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HUK 409 - Law of Succession

Faculty of Law · Law · Undergraduate

ECTS: 4 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Compulsory
Coordinator: Arş. Gör. Hilal PATAT
Instructors: Doç. Dr. Müge ÜREM NOKAY

Course Objective

This course aims to offer a general knowledge about the heritage of legator. Basic principles and notions of law of heritage, appointed legatee and legal inheritor, types of testamentary disposition and power of disposition on the heritage of legator, limits of this power, partition of heritage and leaving heritage will be covered.

Course Content

Basic notions and principles of inheritage law, notions of legator and inheritor (the distinction between legal heir and appointed legatee), legal heirship, (parental system and basic principles related, heirship of surviving spouse, heirship of adopted child, heirship of the state), notion and types of testamentary disposition, inheritors with reserved portions, reserved portions and action for reduction, transfer of the estate and partition of the estate.

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. The students who succeeded in this course; Will be able to explain basic principles and notions of heritage law
  2. Will be able to examine court decisions in the field of inheritage law
  3. In the light of the basic principles of the identification of inheritors, will be able to determine of who can be inheritors and what distributive shares will be
  4. Will be able to explain basic principles of legating and portion of the inheritance
  5. Will be able to determine the types of testamentary dispositions and the limits of the power of the dispotisiton of the heritafe of legator

Core Area Distribution

(38) Law%100

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerExercise and Practice

Assessment & Evaluation

Testing (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)16232
Out of Class Study Period16464
Midterm111
Quiz000
Assignment000
Practice000
Final122

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1Definition and Function of Inheritance Law - Basic Principles Regarding Legal Arrangement of Inheritance Law and Tendencies of Inheritance Law - Sources of Inheritance LawThe related topics shall be read from the obligatory sources and from the Turkish Civil Code (Law No. 4721) prior to attending the lecture. The course ise being carried out with the strict complaince of the Law No. 4721
2Basic Principles of Turkish Inheritance Law - Content of the Inheritance Law and Basic NotionsThe related topics shall be read from the obligatory sources and from the Turkish Civil Code (Law No. 4721) prior to attending the lecture. The course ise being carried out with the strict complaince of the Law No. 4721
3Inheritors - Distinction Between Legal Inheritor and Appointed Inheritor - Legal Inheritors ( Heir of the Blood, Parental System, Heir of the Adopted Child)The related topics shall be read from the obligatory sources and from the Turkish Civil Code (Law No. 4721) prior to attending the lecture. The course ise being carried out with the strict complaince of the Law No. 4721
4Heir of the Surviving Spouse - EscheatageThe related topics shall be read from the obligatory sources and from the Turkish Civil Code (Law No. 4721) prior to attending the lecture. The course ise being carried out with the strict complaince of the Law No. 4721
5Heirs with Reserved Portion - Notion of Reserved Portion - Ratio of Reserved PortionsThe related topics shall be read from the obligatory sources and from the Turkish Civil Code (Law No. 4721) prior to attending the lecture. The course ise being carried out with the strict complaince of the Law No. 4721
6Action for Reduction - Savings Subject to Reduction - Rank in Reduction - Types of Savings with Reduction SpecialitiesThe related topics shall be read from the obligatory sources and from the Turkish Civil Code (Law No. 4721) prior to attending the lecture. The course ise being carried out with the strict complaince of the Law No. 4721
7Notions and Types of Testamentary Dispositions - Power of Disposition - Formal Testamentary DispositionsThe related topics shall be read from the obligatory sources and from the Turkish Civil Code (Law No. 4721) prior to attending the lecture. The course ise being carried out with the strict complaince of the Law No. 4721
8Ara SınavAra Sınav
9Types of Testamentary Dispositions MateriallyThe related topics shall be read from the obligatory sources and from the Turkish Civil Code (Law No. 4721) prior to attending the lecture. The course ise being carried out with the strict complaince of the Law No. 4721
10Interpretation of Testamentary Disposition - Cancellation of Testamentary DispositionThe related topics shall be read from the obligatory sources and from the Turkish Civil Code (Law No. 4721) prior to attending the lecture. The course ise being carried out with the strict complaince of the Law No. 4721
11Descent of the Heritage - Conditions to be InheritorThe related topics shall be read from the obligatory sources and from the Turkish Civil Code (Law No. 4721) prior to attending the lecture. The course ise being carried out with the strict complaince of the Law No. 4721
12Conclusion of the Descent - Administration of the Estate - Disclaimer of the Inheritance - Official Liquidation - Action for the Recovery of the HeirshipThe related topics shall be read from the obligatory sources and from the Turkish Civil Code (Law No. 4721) prior to attending the lecture. The course ise being carried out with the strict complaince of the Law No. 4721
13Partition of the Estate - Community of HeirsThe related topics shall be read from the obligatory sources and from the Turkish Civil Code (Law No. 4721) prior to attending the lecture. The course ise being carried out with the strict complaince of the Law No. 4721
14Equalization of the Partition - Conclusion of the PartitionThe related topics shall be read from the obligatory sources and from the Turkish Civil Code (Law No. 4721) prior to attending the lecture. The course ise being carried out with the strict complaince of the Law No. 4721
15Revision with case studiesThe related topics shall be read from the obligatory sources and from the Turkish Civil Code (Law No. 4721) prior to attending the lecture. The course ise being carried out with the strict complaince of the Law No. 4721
16Final SınavıFinal Sınavı