Civil Law I
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pguzel@gsu.edu.tr
dkara@gsu.edu.tr
Content
Objective
To learn the basic notions of civil law and the basic principles of law of persons
Course Content
As shown under the subject headings (topics)
Course Learning Outcomes
To gain knowledge of basic notions and basic principles of civil law and law of persons
Teaching and Learning Methods
Ex-cathedra
References
Kemal Oğuzman, Nami Barlas, Medeni Hukuk, İstanbul 2018.
Kemal Oğuzman, Özer Seliçi, Saibe Oktay Özdemir, Kişiler Hukuku, İstanbul 2018.
Mustafa Dural, Suat Sarı, Medeni Hukuk Temel Kavramlar, İstanbul 2018.
Mustafa Dural, Tufan Öğüz, Kişiler Hukuku, İstanbul 2018.
Rona Serozan, Medeni Hukuk, İstanbul, 2018.
Serap Helvacı, Fulya Erlüle, Medeni Hukuk, İstanbul, 2018.
Jale G. Akipek, Turgut Akıntürk, Derya Ateş, Kişiler Hukuku, Ankara, 2018.
Ahmet Kılıçoğlu, Medeni Hukuk, Ankara, 2018.
Commentaire Romand, Code civil art. 1-359, Bâle, 2010.
Turkish Civil Code, Turkish Code of Obligations, Swiss Civil Code, Swiss Code of Obligations, case law
Weekly Contents
| Week | Weekly Contents |
|---|---|
| 1 | The concept of source |
| 2 | Customary law |
| 3 | The notion of right |
| 4 | The holder of rights |
| 5 | Acquisition and loss of rights |
| 6 | Legal act |
| 7 | Validity of legal acts |
| 8 | The role of subjective good faith in the acquisition of rights |
| 9 | Objective good faith |
| 10 | Protection of rights |
| 11 | The beginning and end of personality |
| 12 | The capacity to exercise civil rights |
| 13 | The inability to exercise civil rights |
| 14 | Legal persons |
Assessment System
| 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 |
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Assignments | 1 | 40 |
| 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 |
| Total | 2 | 80 |
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 | 5 | 70 |
| Working Hours out of Class | 14 | 4 | 56 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Final Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| Total Workload | 144 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 | 5.76 | ||
| Credits ECTS | 6 | ||