Law

Introduction to Law(HUK103)

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Course Code Course Name Semester Theory Practice Lab Credit ECTS
HUK103 Introduction to Law 1 2 0 0 2 3
Prerequisites
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
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Weekly Contents
Theory Topics
Week Weekly Contents
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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Assessment System
Contribution to Overall Grade
  Number Contribution
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
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
Relation of Proficiency
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
ECTS
Activities Number Period Total Workload
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
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