Law

General Public Law II(HUK192)

Course Code Course Name Semester Theory Practice Lab Credit ECTS
HUK192 General Public Law II 2 3 0 0 3 4
Prerequisites
Admission Requirements
Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Type Compulsory
Course Level Bachelor Degree
Course Instructor(s) Birden GÜNGÖREN BULGAN birdengungorenbulgan@gmail.com (Email)
Assistant
Objective The aim of this course is to present different interpretations of the notions of “right” and to analyse its evolution through the history.
Content Week 1. The Fundamental Notions of Human Rights

Week 2 Human Rights and Spanish Thinkers (Las Casas, Vitoria)
Week 3. Cicero and the Res Publica

Week 4. Theory of natural rights

Week 5. Theory of social contract 1 (Rousseau Hobbes)

Week 6. Theory of social contract 2 (Locke)

Week 7. The American Revolution

Week 8. The French Revolution

Week 9. The Utilitarists

Week 10. The utilitarist critic

Week 11. The historicist critic

Week12 The human right conventions 1

Week 13. The human right conventions 2

Week 14. The universality an relativity of human rights
Course Learning Outcomes The Student will have a wide knowledge of the different interpretations of the notion of “right”.
Teaching and Learning Methods analyse textes about human rights
References -Cemal Bali Akal, Modern Düşüncenin Doğuşu, Dost Yayınevi, 2003 -Bertrand Binoche, Jean-Pierre Cléro, Bentham contre les droits de l’homme, Puf, Paris, 2007
-Alfred Dufour, Droits de l’homme droit naturel et histoire, Puf, Paris, 1991
-Mehmel Ali Ağaoğulları, Levent Köker, Kral Devlet ya da Ölümlü Tanrı, İmge Yayınları, 2004
-Mehmel Ali Ağaoğulları, Levent Köker, Tanrı Devletinden Kral- Devlete, İmge Yayınları, 2004
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Theory Topics
Week Weekly Contents
1 The Fundamental Notions of Human Rights
2 Human Rights and Spanish Thinkers (Las Casas, Vitoria)
3 Cicero and the Res Publica
4 Theory of natural rights
5 Theory of social contract 1 (Rousseau Hobbes)
6 Theory of social contract 2 (Locke)
7 The American Revolution
8 The French Revolution
9 The Utilitarists
10 The utilitarist critic
11 The historicist critic
12 The human right conventions 1
13 The human right conventions 2
14 The universality an relativity of human rights
Practice Topics
Week Weekly Contents
Contribution to Overall Grade
  Number Contribution
Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade 0 40
Contribution of final exam to overall grade 0 60
Toplam 0 100
In-Term Studies
  Number Contribution
Assignments 0 0
Presentation 0 0
Midterm Examinations (including preparation) 1 40
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 40
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.
Activities Number Period Total Workload
Class Hours 14 3 42
Working Hours out of Class 4 4 16
Midterm Examinations (including preparation) 1 14 14
Final Examinations (including preparation) 1 14 14
Total Workload 86
Total Workload / 25 3,44
Credits ECTS 3
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