Introduction to Anglo-American Legal Systems (HUK379)

Content

Objective

Providing students with a general understanding on the operation and the main principles of Anglo-American Legal Systems with a special emphasis on the legal system in England and Wales.

Course Content

See below.

Course Learning Outcomes

1. Developing foundational knowledge of the core principles of the Anglo-American legal systems, with a focus on England and Wales, and comparisons to continental legal systems;
2. Gaining a clear understanding of the judicial system in England and Wales, including the interpretation of court judgments;
3. Learning the essentials of English contract law, including negotiating and managing contracts under the laws of England and Wales;
4. Acquiring a solid understanding of the principles for establishing and operating companies in England and Wales;
5. Obtaining functional knowledge in other areas of law that come up recurrently in legal practice in England and Wales.

Weekly Contents

Theory Topics
Week	Weekly Contents
1	The Practice of Law in the Anglo-American World I (Bodies of Law, Types of Law, Lawyers)
2	The Practice of Law in the Anglo-American World II (Types of Courts, Persons in Court, Describing What a Law Says)
3	Contracts I: Contract Formation (Introduction to Contract Formation, Defences to Contract Formation, Contract Negotiation, Writing an Informative Memo)
4	Contracts II: Remedies I (Introduction to Contract Remedies, Understanding Contract clauses, Liquidated damages)
5	Contracts III: Remedies II (Types of Breach, Types of Damages, Paraphrasing Clauses)
6	Contracts IV: Assignment and Third-Party Rights, and Introduction to Contract Drafting (Contract Assignation, Understanding Contract Clauses II, Contract Structure, Drafting Sample Contract Clauses)
7	Torts I (Introduction to Torts, Intentional Torts, Negligence, Trespass)
8	Torts II (Standards of Care, Defences to Negligent Conduct, Business Torts)
9	Company Law I: Company Formation and Management (Introduction to Company Law, Memorandum of Association, Company Types, Corporate Governance)
10	Company Law II: Capitalisation (Types of Capital and Shares, Rights Issue, Shareholders and Supervisory Boards, Shareholder Rights)
11	Company Law III: Fundamental Changes in a Company (AGMs and Extraordinary AGMs, Constitutional Amendments, M&As)
12	Corporate Governance (Officers and Directors of a Company, Elections, Duties and Responsibilities of Directors and Officers)
13	Corporate Insolvency (Debtor-Creditor Relationship, Bankruptcy of a Company, Liens and Priorities, Liquidation Procedures)
14	Employment Law, and Lease and Rental Agreements (Introduction to Employment Law, Terms of Employment, Essential Terms of a Lease Agreement)

Assessment System

Contribution to Overall Grade
Activities	Number	Contribution
Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade	1	40
Contribution of final exam to overall grade	1	60
Total	2	100

In-Term Studies
Activities	Number	Contribution
Assignments	0	0
Presentation	0	0
Midterm Examinations (including preparation)	1	40
Project	0	0
Laboratory	0	0
Other Applications	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Term Paper/ Project	0	0
Portfolio Study	0	0
Reports	0	0
Learning Diary	0	0
Thesis/ Project	0	0
Seminar	0	0
Other	0	0
Make-up	0	0
Total	1	40

Relation of Proficiency

No	Program Learning Outcomes	Contribution
No	Program Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	Recognizing fundamental legal concepts, defining, interpreting and using them.					X
2	Recognizing fundamental disciplines of law and their content, including legislation, case-law and the doctrine in the relevant discipline.					X
3	Recognizing positive norms in the legislation and being able to define and explain the principals of methodology.					X
4	Being able to determine, identify and restate legal problems.					X
5	Being able to use legal interpretation principals in an efficient manner in order to analyse and resolve a legal problem and in order to develop a strategy.					X
6	Being able to conduct academic researches on legal problems and to propose solutions.					X
7	Assuming responsibility individually or collectively for resolving complicated legal problems.				X
8	Being able to criticise positive norms of the law system.				X
9	Being able to explain technical legal knowledge in Turkish, French and English verbally or in writing, being able to report personal opinion concerning a legal problem verbally or in writing in a persuasive manner.					X
10	Being able to follow up the local and international legal literature, to update technical legal knowledge permanently, to use information technology in an efficient manner in order to achieve these goals.				X
11	Being able to conduct comparative academic researches between different law systems.					X
12	Respecting human rights and universal principals and notions of law.					X
13	Respecting the ethical standarts, good faith, fairness and equity principals.					X
14	Being sensitive to social problems, democracy, laicism and rule of law principal.					X

ECTS

Activities	Number	Period	Total Workload
Class Hours	14	2	28
Working Hours out of Class	10	1	10
Assignments	0	0	0
Presentation	0	0	0
Midterm Examinations (including preparation)	1	6	6
Project	0	0	0
Laboratory	0	0	0
Other Applications	0	0	0
Final Examinations (including preparation)	1	10	10
Quiz	0	0	0
Term Paper/ Project	0	0	0
Portfolio Study	0	0	0
Reports	0	0	0
Learning Diary	0	0	0
Thesis/ Project	0	0	0
Seminar	0	0	0
Other	0	0	0
Make-up	0	0	0
Yıl Sonu	0	0	0
Hazırlık Yıl Sonu	0	0	0
Hazırlık Bütünleme	0	0	0
Total Workload			54
Total Workload / 25			2.16
Credits ECTS			2