to different types of carriage models. The types of damages arising in a carriage contract and how to compensate them. The carrige broker's legal situation and the rights and the duties of him.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to describe the main concepts of carriage law
2   Tof be able to give the description of carriage contract and explain the main elements of a carriage contract
3   To be able to explain the name of the international conventions and the national Codes which will be applied to different models of carriage
4   To be able to explain the importance of the broker's role in carriage
5   To have information about the liabilities of the carriers

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General information about transportation law
2 Carriage contracts
3 The liabilities of the parties
4 The prerequisite times in the carriage contracts
5 The national and international rules regarding carriage of goods by road
6 The niational and international rules regarding carriage of goods by air
7 The national and international rules regarding carriage of goods by railroad
8 Midterm
9 The national and international rules regarding carriage of goods by sea
10 The liability of the carrier and the shipper
11 The kind of damages arising from carriage contracts and how to compensate them
12 The broker of carriage and the rights and the duties of him
13 General overview
14 Problem solving
15 Final
16 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

CMR Convention and the 4. Book of Turkish Commercial Code are the main references
plus the students may get these books to get more information about the lesson:
Uluslararası Eşya Taşıma Hukuku- Gecikmeden Doğan Sorumluluk-, Dr. Muharrem Gençtürk, Istanbul, 2006
Uluslararası Eşya Taşıma Hukuku- Zşya ve /veya Hasardan Doğan Sorumluluk, Turkay Özdemir, Istanbul, 2006

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentaions,
Studying the provisions in carriage contracts in different models of transportation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm exam and final exam will be based on a problem which would be solved by the students

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

itir.bingol@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday, 09:00 - 11:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 96

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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