BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
| ECONOMICS AND FINANCE | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
| IB3310 | International Business Law | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
Basic information
| Language of instruction: | English |
| Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
| Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
| Course Coordinator : | Instructor İSMAİL PAMUK |
| Course Lecturer(s): |
Instructor İSMAİL PAMUK Dr. Öğr. Üyesi AYŞE ŞAHİN |
| Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
| Course Objectives: | An examination of the principles, foundations, and institutions of international law regulating financial, commercial, maritime, and trade transactions across international frontiers. This is private international law, which is distinguished from public international law, or traditional interstate relations, and international organization. International business law includes, but is not limited to, the World Trade Organization (WTO), international business transactions, international conflict of laws, problems of international trade and investment, and the overall legal structure of international economic relations. |
Learning Outcomes
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The students who have succeeded in this course; The students who have succeeded in this course knows; 1. Basic characteristics of Public International Law, its sources and persons; 2. Relevance of Private International Law to international business disputes; 3. International Economic Organizations to include their establishment, mandates and organs; 4. Issues of International Economic Law to include regulation of the international trade and international monetary system; 5. Rules governing International Sales Contracts as regulated under CISG. 6. Major contracts types covered by INCOTERMS and responsibilities of the parties for every type. 7. Rules of Conventions regarding the international carriage of goods with different methods to include carriage by road, by sea, by rail and by air; 8. Payment methods and documentation in international sale contracts; |
Course Content
| Public International Law; Subjects of the International Business Law; International Economic Organizations; Private International Law; Regulation of the International Trade: International Monetary System; International Sales Contracts; Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods; Payment Methods and Documentation in International Sale Contracts Foreign Investment |
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | -Discussion on Syllabus, class rules and requirements. -Introductory remarks -Public International Law | Bülent SÖZER, Legal Environment of Business (Beta Publishing), pp.249-261. |
| 2) | -Subjects of the International Business Law -International Economic Organizations | Bülent SÖZER, Legal Environment of Business (Beta Publishing), pp.281-311 |
| 3) | Private International Law | Bülent SÖZER, Legal Environment of Business (Beta Publishing), pp.262-281. Tuğrul Ansay& Eric. C. Schneider, Introduction to Turkish Business Law, (2nd Edition) pp.221-232 |
| 4) | Regulation of the International Trade | Bülent SÖZER, Legal Environment of Business (Beta Publishing), pp.311-338 |
| 5) | -Regulation of the International Trade -International Monetary System | Bülent SÖZER, Legal Environment of Business (Beta Publishing), pp.311-338 and pp.339-374. |
| 6) | International Monetary System | Bülent SÖZER, Legal Environment of Business (Beta Publishing), pp.339-374 |
| 7) | Midterm | |
| 8) | International Sales Contracts | Bülent SÖZER, Legal Environment of Business (Beta Publishing), pp. 375-408 |
| 9) | -International Sales Contract | Bülent SÖZER, Legal Environment of Business (Beta Publishing), pp. 375-408 |
| 10) | Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods | Bülent SÖZER, Legal Environment of Business (Beta Publishing), pp. 409-438 |
| 11) | Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods | Bülent SÖZER, Legal Environment of Business (Beta Publishing), pp. 409-438 |
| 12) | Payment Methods and Documentation in International Sale Contracts. | Bülent SÖZER, Legal Environment of Business (Beta Publishing), pp. 440-465. |
| 13) | International Commercial Arbitration in Turkey | Tuğrul Ansay& Eric. C. Schneider, Introduction to Turkish Business Law, (2nd Edition) pp. 245-257 |
| 14) | Foreign Investment | Tuğrul Ansay& Eric. C. Schneider, Introduction to Turkish Business Law, (2nd Edition), pp. 233-245 |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | - Bülent SÖZER, Legal Environment of Business (Beta Publishing). -Tuğrul Ansay& Eric. C. Schneider, Introduction to Turkish Business Law, (2nd Edition) |
| References: | Milletlerarası Ticaret Hukuku, Nuray Ekşi 2010 |
Evaluation System
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Midterms | 1 | % 30 |
| Final | 2 | % 70 |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 30 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 70 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
ECTS / Workload Table
| Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
| Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Midterms | 1 | 25 | 25 |
| Final | 1 | 35 | 35 |
| Total Workload | 144 | ||
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | Build up a body of knowledge in mathematics and statistics, to use them, to understand how the mechanism of economy –both at micro and macro levels – works. | 3 |
| 2) | Understand the common as well as distinctive characters of the markets, industries, market regulations and policies. | 2 |
| 3) | Develop an awareness of different approaches to the economic events and why and how those approaches have been formed through the Economic History and understand the differences among those approaches by noticing at what extent they could explain the economic events. | 1 |
| 4) | Analyze the interventions of politics to the economics and vice versa. | 3 |
| 5) | Apply the economic analysis to everyday economic problems and evaluate the policy proposals for those problems by comparing opposite approaches. | 2 |
| 6) | Understand current and new economic events and how the new approaches to the economics are formed and evaluating. | 2 |
| 7) | Develop the communicative skills in order to explain the specific economic issues/events written, spoken and graphical form. | 3 |
| 8) | Know how to formulate the economics problems and issues and define the solutions in a well-formed written form, which includes the hypothesis, literature, methodology and results / empirical evidence. | 2 |
| 9) | Demonstrate the quantitative and qualitative capabilities and provide evidence for the hypotheses and economic arguments. | 2 |
| 10) | Understand the information and changes related to the economy by using a foreign language and communicate with colleagues. | 3 |