Course Code	Semester	Course Name	LE/RC/LA	Course Type	Language of Instruction	ECTS
HUK0233		International Arbitration Law	2/0/0	DE	Turkish	3

Course Goals	Provide information and knowledge as to the topics which fall into the scope of international arbitration law; evaluations of all topics with doctrine and judgments in order to indicate the sources of legal problems and solutions for them in the framework of international treaties; with the knowledge and information to gain an ability to evaluate problems “in an international dimension”.
Prerequisite(s)	All students can select the course
Corequisite(s)	All students can select the course without any requirement
Special Requisite(s)	All students can select the course without any requirement
Instructor(s)	Assist. Prof. Dr. Melis AVŞAR
Course Assistant(s)	Res. Asst. Barış Mesci, Res. Asst. Merve Akbulut
Schedule
Office Hour(s)
Teaching Methods and Techniques	-Lecture, discussion, evaluations of arbitral awards
Principle Sources	- 1) Nuray EKŞİ/Ergin NOMER/Günseli GELGEL, International Arbitration, Vol. I Beta Publisher, 3rd edition, Istanbul 2008 ISBN978-295-895-1.   2) Nuray EKŞİ/Ergin NOMER/Günseli GELGEL, Legislation and International Treaties on International arbitration, Vol. II Beta Publisher, 3rd edition, Istanbul 2008 ISBN978-295-895-3.
Other Sources	-List of the relevant articles and books.

Course Schedules
Week	Contents	Learning Methods
1. Week	The Concept of Arbitration, Advantages and Historical developments	Oral presentation (OP)/Case study (CS)
2. Week	Basic Concepts of International Arbitration	OP
3. Week	Legislation and International Treaties of International Arbitration	OP
4. Week	International Arbitration Centers	OP
5. Week	Articles of TCPC Relevant to Arbitration	OP/CS
6. Week	Geneva Convention on International Commercial arbitration	OP/CS
7. Week	Turkish International Arbitration Act	OP/CS
8. Week	Turkish International Arbitration Act	OP/CS
9. Week	The Concepts of Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards; Legal Bases of the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards	OP/CS
10. Week	Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards under PILA	OP/CS
11. Week	Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards under New York Convention	OP/CS
12. Week	General Information on Foreign Capital Investments and Arbitration	OP/CS
13. Week	The Framework of Foreign Capital Investment Legislation	OP/CS
14. Week	Settlement of Disputes between Turkish State and Foreign Investor by Arbitration with Particular Reference to ICSID Arbitration	OP/CS
15. Week	Final Exams Week
16. Week	Final Exams Week
17. Week	Final Exams Week

Assessments
Evaluation tools	Quantity	Weight(%)
Final Exam	1	100

Program Outcomes PO-1 Have the ability to reach and evaluate information sources; PO-2 Have the ability to use, compare, interpret, deduce from and apply scientific data; PO-3 Have historical knowledge enabling to interpret modern law achievements; PO-4 Have the ability to use Turkish efficiently verbally and in written; PO-5 Have the ability to follow up professional literature at least in a foreign language; PO-6 Have acquired professional and ethical sense of responsibility; PO-7 Have the ability to use vocational information technologies efficiently for solution of legal problems; PO-8 Have the ability to apply information acquired to solution of a concrete case; PO-9 Have full knowledge of legal rules which regulate relationship among natural legal persons and have the ability to interpret such rules; PO-10 Have full knowledge of legal rules which regulate relationship between individual and state and have the ability to interpret such rules; PO-11 Have the ability to practice the profession as a lawyer who adopts universal principles of law; PO-12 Have full knowledge of basic concepts and rules regarding structure and relationship manners of international community; have the ability to interpret and discuss about the foregoing; PO-13 Have basic knowledge enabling to evaluate international community’s common issues and their possible solutions; PO-14 Have knowledge enabling to apply to human rights bodies having a supranational judicial quality and to follow up the process; PO-15 Have knowledge on European Union Acquis Communautaire and operation of its institutions; PO-16 Have a world view enabling to question, criticize and develop law in direction with needs of humanity; PO-17 Have knowledge on historical development process of jurisprudence and judicial systems; PO-18 Have the ability to solve actual legal problems within the frame of contemporary legal approaches; PO-19 Be at the level of understanding and knowledge which reflects all qualities in the best way required by the profession on national and international scale; PO-20 Have full knowledge of legal arrangements and practices regarding economic and financial mechanisms; PO-21 Have knowledge on historical development of rights of individuals and societies and on basic texts adopted during the process; PO-22 Have the ability to express himself individually and before a group; PO-23 Have the ability to use, compare, interpret, deduce from and apply scientific data; PO-24 Have the ability to follow up regulations and legal quests in order to meet new needs appeared within the frame of relationships between individuals; PO-25 Have the ability to cooperate by implementing activities during courses, hypothetical law suits and judicial studies and other vocational and academic visits; PO-26 Have the ability to understand and handle national and international dimensions of law, jurisprudence and practices by means of follow up; PO-27 Have knowledge of international judicial bodies and their ways of operation.

Learning Outcomes LO-1 Provide information and knowledge as to the legislation and international treaties to which Turkey is a party LO-2 Provide information and knowledge as to the international arbitration centres and arbitration proceedings under these centres LO-3 Provide information and knowledge as to the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards LO-4 Provide information and knowledge not only the ICSID case but also settlement international investment disputes through arbitration LO-5 Provide information and knowledge as to the arbitration cases against Turkish State and State entities

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