LAW 595
LAW 552
Topics will be announced when offered.
LAW 530
Analysis of the international labour conventions and recommendations; adoption of international labour standards; regular supervisory system; complaint procedure as to the infringement of freedom of association; impact of the supervisory system, and review of the ILO Constitution.
LAW 514
Definition of privatization; differentiation of privatization from similar and related conceptualizations such as liberalization; application of private law in public services) relationship of privatization with public service, concessions and monopolies; differentiation of legal approach for privatization from economic approach; juridification of economic considerations; privatization of public service; legal priorities for privatization of pure economic-commercial activities; relationship of privatization with public-private partnership and differing privatization from public-private partnership; development of privatzation law in Türkiye and interaction of legislation, executive and judiciary in development process of privatization; methods of privatization in Türkiye; selected case studies of privatization experiences.
LAW 511
Discussion of the core United Nations (UN) human rights standards and their universality; the structure of UN treaty bodies which monitor compliance with UN human rights treaties; the Human Rights Council as well as its mandate and the Council's subsidiary bodies; the obligations of states to uphold universal standards and the mechanisms in place to transform national injustices into international concerns giving rise to recommendations (but hardly sanctions) to governments; accountability tools to civil society.
LAW 553
LAW 534
Concept of group of companies, control, control mechanisms, mutual participation, mis-use of control, squeeze-out, liability of confidence.
LAW 515
This course will cover problems arising from unfair competition, trademark and patent disputes, both from substantive and procedural law perspectives. Significant discussion topics include the concept of invention, inventions which are not patentable, validity of patents, absolute and relative grounds of refusal for trademarks, types of trademarks, claims for damages, calculation of damages, preliminary injunctions and major problems in unfair competition litigation. The analysis will be of a comparative nature and will cover unfair competition and trademark laws of EU member states, Turkish decree law no. 556, TRIPS (Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights), EPC (European Patent Convention) and patent laws of the U.S.A and EU member states in detail.
LAW 512
Legal issues, institutions, and strategies pertaining to international development; the structure and the role of international financial institutions, primarily Bretton Woods institutions- World Bank and the IMF; substantive legal issues pertaining to such matters as human rights, the status of women, the environment, and economic reform.
LAW 509
The principles and procedures applied in any procurement held by public authorities and institutions governed by public law or under public control or using public funds under Turkish law; procurement process; Public Procurement Authority; review of complaints and settlement of disputes.
LAW 590
A series of presentations by faculty, outside speakers and students.
LAW 535
Main structure of joint stock companies, concept of management, classification and differentiation of board of directors and other management bodies, duties of the managers, transfer of management competences.
LAW 518
This course will focus on suspension of bankruptcy, composition of deed, composition of deed by transferring assets and reorganization of the corporations and cooperations by negotiation. Specifically insolvent indebtiness, financial distress, rehabilitation plan, liquidation and similar important concepts will be discussed in terms of reorganization of corporations, by means of comparative law. Additionally, procedures of corporate reorganization will be covered. In this context, the U.S. reorganization system(Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Code), the liquidation process of German and Swiss legal systems of Europe, and social perceptions in French law will be comparatively analyzed.
LAW 513
Models of public-private partnership; relationship of public-private partnership with public service, concessions, monopolies and privatization; operation of public service through delegation; operation of administrative activities other than public services through private undertakings and differentiation as to operation of pure economic-commercial activities; promotion-enhancement in public-private partnership; know-how transfer; research and development and off-set participation; patterns of public-private partnership in Türkiye; economic considerations in public-private partnership and their juridification; EU approach for public-private partnership.
LAW 510
The history of telecommunications law (concept, legal framework, legal regime that it is subject to); main principles regarding telecommunication law (universality, free competition, transparency, equality, continuity and adaptation, service, etc); telecommunications services (telephone services, telegraph and postal services), value-added telecommunications services; the Independent National Regulatory Body- Information and Communication Technologies Authority (organization, structure, powers, obligations, and the importance of secondary regulations issued); telecommunications services; the different types of contracts; privatization and liberalization of the telecommunications sector.
