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COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

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Course Name
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
Fall
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
Course Type
Required
Course Level
-
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s)
Course Objectives
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Students who successfully complete this course will be able to;
  • o Understand the role and function of constitution within the operation of political system.
  • o Comprehend the role of the institutions that are established through constitutions in legal and political aspects of individual-society-state relations Recognize sub sections of civil law and make necessary interpretations.
  • o Understand how principles that are supposed to dominate a democratic state are guaranteed in the constitution, and the functional importance of techniques and principles in protection of rights and freedoms.
  • o Understand the meaning of concepts such as constitutional state, legal state, division of powers, judicial independence, etc. which takes place in daily lives of people unwittingly
  • o Earn the public sensitivity and awareness which enable living in a democratic society within the framework of information they learned
Course Description

 



Course Category

 Core Courses
X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 Law and Constitutional Law, Sources of Constitutional Law, Its subject and Method Course notes and related sections from other sources
2 Constitution Practices/ Constitution Fallacies. Course notes and related sections from other sources
3 Classification of Constitutions: Written/Unwritten Constitutions; Substantive/Procedural ConstitutionsRigid/Elastic ConstitutionsDetailed/Frame Constitutions Course notes and related sections from other sources
4 Introduction to General Theory of Constitutional Law: Concepts of Political Power/ State/ Sovereignty: Relations, general information regarding the criteria used in conceptual sorting. Course notes and related sections from other sources
5 Source of political power and basic theories about its legality: Theocratic and Democratic Sovereignty Course notes and related sections from other sources
6 Review of the subjects for Midterm exam. Course notes and related sections from other sources
7 Midterm exam
8 Establishment and Existence Requirements for State, Legal Character of State Course notes and related sections from other sources
9 Types of States: Unitary State/Federal State/Mixed State Course notes and related sections from other sources
10 From a state with constitution to a constitutional state/from a constitutional state to legal state: the roles and effects of constitutions in configuration of the state. Course notes and related sections from other sources
11 Making and changing of constitutions. Primary Constituent Power/Derived Constituent Power. Course notes and related sections from other sources
12 Review of the laws compatibility to Constitution. Political Review/Judicial Review Course notes and related sections from other sources
13 Regimes based on use of sovereignty: Representative and Direct Democracies. Course notes and related sections from other sources
14 Separation of political systems within the doctrine of Separation of Powers: Parliament/Assembly/Presidential government systems and interim models Course notes and related sections from other sources
15 Review for the final exam Course notes and related sections from other sources
16 Review of the semester Course notes and related sections from other sources
Course Notes/Textbooks Erdoğan Teziç: Anayasa Hukuku, Beta Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2010
Suggested Readings/Materials Bülent Tanör/Necmi Yüzbaşıoğlu: 1982 Anayasasına Göre Türk Anayasa Hukuku, Beta Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2012; İbrahim Ö. Kaboğlu: Anayasa Hukuku Dersleri (Genel Esaslar), Legal Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2010; Ergun Özbudun: Türk Anayasa Hukuku, Yetkin Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2010; Kemal Gözler: Türk Anayasa Hukuku Dersleri, Ekin Yayınevi, Bursa, 2010. Oğuzman, Nami Barlas: Medeni Hukuk, İstanbul 2010

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
1
30
Final Exam
1
70
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
1
30
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
1
70
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
3
48
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
Study Hours Out of Class
20
5
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
1
25
Final Exams
1
45
    Total
218

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
 Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

To solve problems, to have analytical and holistic viewpoint and to develop strategic thinking as a principle in the field of law

 X
2

It is aimed to graduate students whom are able to critique what they have already learn in the field of law, adopting lifelong learning and continuously developing themselves

 X
3

It is aimed to graduate students whom are able to analyze and interpret their academic knowledge and express their solutions regarding legal problems both oral and written

 X
4

It is aimed to graduate students whom are able to understand the legal concepts and ideas in both national and multinational settings and practice cross disciplinary and comparative analysis

 X
5

To be aware of principles of social, occupational, and legal ethics

 X
6

To create solutions with creative and innovative motives when coming across with unexpected legal situations, and be able to apply the academic gain during new and unconventional occasions

 X
7

Acquiring leadership qualifications and applying them successfully

 X
8

Working efficiently and effectively, learning how to be a team member, taking responsibilities, being open minded, constructive, vulnerable to criticism and having self confidence

 X
9

To be able to reach the latest scientific resources, court decisions and other sources of law and be able to transfer the academic knowledge to real life with both national and international thinking

 X
10

To know and act according to the social, scientific and ethical values under any circumstances such as data collection, interpretation, announcing and practicing regarding legal, social and political progress

 X
11

To be able to use a foreign language as fluent as possible for both pursuing the legal information and court decisions and developing proper communication with colleagues from other countries, (“European Language Portfolio Global Scale”, Level B1)

 X
12

Intermediate in both written and spoken of a second foreign language

 X
13

Able to use computer programs and technology to an adequate level required by the field of law (“European Computer Driving License”, Advanced Level”)

 X

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

 

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