Legal French III
okguzelce@gsu.edu.tr
Alai@gsu.edu.tr
Content
Objective
* Assimilate the technical vocabulary and key expressions of the French law of obligations
* Perform legal qualification exercises based on factual cases
* Master the mechanisms of the formation, performance, and termination of contracts in French law
* Know the different types of civil liability in French law
* Develop a comparative analysis grid between the French Civil Code and the Turkish Code of Obligations
* Create a bilingual terminological glossary (French-Turkish) specialized in the law of obligations
Course Content
* The first half of the semester is dedicated to contract law (fundamental concepts, formation, performance, and termination of a contract).
* The second half of the semester is dedicated to civil liability (fault-based liability, strict liability / liability without fault, special regimes).
Course Learning Outcomes
* Understand and accurately use the legal terms of the law of obligations
* Read and understand the decisions of the Court of Cassation (Supreme Court of Appeals)
* Write structured legal analyses in French regarding French laws and jurisprudence
Teaching and Learning Methods
* Interactive lectures
* Reading and analysis of legal texts and court decisions
* Practical qualification exercises and drafting of case studies
* Development of a French-Turkish terminological glossary
References
* Course materials and excerpts from court decisions provided by the instructor
* French Civil Code (*Code civil français*)
* French law of obligations textbooks
Weekly Contents
| Week | Weekly Contents |
|---|---|
| 1 | * Introduction |
| 2 | * The concept of a contract and the classification of contracts |
| 3 | * Guiding principles of contract law |
| 4 | * Negotiations and preliminary contracts |
| 5 | * Formation of the contract (1): Consent |
| 6 | * Formation of the contract (2): Capacity and content |
| 7 | * Performance of the contract |
| 8 | * Midterm Exam |
| 9 | * Distinction between contractual and extracontractual liability |
| 10 | * Fault-based liability |
| 11 | * Strict liability (liability without fault) |
| 12 | * Compensation regimes |
| 13 | * Environmental liability |
| 14 | * Conclusion and review |
Assessment System
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade | 0 | 40 |
| Contribution of final exam to overall grade | 0 | 60 |
| Total | 0 | 100 |
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 14 | 1 | 14 |
| Assignments | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Applications | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Quiz | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 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 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Yıl Sonu | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hazırlık Yıl Sonu | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hazırlık Bütünleme | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total Workload | 50 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 | 2.00 | ||
| Credits ECTS | 2 | ||