Introduction to Law(HUK103)
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theory | Practice | Lab | Credit | ECTS |
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HUK103 | Introduction to Law | 1 | 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) | Fatma Gül KARAGÖZ fgkaragoz@gmail.com (Email) Pınar GÜZEL pguzel@gsu.edu.tr (Email) |
Assistant | |
Objective | The subject of this course is law as the first social element, its logic, its branches, the methods of interpretation and its ethical essence, in short in the general term, human rights. At the same time this course tries to find answers to questions such as what law is, how it can be differentiated from other social rules and essential notions. |
Content | as shown under the subject headings (topics) |
Course Learning Outcomes |
The student: 1. Understands the role of law in society. 2. Understands the courses in the faculty of law better due to preliminary preparation. 3. Discusses the problems related to the general principles of law. 4. Acquires the ability to think like a lawyer. 5. Is able to convey his/her thoughts on issues related to law and his/her suggestions for solutions to problems in written and oral form. 6. Defends and protects the character of the Republic of Turkey as a democratic, secular and social state of law based on the fundamental principles set out at the beginning of the Constitution, respectful to human rights, loyal to Atatürk's nationalism, within the peace of society, national solidarity and sense of justice. 7. Has the honesty, justice and ethics required by being a lawyer. 8. Has the infrastructure to try to ensure that concrete disputes are resolved fairly, to follow legal regulations and to take part in the judicial process within this framework. 9. Has internalised the universal principles of law; has the competence to perceive and solve legal problems in terms of the law that is and should be. |
Teaching and Learning Methods | seminars, discussions |
References |
Bilge, Necip, Hukuk Başlangıcı, Turhan Kitabevi Güriz, Adnan, Hukuk Başlangıcı, Siyasal Kitabevi Kemal Oğuzman, Nami Barlas, Medeni Hukuk Temel Kavramlar, On İki Levha Yayıncılık Jeffrie G. Murphy, Jules L. Coleman, Philosophy of Law, Westview Press Michael Freeman, Dennis Llyod Llyod of Hemstead, Llyod’s Introduction to Jurisprudence, 7Rev Ed edition, Sweet & Maxwell |
Theory Topics
Week | Weekly Contents |
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1 | Law and Society |
2 | Law and Other Social Rules |
3 | The Problems about Definitions of Law |
4 | Qualities of Legal Rules |
5 | Legal Sanctions, Its Historical Development and Kinds |
6 | Legal Systems, Romanic Law, Common Law, Islamic Law, Socialist Law |
7 | Freedom as a criterion of legitimacy in a legal systems |
8 | Concept and Theories of Rights |
9 | Codification and Its Kinds |
10 | Analysis of a legal Norm |
11 | Normative Character of Law |
12 | Sources of Law and Their Hierarchical Structure |
13 | Public and Private law |
14 | The Legal Protection of Rights |
Practice Topics
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Contribution to Overall Grade
Number | Contribution | |
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Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade | 1 | 50 |
Contribution of final exam to overall grade | 1 | 50 |
Toplam | 2 | 100 |
In-Term Studies
Number | Contribution | |
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Assignments | 0 | 0 |
Presentation | 0 | 0 |
Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 50 |
Project | 0 | 0 |
Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
Other Applications | 0 | 0 |
Quiz | 0 | 0 |
Term Paper/ Project | 0 | 0 |
Portfolio Study | 0 | 0 |
Reports | 0 | 0 |
Learning Diary | 0 | 0 |
Thesis/ Project | 0 | 0 |
Seminar | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 |
Toplam | 1 | 50 |
No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | ||||
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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 |
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Class Hours | 14 | 2 | 28 |
Working Hours out of Class | 14 | 2 | 28 |
Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Other | 1 | 15 | 15 |
Total Workload | 73 | ||
Total Workload / 25 | 2.92 | ||
Credits ECTS | 3 |