Course Name | Constitutional Law I |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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HUK 105 | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
Prerequisites | None | |||||
Course Language | Turkish | |||||
Course Type | Required | |||||
Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
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Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | The object of this course is to provide a general approach on the basic concepts and subjects of Constitutional Law,in the light of the principle of supremacy of the constitution. Constitutions are peremptory norms and founding texts that regulate the establishment and operation of the state and secures the fundamental rights and freedoms. It's aimed to clarify the concepts of state, organs of state, forms of state, constituent power, democracy, election, governmental system, human rights and constitutional audit. These subjetcs will also be solid with case studies. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | In this course, the Constitution, the Constitutional Law concepts, Constitutional types, constitutional movements, Constitution Making and changing the political power and the concept of state, government forms, government systems, the concept of democracy, democracy types, elections dominant principles and electoral systems, political parties, the constitutionality control with the basic rights and freedoms will examine. Course topics related decisions of the Turkish Constitutional Court and the European Court of Human Rights will be examined in the light of the decision, subjects will be concretized through practical work. |
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Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Public Law and Constitutional Law Concepts | Course notes and related sections from other sources |
2 | Hierarchy of Norms and Supremacy of Constitution | Course notes and related sections from other sources |
3 | Constitution Making and Constitutionalism | Course notes and related sections from other sources |
4 | Concept of State and Types of States | Course notes and related sections from other sources |
5 | Legislative, Executive Jurisdiction Powers | Course notes and related sections from other sources |
6 | Governmental Systems | Course notes and related sections from other sources |
7 | Electoral Systems and Political Parties | Course notes and related sections from other sources |
8 | Review of the subjects and case solving | Course notes and related sections from other sources |
9 | Midterm Exam | |
10 | Democracy and Democracy types | Course notes and related sections from other sources |
11 | Basic Rights and Freedoms | Course notes and related sections from other sources |
12 | Constitutional Review | Course notes and related sections from other sources |
13 | 1876 and the 1921 Constitutions | Course notes and related sections from other sources |
14 | The 1924 Constitution | Course notes and related sections from other sources |
15 | The 1961 Constitution | Course notes and related sections from other sources |
16 | Review of the semester and case solving | Course notes and related sections from other sources |
Course Notes/Textbooks | Kemal Gözler, Anayasa Hukukunun Genel Esasları, Ekin Yayıncılık. |
Suggested Readings/Materials | Bülent Tanör, Osmanlı Türk Anayasal Gelişmeleri YKY yay, Erdoğan Teziç, Anayasa Hukuku, Beta Yayıncılık. |
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
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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 |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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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 | 100 |
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Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | |||
Presentation / Jury | |||
Project | |||
Seminar / Workshop | |||
Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | 1 | 26 | |
Final Exams | 1 | 46 | |
Total | 220 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | To be able to possess the knowledge in legal terminology, concepts and principles. | X | ||||
2 | Solves the legal problems with an analytic and integral point of view. | X | ||||
3 | Evaluates the legal knowledge and abilities obtained with a critical approach. | X | ||||
4 | Evaluates the developments in legal theory and practice by monitoring local, international and interdisciplinary dimensions. | X | ||||
5 | Is conscious of social, professional and scientific principles of ethic behaviour. | X | ||||
6 | Takes responsibility in solving problems by creative and innovative thinking. | X | ||||
7 | Interprets the sources of law by ways of legal methodology. | X | ||||
8 | To be able to interpret the legal norms with a sense of justice respectful to human rights and in the light of principles of democratic, secular and social state of law. | X | ||||
9 | To be able to use the daily scientific sources and court judgments in the framework of life time learning approach. | X | ||||
10 | Informs the related persons and institutions about legal matters both verbally and in written. | X | ||||
11 | Monitors the daily legal information/court decisions and interacts with the colleagues in a foreign language (“European Language Portfolio Global Scale” Level B1). | X | ||||
12 | Uses the information and communication technology together with the computer programs in a level required by the area of law (“European Computer Driving Licence, Advanced Level”). | X |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest