| Course Name | Business Law |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| ELAW 519 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | Service Course | |||||
| Course Level | Second Cycle | |||||
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| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | To provide a general apprehension of business law through a presentation of basic concepts, principles and institutions of the law of obligations, commercial law, intellectual property law, labor law and social security law. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | Basic concepts of the law of obligations, general legal regime of contractual obligations, special types of contracts, basic concepts of Commercial Law, general principles of Company Law, corporations, limited liability company, negotiable instruments, unfair competition, Intellectual Property Rights, Labor Law and Social Security Law |
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| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Introduction | Ansay & Schneider, p. 1-15; Course notes |
| 2 | Law of Obligations (Contracts of Sale & Agency Contracts) | Ansay & Schneider, p. 15-29, p. 47-59; Course notes. |
| 3 | International Sale Contracts (CISG & Incoterms) | Shippey, Karla C.; Course notes |
| 4 | Consumer Protection Law | Ansay & Schneider, p. 29-45; Course notes |
| 5 | Business Associations | Ansay & Schneider, p. 89-111; Course notes. |
| 6 | Foreign Investments | Ansay & Schneider, p. 233-245; Course notes. |
| 7 | Midterm | |
| 8 | Employment Law | Ansay & Schneider, p. 161-185; Course notes. |
| 9 | Secured Transactions | Ansay & Schneider, p. 59-77; Course notes |
| 10 | Negotiable Instruments | Ansay & Schneider, p. 77-89; Course notes. |
| 11 | Unfair Competition; Competition Law | Ansay & Schneider, p. 111-139; Course notes. |
| 12 | Intellectual Property | Ansay & Schneider, p. 141-161; Course notes. |
| 13 | Private International Law and International Procedural Law. | Ansay & Schneider, p. 221-233; Course notes |
| 14 | Alternative Dispute Resolution | Ansay & Schneider, p. 245-255; Course notes |
| 15 | Banking Law | Ansay & Schneider, p. 207-218; Course notes |
| 16 | Final Exam |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Adal, Erhan, Fundamentals of Turkish Private Law, 10th ed., Legal, İstanbul, 2012; Ansay, Tuğrul & Schneider, Eric C., (Eds.), Introduction to Turkish Business Law, 2nd ed., Wolters Kluwer, The Netherlands, 2014; Shippey, Karla C., A Short Course in International Contracts, 4th ed., World Trade Press, CA, 2011 |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | 1 | 10 |
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| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
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| Presentation / Jury | ||
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| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | 1 | 10 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 80 |
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 50 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 50 |
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 15 | 5 | 75 |
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| Homework / Assignments | |||
| Presentation / Jury | |||
| Project | |||
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | 1 | 40 | |
| Final Exams | 1 | 57 | |
| Total | 220 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest
