Legal German II
gbeygo@gsu.edu.tr
Content
Objective
By taking into consideration the German B1 level of the students, to familiarise them with the terminology, expression and gramma of the German legal language.
Enable students to read and understand legal german articles.
This class refers to the law of Swiss obligations
Course Content
Text on Theo Guhl : "Obligation et rapport d'obligation" or "Obligation and the association of obligation"
Articles on the code of the Swiss obligations : Art. 41, 42, 43, 44, 68, 69, 70, 97, 98, 99 CO
Course Learning Outcomes
Get familiarised with the terminology, the expression and the grammar of the german legal language.
Read and understand the German legal texts by referring them to the Swiss Code of obligations.
Teaching and Learning Methods
- Lecture
- Commun work on vocabulary, traduction and grammar exercices
References
Theo Guhl, Obligation und Schuldverhältnis
Einführung in das deutsche Recht und die deutsche Rechtssprache, H. Simon / G. Funk-Baker, C.H. Beck 2006
Übungsbuch zur Einführung in die deutsche Rechtssprache, H. Simon / G. Funk-Baker, Pressath 1999
Stefan Kettler, Lexique de l'allemand juridique, Ellipses 2002
Obligationenrecht (suisse)
Weekly Contents
| Week | Weekly Contents |
|---|---|
| 1 | Text from Theo Guhl : "Obligation und Schuldverhältnis" part 1 + exercices |
| 2 | Text from Theo Guhl : "Obligation und Schuldverhältnis" part 2 + exercices |
| 3 | Text from Theo Guhl : "Obligation und Schuldverhältnis" part 3 + exercices |
| 4 | Text from Theo Guhl : "Obligation und Schuldverhältnis" part 4 + exercices |
| 5 | Articles on the code of the Swiss obligations : Art. 41 CO + exercices |
| 6 | Articles on the code of the Swiss obligations : Art. 42 CO + exercices |
| 7 | Articles on the code of the Swiss obligations : Art. 43 CO + exercices |
| 8 | Articles on the code of the Swiss obligations : Art. 44 CO + exercices |
| 9 | Articles on the code of the Swiss obligations : Art. 68 CO + exercices |
| 10 | Articles on the code of the Swiss obligations : Art. 69 CO + exercices |
| 11 | Articles on the code of the Swiss obligations : Art. 70 CO + exercices |
| 12 | Articles on the code of the Swiss obligations : Art. 97 CO + exercices |
| 13 | Articles on the code of the Swiss obligations : Art. 98 CO + exercices |
| 14 | Articles on the code of the Swiss obligations : Art. 98 CO + exercices |
Assessment System
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade | 1 | 50 |
| Contribution of final exam to overall grade | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 2 | 100 |
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 100 |
| 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 | 1 | 100 |
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 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Final Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Total Workload | 32 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 | 1.28 | ||
| Credits ECTS | 1 | ||