ECTS - Main Politics and Law in International Relations
Main Politics and Law in International Relations (KMH515) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Main Politics and Law in International Relations | KMH515 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| Course Language | Turkish |
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| Course Type | N/A |
| Course Level | Social Sciences Master's Degree |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Question and Answer, Problem Solving. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | The idea behind this course is to scrutinize in a scholarly manner how two rifferent approaches to international relations, namely the Kantian cosmopolitanism and Hobbesian/Schmittian “state of nature” theory, encounter with each other in contemporary global contexts. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Introduction, conceptualization of international relations as ?politics among nation-states?, conceptualization of international relations as ?trans-national politics?, ?three different conceptions of politcs and two concepts of law?. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | Modernity of International Relations (IR) | Necati Polat, Ahlak, Siyaset, Şiddet: Bir Kuram Olarak Uluslararası Hukuk, İstanbul: Kızılelma, 1999. |
| 3 | Modernity of the State-I: State as Human Artifact | Mehmet Ali Ağaoğulları ve Levent Köker, Kral-Devlet ya da Ölümlü Tanrı, 4. Baskı, İmge, Ankara, 2009. |
| 4 | Modernity of the State-II: Instrumentalization of Law | Atilla Eralp (der.), Devlet, Sistem ve Kimlik: Uluslararası İlişkilerde Temel Yaklaşımlar, 15. baskı, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul, Eylül 2016. (Bölüm 1) |
| 5 | Reason of State: Machiavelli, Hobbes and Schmitt | Mehmet Ali Ağaoğulları ve Levent Köker, Kral-Devlet ya da Ölümlü Tanrı, 4. Baskı, İmge, Ankara, 2009. |
| 6 | Reason of State and Intenrnational Law | Necati Polat, Ahlak, Siyaset, Şiddet: Bir Kuram Olarak Uluslararası Hukuk, İstanbul: Kızılelma, 1999. |
| 7 | On the Rationality of the modernity of the State: The Legacy of the Enlightenment | Atilla Eralp (der.), Devlet, Sistem ve Kimlik: Uluslararası İlişkilerde Temel Yaklaşımlar, 15. baskı, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul, Eylül 2016. |
| 8 | Law and Freedom as the Foundation of the Modern State | E. Fuat Keyman, Küreselleşme Devlet Kimlik Farklılık: Uluslararası İlişkiler Kuramını Yeniden düşünmek, Alfa Yayınları, İstanbul, 2000. |
| 9 | Freedom and Autonomy: Kant and the Republican İdea | I. Kant, Ebedi Barış Üzerine Felsefi Deneme, Çeviren: Yavuz Abadan - Seha L. Meray, A.Ü. Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi, Ankara, 1960. |
| 10 | Eternal Peace and the Intersection of Republicanism and Cosmopolitanism | I. Kant, Ebedi Barış Üzerine Felsefi Deneme, Çeviren: Yavuz Abadan - Seha L. Meray, A.Ü. Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi, Ankara, 1960. |
| 11 | European Union as a Cosmopolis | Atilla Eralp (der.), Devlet, Sistem ve Kimlik: Uluslararası İlişkilerde Temel Yaklaşımlar, 15. baskı, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul, Eylül 2016. |
| 12 | Politics-I: Power, Security, and IR | Necati Polat, Ahlak, Siyaset, Şiddet: Bir Kuram Olarak Uluslararası Hukuk, İstanbul: Kızılelma, 1999. |
| 13 | Politics-II: International Politics and International Law as Negotiation and Allocation | Atilla Eralp (der.), Devlet, Sistem ve Kimlik: Uluslararası İlişkilerde Temel Yaklaşımlar, 15. baskı, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul, Eylül 2016. |
| 14 | Politics-III: Rethinking International Law within the Framework of the Kantian Project: J. Rawls | John Rawls, Halkların Yasası, İstanbul: Bilgi Ü. Yay., 2008. |
| 15 | Concluding Remarks | |
| 16 | Final Exam | Atilla Eralp (der.), Devlet, Sistem ve Kimlik: Uluslararası İlişkilerde Temel Yaklaşımlar, 15. baskı, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul, Eylül 2016, Mehmet Ali Ağaoğulları ve Levent Köker, Kral-Devlet ya da Ölümlü Tanrı, 4. Baskı, İmge, Ankara, 2009, Necati Polat, Ahlak, Siyaset, Şiddet: Bir Kuram Olarak Uluslararası Hukuk, İstanbul: Kızılelma, 1999, E. Fuat Keyman, Küreselleşme Devlet Kimlik Farklılık: Uluslararası İlişkiler Kuramını Yeniden düşünmek, Alfa Yayınları, İstanbul, 2000, John Rawls, Halkların Yasası, İstanbul: Bilgi Ü. Yay., 2008, I. Kant, Ebedi Barış Üzerine Felsefi Deneme, Çeviren: Yavuz Abadan - Seha L. Meray, A.Ü. Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi, Ankara, 1960. |
Sources
| Other Sources | 1. Necati Polat, Ahlak, Siyaset, Şiddet: Bir Kuram Olarak Uluslararası Hukuk, İstanbul: Kızılelma, 1999. |
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| 2. E. Fuat Keyman, Küreselleşme Devlet Kimlik Farklılık: Uluslararası İlişkiler Kuramını Yeniden düşünmek, Alfa Yayınları, İstanbul, 2000. | |
| 5. John Rawls, Halkların Yasası, İstanbul: Bilgi Ü. Yay., 2008. | |
| 6. I. Kant, Ebedi Barış Üzerine Felsefi Deneme, Çeviren: Yavuz Abadan - Seha L. Meray, A.Ü. Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi, Ankara, 1960. | |
| Course Book | 3. Atilla Eralp (der.), Devlet, Sistem ve Kimlik: Uluslararası İlişkilerde Temel Yaklaşımlar, 15. baskı, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul, Eylül 2016 |
| 4. Mehmet Ali Ağaoğulları ve Levent Köker, Kral-Devlet ya da Ölümlü Tanrı, 4. Baskı, İmge, Ankara, 2009. |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | 2 | 10 |
| Presentation | 3 | 30 |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | - | - |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 60 |
| Toplam | 6 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | 40 |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 60 |
| 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 | 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 public law. | X | ||||
| 5 | Skills to understand the local, national, international, universal and supranational sides of 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 |
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| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | 3 | 7 | 21 |
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | |||
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Total Workload | 125 | ||