Law

Gender Politics And Law(HUK394)

Course Code Course Name Semester Theory Practice Lab Credit ECTS
HUK394 Gender Politics And Law 6 2 0 0 2 2
Prerequisites
Admission Requirements
Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Type Elective
Course Level Bachelor Degree
Course Instructor(s) Zeynep Özlem ÜSKÜL ENGİN zeynepuskul@yahoo.com (Email) Dolunay ÇÖREK dolunaycorek@gmail.com (Email) Bengisu MERT bmert@gsu.edu.tr (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.
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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
Contribution to Overall Grade
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Toplam 0 0
In-Term Studies
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Toplam 0 0
No Program Learning Outcomes Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Recognizing fundamental legal concepts, defining, interpreting and using them. X
2 Recognizing fundamental disciplines of law and their content, including legislation, case-law and the doctrine in the relevant discipline. X
3 Recognizing positive norms in the legislation and being able to define and explain the principals of methodology. X
4 Being able to determine, identify and restate legal problems. X
5 Being able to use legal interpretation principals in an efficient manner in order to analyse and resolve a legal problem and in order to develop a strategy. X
6 Being able to conduct academic researches on legal problems and to propose solutions. X
7 Assuming responsibility individually or collectively for resolving complicated legal problems. X
8 Being able to criticise positive norms of the law system. X
9 Being able to explain technical legal knowledge in Turkish, French and English verbally or in writing, being able to report personal opinion concerning a legal problem verbally or in writing in a persuasive manner. X
10 Being able to follow up the local and international legal literature, to update technical legal knowledge permanently, to use information technology in an efficient manner in order to achieve these goals. X
11 Being able to conduct comparative academic researches between different law systems. X
12 Respecting human rights and universal principals and notions of law. X
13 Respecting the ethical standarts, good faith, fairness and equity principals. X
14 Being sensitive to social problems, democracy, laicism and rule of law principal. X
Activities Number Period Total Workload
Class Hours 14 2 28
Working Hours out of Class 0 0 0
Assignments 0 0 0
Presentation 0 0 0
Midterm Examinations (including preparation) 0 0 0
Project 0 0 0
Laboratory 0 0 0
Other Applications 0 0 0
Final Examinations (including preparation) 10 1 10
Quiz 0 0 0
Term Paper/ Project 0 0 0
Portfolio Study 0 0 0
Reports 0 0 0
Learning Diary 0 0 0
Thesis/ Project 0 0 0
Seminar 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0
Total Workload 38
Total Workload / 25 1.52
Credits ECTS 2
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