Law and Ethics (LAW334) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Law and Ethics LAW334 2 0 0 2 4
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language Turkish
Course Type N/A
Course Level Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer, Team/Group.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Instructor Hasan Serdar Hoş
Course Assistants
Course Objectives This lesson is mainly aimed at teaching students about the concepts and definitions of Morals, Ethics and Law. By this manner, student are being bapable of gettin substatial comprehension of similarities and differentions in law field. Also this time of the teaching period ought to be enclosed with ethical and judicial concepts in Law.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Identify the differences between morals, ethics, values, beliefs,laws, human rights and freedoms
  • Demonstrate knowledge of practical applications of central ethical principles and theories
  • Access information about norms, principles, codes of conduct, policies and laws that are relevant to an array of work practice situations with ethical perspective
  • Analyze cases for ethical issiues through different standpoints and positions as well as different stakeholders and apply critical thinking skills to generate solutions for ethical problems
Course Content The concepts and definitions of morals, ethics and law; similarities and differention in law field; ethical and judicial concepts in Law.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Giving information about the lesson, Introduction to philosophy and ethics -Hukuksal Etik Ders Notları, Can Tuncay, Beta Yayınları, İstanbul, 2013 (syf 1-46)
2 Relationship between law and ethics -Hukuksal Etik Ders Notları, Can Tuncay, Beta Yayınları, İstanbul, 2013 (syf 1-46)
3 Relationship between ethics, morality, law and justice -Hukuksal Etik Ders Notları, Can Tuncay, Beta Yayınları, İstanbul, 2013 (syf 1-46)
4 Ethics in ancient thought; Sokrates, Plato, Aristotle -Hukuksal Etik Ders Notları, Can Tuncay, Beta Yayınları, İstanbul, 2013 (syf 46-59)
5 Thoughts of the Modern Era; Utilitarianism, Libertarianism I -Adalet, Michael J. Sandel, BigBang Yayınları, Ankara, 2013 (Syf 47-86)
6 Thoughts of the Modern Era; Utilitarianism, Libertarianism II -Adalet, Michael J. Sandel, BigBang Yayınları, Ankara, 2013 (Syf 47-86)
7 Mid-term exam
8 Market and morality; I.Kant, J. Rawls I -Adalet, Michael J. Sandel, BigBang Yayınları, Ankara, 2013 (Syf 86-125)
9 Market and morality; I.Kant, J. Rawls II -Adalet, Michael J. Sandel, BigBang Yayınları, Ankara, 2013 (Syf 125-197)
10 Ethics, law and war I Haklı Savaş ve İnsancıl Hukuk, XII Levha Yayınları, İstanbul, 2013(syf 13-85)
11 Ethics, law and war II Haklı Savaş ve İnsancıl Hukuk, XII Levha Yayınları, İstanbul, 2013(syf 13-85
12 Applied Ethics I Uygulamalı Etik, Ahmet Cevizci, Say Yıyınları, İstanbul, 2013
13 Applied Ethics II Uygulamalı Etik, Ahmet Cevizci, Say Yıyınları, İstanbul, 2013
14 Applied Ethics III Uygulamalı Etik, Ahmet Cevizci, Say Yıyınları, İstanbul, 2013
15 The general assessment of the course
16 Final Exam

Sources

Course Book 1. -Hukuksal Etik Ders Notları, Can Tuncay, Beta Yayınları, İstanbul, 2013
2. Adalet, Michael J. Sandel, BigBang Yayınları, Ankara, 2013
3. Haklı Savaş ve İnsancıl Hukuk, XII Levha Yayınları, İstanbul, 2013
4. -Uygulamalı Etik, Ahmet Cevizci, Say Yıyınları, İstanbul, 2013
5. -Etik Nedir?, Fred Feldman, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınevi, İstanbul,2013

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 40
Percentage of Final Work 60
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses
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
1 2 3 4 5
1 Skills to understand, compare and paraphrase the basic concepts of law as a jurist following common principles of law. X
2 Skills to solve problems using a critical point of view when necessary , to determine and analyse the theoretical and implementation problems of law. X
3 Contribution to understanding, planning, exercising and coordinating the functionss of law, by explaining and practising. X
4 Skills to understand the strategic, tactical and practical sides of private and public law. X
5 Skills to understand the local, national, international, universal and supranational sides of private and public law. X
6 Skills to understand the modern methods and differences of law. X
7 Skills to participate in/inter disciplinary group works succesfully. X
8 Skills to adopt open minded behaviors in the way of learning and attempting. X
9 Skills to assimilate and carry the rules of ethics and profession within the framework of social responsibility X
10 Skills to use Turkish efficiently in writing and speaking, and have the communication talent that is required by a law related career. X
11 Skills to approach critically and creativly on the legal and social problems in terms of rule of law and ideal of justice. X
12 Skills to understand and practice the national and international sides of law through caselaw and judical implementations. X
13 Skills to prepare/present a written or oral academic study within the framework of acedemic ethic and rules. X
14 Skills to use vocational information technologies efficiently in solving legal problems. X
15 Skills to reinforce knowledge of foreign languages and command of legal terminolgy. X

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 2 32
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 16 2 32
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 4 4
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 7 7
Total Workload 75