Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES / İKT232 - ECONOMICS

Code: İKT232 Course Title: LAW OF OBLIGATIONS Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 3
Year/Semester of Study 2 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department ECONOMICS
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer BUKET ÇATAKOĞLU (buketcatakoglu@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to provide students with detailed knowledge of the general provisions of the Turkish Code of Obligations, the basic concepts of the law of obligations such as obligation and liability, legal transactions, freedom of contract and particularly the three different sources of obligations which are composed of contracts, torts and unjust enrichment, other legal reasons (such as solidarity, conditional obligations and penalty clauses for non-performance).

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Be able to provide information about the concepts of obligation, liability, legal transactions and contracts. PO-19 can find solutions about the juridical problems which can be met in business life.
Examination
LO-2 Be able to provide detailed information about the formation and development of the concept of tort liability. PO-19 can find solutions about the juridical problems which can be met in business life.
Examination
LO-3 Be able to define the concepts of representation, lesion, solidarity, torts and unjust enrichment. PO-19 can find solutions about the juridical problems which can be met in business life.
Examination
LO-4 Be able to provide detailed information about the consept of joint liability, its types and the joint accountability and applications of these concepts. PO-19 can find solutions about the juridical problems which can be met in business life.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
This course includes the general provisions of the Turkish Code of Obligations, the basic concepts of the law of obligations such as obligation and liability, legal transactions, freedom of contract and particularly the three different sources of obligations which are composed of contracts, torts and unjust enrichment, other legal reasons (such as solidarity, conditional obligations and penalty clauses for non-performance).
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 The knowledge of the general provisions of the Turkish Code of Obligations lectures, discussion
2 Obligation, liability, legal transactions, lectures, discussion
3 Freedom of contract and Types of contact lectures, discussion
4 The three different sources of obligations which are composed of contracts lectures, discussion
5 Validity conditions of legal transaction or contact lectures, discussion
6 Torts and unjust enrichment, lectures, discussion
7 Representation lectures, discussion
8 mid-term exam
9 Lesion lectures, discussion
10 Forfeit money lectures, discussion
11 Assignment of claim lectures, discussion
12 Assignment of liability lectures, discussion
13 Termination of debts lectures, discussion
14 Joint debts lectures, discussion
15 Solidarity, conditional obligations and penalty clauses for non-performance lectures, discussion
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 İsmail Kayar, Borçlar Hukuku, Ankara: Detay Yayıncılık, 2011
Required Course instruments and materials

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 2 6 12
       b) Search in internet/Library 0
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 3 7 21
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 2 7 14
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 91