At the end of this course, the students; 1) Comprehends the legal relations within the subject of commercial law, why commercial law is an important branch of law and the sources of commercial law, 2) Defines trade, trade relationship, elements and concepts of commercial enterprise, 3) Understands the legal reasons of liability in commercial law, 4) Comprehends the duties of commercial courts.
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
Basic Law (Introduction to Law, Law - I)
COURSE DEFINITION
In the Commercial Law, (Commercial Business Law) course, the basic concepts of commercial law and commercial business, which constitutes an important institution of commercial law; also, merchant and the consequences of being a merchant, trade registry, trade name and business name, unfair competition, commercial books, current account, agency, broker, commercial provisions and legal transactions on commercial enterprise, commercial enterprises; trading companies, commercial papers will be examined and learned.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
Subject of commercial law, historical development of commercial law, systems in regulating commercial law
2nd Week
Definition of commercial enterprise, its features and elements of commercial enterprise. Head office and branch concepts in commercial business
3rd Week
Transfer of commercial enterprise, merger and pledge of commercial enterprise
4th Week
Commercial business, commercial judgment and commercial jurisdiction
5th Week
Trader; the title of merchant in real persons and the title of merchant in legal persons, the terms and consequences of being a merchant
6th Week
trade register
7th Week
Trade name and business name
8th Week
Midterm
9th Week
Unfair competition definition and elements
10th Week
Unfair competition cases and unfair competition cases
11th Week
commercial ledgers
12th Week
current account agreements
13th Week
Merchant assistants: dependent trader assistants
14th Week
Independent merchant assistants
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
Ticaret Hukuku, Prof. Dr. Mustafa Çeker, Karahan Kitabevi, Eylül 2014
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PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
Lecture,Presentation,Discussion,Questions/Answers
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
Quantity
Percentage(%)
Mid-term
1
30
Attendance
1
10
Total(%)
40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)
40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)
60
Total(%)
100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities
Number
Hours
Workload
Midterm exam
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
14
7,7
107,8
Preparation for Final exam
Course hours
14
3
42
Preparation for Midterm exam
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
1
1
1
Homework
Total Workload
150,8
Total Workload / 30
5,02
ECTS Credits of the Course
5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)
No
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES (KLO) / MATRIX OF LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO)
