General Public Law I
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Content
Objective
The aim of this course is to present different interpretations of the notions of “State”, “power” and “souvereignity” and to analyse its evolution through the history.
Course Content
Week 1. The Notions Estat and Res Publica
Week 2. The limitation of modern state
Week 3. The definitions of power
Week 4. The differenciation of law and practice
Week 5. The difference between the scolastic thought and Machiavelli
Week 6. The distinction between the national and universal thought: Vitoria and Erasmus
Week 7. Renaissance
Week 8. Reform and The Humanism
Week 9. The Golden Age of Spain
Week 10. The Souvereignty (Bodin, Suarez)
Week 11. Social Contract Theory
Week 12. The The Theory of Modern State
Week 13. Spinozas Theory of Law
Week 14. Spinoza’s liberty of expression
Course Learning Outcomes
The Student will have a wide knowledge of the different interpretations of the notions of “state”, “power” and “souvereignity”.
Teaching and Learning Methods
Analyse notions of the state from the perspective of different philosophers and their textes
References
Cemal Bâli Akal, İktidarın Üç Yüzü, Dost Yayınları, 2003
Cemal Bâli Akal, Devlet Kuramı, Dost Yayınları, 2006
Cemal Bâli Akal, Modern Düşüncenin Doğuşu, Dost Yayınları
Ernst Cassirer, Le Myte de L’Etat, Gallimard, Paris, 1993
Claude Lévi-Strauss, La structure élementaire de la parenté, Mouton & Co., Paris, 1981
Max Weber, Protestan Ahlakı ve Kapitalizmin Ruhu, Hil yayınları
Machiavelli, Il principo
Spinoza, Tractatus Theologico-Politicus
Bodin, Les six livres de la république
Weekly Contents
| Week | Weekly Contents |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Notions Estat and Res Publica |
| 2 | The limitation of modern state |
| 3 | The definitions of power |
| 4 | The differenciation of law and practice |
| 5 | The difference between the scolastic thought and Machiavelli |
| 6 | The distinction between the national and universal thought: Vitoria and Erasmus |
| 7 | Renaissance |
| 8 | Reform and Humanism |
| 9 | The Golden Age of Spain |
| 10 | The Souvereignty (Bodin, Suarez) |
| 11 | Social Contract Theory |
| 12 | The Theory of Modern State |
| 13 | Spinozas Theory of Law |
| 14 | Spinoza’s liberty of expression |
Assessment System
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade | 0 | 40 |
| Contribution of final exam to overall grade | 0 | 60 |
| Total | 0 | 100 |
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 0 |
| 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 |
| Total | 1 | 0 |
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 | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| Total Workload | 56 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 | 2.24 | ||
| Credits ECTS | 2 | ||