Drafting International Commercial Contracts
tayoglu@gsu.edu.tr
Content
Objective
Providing knowledge to students on the necessary materials needed while preparing international commercial contracts
Course Content
It's an international commercial law course where, after the discussion of the law to be applied on the basis of international commercial contracts, the transfer of lex mercatoria theory and alternative dispute settlement mechanisms outside the state justice (such as international arbitration and arbitration), the usual clauses used in practice, uniform rules and model contract texts will be introduced.
Course Learning Outcomes
Students will have knowledge of the types of contracts used in international trade, the provisions used in these contract types, and the establishment and preparation of these contracts.
Teaching and Learning Methods
Theoretical course
References
Ercüment Erdem, Milletlerarası Ticaret Hukuku, İstanbul 2017.
Cemal Şanlı, Uluslararası Ticari Akitlerin Hazırlanması ve Uyuşmazlıkların Çözüm Yolları, İstanbul 2016.
Tolga Ayoğlu, Lex Mercatoria, İstanbul 2011.
Weekly Contents
| Week | Weekly Contents |
|---|---|
| 1 | Preamble |
| 2 | Miscellaneous |
| 3 | Miscellaneous |
| 4 | International Sale Contracts |
| 5 | International Sale Contracts |
| 6 | International Construction Contracts |
| 7 | International Construction Contracts |
| 8 | Equity Joint Ventures |
| 9 | Equity Joint Ventures |
| 10 | Shareholders Agreements |
| 11 | Shareholders Agreements |
| 12 | Share Purchase Agreements |
| 13 | Distribution Contracts |
| 14 | Distribution Contracts |
Assessment System
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade | 0 | 0 |
| Contribution of final exam to overall grade | 0 | 100 |
| Total | 0 | 100 |
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 0 | 0 |
| 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 |
| Total | 0 | 0 |
Relation of Proficiency
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Recognizing positive norms in economic law and being able to define and explain the principals of methodology, | X | ||||
| 2 | Being able to determine, identify and restate legal problems, | X | ||||
| 3 | Being able to use legal interpretation principals in an efficient manner in order to analyze and resolve a legal problem and in order to develop a strategy, | X | ||||
| 4 | Being able to conduct academic researches on legal problems and to propose solutions, | X | ||||
| 5 | Assuming responsibility individually or collectively for resolving complicated legal problems, | X | ||||
| 6 | Being able to criticise positive norms of the law system, | X | ||||
| 7 | Being able to explain technical legal knowledge in economic law 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 | ||||
| 8 | 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 | ||||
| 9 | Being able to conduct comparative academic researches between different law systems, | X | ||||
| 10 | Being able to explain and utilize academic study methodologies in order to conduct academic research on a certain legal problem. | X | ||||
ECTS
| Activities | Number | Period | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Working Hours out of Class | 14 | 6 | 84 |
| Final Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Total Workload | 136 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 | 5.44 | ||
| Credits ECTS | 5 | ||