Philosophy Of Law(HUK198)
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theory | Practice | Lab | Credit | ECTS |
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| HUK198 | Philosophy Of Law | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
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| Admission Requirements |
| Language of Instruction | Turkish |
| Course Type | Compulsory |
| Course Level | Bachelor Degree |
| Course Instructor(s) | Zeynep Özlem ÜSKÜL ENGİN zeynepuskul@yahoo.com (Email) Dolunay ÇÖREK dolunaycorek@gmail.com (Email) |
| Assistant | |
| Objective |
1- Students will start the key question: what are the core values, above and beyond all legal system, that law exist to realize them? 2- In order to go further and improve their answer, students will review the history of philosophy of law, especially focus on some miles stone of this history just as ancient Greek, Hellenistic, Scholastic, Islamic, modern and postmodern. 3- Students will review and find out the links among major philosophical theories of law and fundaments of our legal system. 4- As a crucial point, students can differentiate ‘legal states’ which have a lot of legal regulations just as acts, bylaws etc. and Rule of Law or Constitutional States which every institutions and officers of the State subject to legal reviews. |
| Content | This course will introduce students to the fundamental components of legal theory and philosophy of law. Differences, intersections and debates between various theories will be analyzed |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
1- Analyze very well, which values should any legal system keep intact in order to save subjects, citizen’s rights? 2- Analyze the connection between these values and the ratio legis’ of legal regulations. 3- Critique the philosophical theories and their conceptions of law and legal institutions. 4- Evaluate, compare and contrast key current theories and their impacts on legal concepts of our times. |
| Teaching and Learning Methods | examination, interactive participation |
| References |
Students will be required to read excerpts from various thinkers that will be discussed during lectures. Those texts will be announced prior to the lectures and will be available in the photocopy center which is located in the university campus. The list of recommended test as follows: ÖKTEM, Niyazi; TÜRKBAĞ, Ahmet Ulvi, Felsefe, Sosyoloji, Hukuk ve Devlet, 7. Baskı, Der Kitabevi Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2017. DWORKIN, R., Hakları Ciddiye Almak, (Çev. Ahmet Ulvi Türkbağ), Dost Yayınları, Ankara, 2007. FULLER, L., Hukukun Ahlakı, (Çev. Engin Arıkan), Tekin Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2016. AUSTİN, John, Hukukun Belirlenmiş Alanı, (Çev. Ülker Yükselbaba & Saim Üye & Umut Koloş), Tekin Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2015. BENTHAM, Jeremy, Yasamanın İlkeleri, (Çev. Barkın Asal), On İki Levha, İstanbul, 2017. Articles TÜRKBAĞ, Ahmet Ulvi, “Descartes’in Üç Rüyası”, İstanbul Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Mecmuası, Cilt 55, Sayı 4, 1997, s. 25-43. TÜRKBAĞ, Ahmet Ulvi, “Immanuel Kant’ta Özgürlük, Ahlak, Hukuk ve Devlet”, Hukuk Felsefesi ve Sosyolojisi Arkivi, 2. Sayı, Şubat 1995, s. 71-80. TÜRKBAĞ, Ahmet Ulvi, “Hart-Dworkin Tartışmasının Ana Hatları”, Anayasa Yargısı, 27. Sayı, Haziran 2011, s. 71-82. |
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In-Term Studies
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| Toplam | 0 | 0 |
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| Activities | Number | Period | Total Workload |
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| Total Workload / 25 | 0,00 | ||
| Credits ECTS | 0 | ||