Gender and Law(KHYL-117)
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theory | Practice | Lab | Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KHYL-117 | Gender and Law | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Prerequisites | |
| Admission Requirements |
| Language of Instruction | Turkish |
| Course Type | Elective |
| Course Level | Masters Degree |
| Course Instructor(s) | Zeynep Özlem ÜSKÜL ENGİN zeynepuskul@yahoo.com (Email) |
| Assistant | |
| Objective | Explaining the notion of gender, discussing the gender roles in society and figuring out the affects of these on law. |
| Content |
1) gender and sex 2) woman and gender 3) man and gender 4) the margins of gender and the ones out of margin 5) woman, violence and law 6) Shelters and legal regulation 7) Woman and working life and law 8) woman and politics 9) body of woman and law 10) abortion and law 11) masculinity, military and law 12) Transexuality and law 13) Homosexuality and discrimiation 14) Human Rights and Gender |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
1. List the concepts and institutions related to Gender and Law and the relationships between these concepts and institutions. 2. Be aware of the legal regulations regarding Gender and Law, the decisions of the judicial bodies, their development and scientific evaluations regarding them. 3. Determines the relationship between Gender and Law and monitors, examines, interprets, evaluates and criticizes legislation texts, judicial decisions and scientific sources in the field with the methods provided by legal methodology. 4. List the problems encountered in legal practice in terms of gender. 5. It solves the legal problems encountered in gender practices. 6. Informs relevant individuals and institutions on issues related to Gender and Law; He/she conveys his/her thoughts and solution suggestions to the problems verbally and in writing with justification. 7. Uses information and communication technologies along with computer software at least at the Advanced Level of the European Computer Usage License required by the field of law. 8. Follows information in the field of law and communicates with colleagues by using a foreign language at least at the European Language Portfolio B1 General Level. 9. It defends and protects the nature of the Republic of Turkey as a democratic, secular and social state of law, within the understanding of social peace, national solidarity and justice, respectful of human rights, committed to Ataturk's nationalism, based on the basic principles stated at the beginning of the Constitution. 10. Has the understanding of honesty, justice and ethics required to be a lawyer. 11. It has the infrastructure to try to ensure that concrete disputes are resolved fairly, to follow legal regulations and to take part in the trial process within this framework. 12. Assimilated the principles of universal law; Has the ability to perceive and solve legal problems in terms of law. |
| Teaching and Learning Methods | verbal lecture and visual presentation |
| References |
Bayram, Deniz / Ege, Elif / Işıldak, Zeynep: Adaletin Cinsiyeti / Erkek Şiddeti ile Mücadelede Hukuki Deneyimler, Mor Çatı Kadın Sığınağı Vakfı, İstanbul, 2021. Berktay, Fatmagül: Tarihin Cinsiyeti, Metis Yayınları, İstanbul, 2018, s. 21. Bora, Aksu: Kadınların Sınıfı, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul, 2011. Bora, Aksu: “Bana Ne Giydiğini Söyle”, Feminizm Kendi Arasında, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul, 2021. Bourdieu, Pierre: Eril Tahakküm, Çev.: Bediz Yılmaz, Bağlam Yayınları, İstanbul, 2014 Rayna R. Reiter, Kadın Antropolojisi, Çev.: Bürge Abiral, Dipnot Yayınları, Ankara, 2014. Sagaert, Claudine: Kadın Çirkinliğinin Tarihi, Çev.: Serdar Kenç, Mayakitap, İstanbul, 2017. Sancar, Serpil: Erkeklik: İmkansız İktidar, Metis Yayınları, İstanbul, 2020. |
Theory Topics
| Week | Weekly Contents |
|---|---|
| 1 | gender and sex |
| 2 | woman and gender |
| 3 | man and gender |
| 4 | the margins of gender and the ones out of margin |
| 5 | woman, violence and law |
| 6 | Shelters and legal regulation |
| 7 | Woman and working life and law |
| 8 | woman and politics |
| 9 | body of woman and law |
| 10 | abortion and law |
| 11 | masculinity, military and law |
| 12 | Transexuality and law |
| 13 | Homosexuality and discrimiation |
| 14 | Human Rights and Gender |
Practice Topics
| Week | Weekly Contents |
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Contribution to Overall Grade
| Number | Contribution | |
|---|---|---|
| Toplam | 0 | 0 |
In-Term Studies
| Number | Contribution | |
|---|---|---|
| Toplam | 0 | 0 |
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Activities | Number | Period | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Workload | 0 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 | 0,00 | ||
| Credits ECTS | 0 | ||