TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Master's Degree Without Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	10
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) To achieve this aim, the course will cover the fundamental characteristics of international sales of goods and essential contracts for the financing of trading activities, transportation of goods to their place of destination, settlement of disputes, and methods of payment in international commercial transactions.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	ABSENT
COURSE DEFINITION	This course aims at exploring both the private law and the public law issues applicable to international trade relations. The first and public law part of the course will focus on the main treaties regulating international trade as embodied in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the World Trade Organization, as well as regional trade entities such as the European Union and the North American Free Trade Agreement. This part will examine the law applicable to tariff and non-tariff barriers, discrimination, regionalism, anti-dumping duties, countervailing duties, safeguard measures and the devices for international settlement of trade disputes. The second and private law part will deal with the key rules in international commercial transactions.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week World Trade Organization 2nd Week European Union and the North American Free Trade Agreement 3rd Week Tariff and non-tariff barriers 4th Week discrimination 5th Week regionalism 6th Week anti-dumping duties 7th Week countervailing duties 8th Week Midterm exam 9th Week safeguard measures 10th Week the devices for international settlement of trade disputes 11th Week fundamental characteristics of international sales of goods 12th Week transportation of goods to their place of destination 13th Week settlement of disputes 14th Week methods of payment
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	EKŞİ, NURAY: ULUSLARARASI TİCARET HUKUKU, İSTANBUL 2006 KÖKSAL, TUNAY: ULUSLARARASI TİCARET HUKUKU, İSTANBUL 2012
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Case Study,Presentation,Other
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 40 Total(%) 40 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 40 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 60 Total(%) 100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No