ECTS - Philosophy and Sociology of Law
Philosophy and Sociology of Law (LAW436) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Philosophy and Sociology of Law | LAW436 | 8. Semester | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| N/A |
| Course Language | Turkish |
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| Course Type | Compulsory Departmental Courses |
| Course Level | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | A student should be a person who can design law, not only a practicing it. The students will have a base to understand and discuss the actual and historical juridical and political problems and will reinforce their senses of justice, will learn that law is not only composed of rules, but also whole ideological and social structure. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | The foundations of society, social inequality, social institutions, social change; natural law theory, the formal understanding of law: legal positivism. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fundamental Schools of philosophy of law | Hukuk Kuramını Anlamak/ Raymond Wacks |
| 2 | Fundamental Schools of philosophy of law | Hukuk Kuramını Anlamak/ Raymond Wacks |
| 3 | İdealism and materialism | Hukuk Kuramını Anlamak/ Raymond Wacks |
| 4 | The relationship between law and other social norms | Hukuk Kuramını Anlamak/ Raymond Wacks |
| 5 | Natural Law and Natural Rights | Hukuk Kuramını Anlamak/ Raymond Wacks |
| 6 | Short History of Natural law | Hukuk Kuramını Anlamak/ Raymond Wacks |
| 7 | Freedom as a criterion of legitimacy in a legal systems | Hukuk Kuramını Anlamak/ Raymond Wacks |
| 8 | Midterm | |
| 9 | Justice and Fairness, different kinds of justice | Hukuk Kuramını Anlamak/ Raymond Wacks |
| 10 | Justice and Fairness, different kinds of justice | Hukuk Kuramını Anlamak/ Raymond Wacks |
| 11 | Sociology and Sociology of Law Law as a Social Control | Hukuk Kuramını Anlamak/ Raymond Wacks |
| 12 | Free Research School, Historical School, LegalRealism,Sociological Jurisprudence | Hukuk Kuramını Anlamak/ Raymond Wacks |
| 13 | History from Sociology to Law Durkheim, Weber vand Marx | Hukuk Kuramını Anlamak/ Raymond Wacks |
| 14 | Positive Law as a Sociological reality | Hukuk Kuramını Anlamak/ Raymond Wacks |
| 15 | Final Exam |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. Hukuk Kuramını Anlamak/ Raymond Wacks |
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| 2. Hukuk Felsefesi / Adnan Güriz | |
| 3. Hukuk Felsefesi / Yasemin Işıktaç | |
| 6. Hukuk Sosyolojisi / Yasemin Işıktaç - Umut Koloş | |
| 7. Hukuk Sosyolojisi'ne Giriş / Mehmet Tevfik Özcan | |
| 8. Hukuk Sosyolojisi Yazıları / Mehmet Yüksel | |
| 15. Öktem, Niyazi/Türkbağ, Ahmet Ulvi /Felsefe, Sosyoloji, Hukuk ve Devlet | |
| Other Sources | 4. Saf Hukuk Kuramı/ Hans Kelsen |
| 5. Adalet, Yapılması Gereken Doğru Şey Nedir? / Michael J. Sandel | |
| 9. Sosyoloji / Anthony Giddens | |
| 10. Protestan Ahlakı ve Kapitalizmin Ruhu / Max Weber | |
| 11. Bürokrasi ve Otorite / Max Weber | |
| 12. Sosyoloji / Richard T. Schaefer | |
| 13. Komünist Partisi Manifestosu / Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx | |
| 14. Toplumsal İşbölümü / Emile Durkheim |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | - | - |
| Presentation | - | - |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 30 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 70 |
| Toplam | 2 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 100 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | |
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| Major Area Courses | X |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Understands, compares and paraphrases the basic concepts of law as a jurist following common principles of law. | X | ||||
| 2 | Solves problems using a critical point of view when necessary, determines and analyses the theoretical and practical problems of law. | X | ||||
| 3 | Understands, plans, exercises and coordinates the functions of law, by explaining and practising. | X | ||||
| 4 | Understands the strategic, tactical and practical dimensions of private and public law. | X | ||||
| 5 | Understands the local, national, international, universal and supranational dimensions of private and public law. | X | ||||
| 6 | Understands modern methods and distinctions of law. | X | ||||
| 7 | Can successfully participate in disciplinary and interdisciplinary team works. | X | ||||
| 8 | Have an open-minded attitude towards learning and attempting. | X | ||||
| 9 | Assimilates and complies with the rules related to legal ethics and profession within the framework of social responsibility awareness. | X | ||||
| 10 | Can use Turkish effectively both orally and in writing and has communication skills required for a career in the discipline of law. | X | ||||
| 11 | Thinks critically and creatively on legal and social problems based on the principle of rule of law and the ideal of justice. | X | ||||
| 12 | Understands and practices the national and international dimensions of law by following court case law and practices. | X | ||||
| 13 | Prepares and presents a written or oral academic study within the framework of acedemic ethics and rules. | X | ||||
| 14 | Uses information technologies related to the profession effectively in solving legal problems. | X | ||||
| 15 | Reinforces the knowledge of foreign languages and has a command of legal terminology. | X | ||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 4 | 64 |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 8 | 4 | 32 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | |||
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 4 | 8 | 32 |
| Total Workload | 150 | ||