| Course Name | Concepts of Law Interpreted in Cinema and Literature |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| HUK 296 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | Turkish | |||||
| Course Type | Elective | |||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
| Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | DiscussionQ&ALecture / Presentation | |||||
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| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | The aim of this course is to analyze the concepts of law in connection with works of literature and cinema, to gain a multidimensional perspective with a theoretical background and reasoning ability. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | It is a course in which the common concepts used in different fields of law and the processing of institutions in cinema and literary works are examined by reconciling the relevant high court decisions. |
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| Core Courses | |
| Major Area Courses | X | |
| Supportive Courses | ||
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Introduction | Martin Skop, Richard Posner, Wendy Nicole Duong, Hukuk ve Edebiyat, Umuttepe Yayınları Kocaeli 2019 |
| 2 | Conflict of Rights | Novel: Klaus Mann, Mephisto Everest 2019 Cases: 1. German Federal Constitutional Court (Mephisto), https://germanlawarchive.iuscomp.org/?p=56 2. ECtHR Judgment: M.L. and W.W. v Germany, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-183947 |
| 3 | Power to Punish | Movie: Nuremberg Trials Cases: 1. ECHR Judgment: Streletz, Kessler ve Krenz v Germany, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-59353 2. Polednová v Czechia, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-105985 |
| 4 | The Limits of Private Life in Interpersonal Relationships | Movie: The Truman Show Case: 1. UK Appeal Court: A. B. https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/re-ab-final-judgment-110719.pdf 3. |
| 5 | Right to Life - Abortion | Documentary: Roe v Wade Cases: 1. ECtHR Judgment P and S v Poland, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-114098 2. German Federal Constitutional Court Judgment: https://germanlawarchive.iuscomp.org/?p=1190 3. US. Supreme Court Judgment: Roe v Wade https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/410/113/ |
| 6 | Right to Life - Eutonesia | Movie: The Sea Inside Cases: 1. ECHR: Lambert and others v France, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-155352 2. U.S. Supreme Court Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health, 497 U.S. 261 (1990), https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/497/261/ |
| 7 | Prohibition of Discrimination (sexual) | Movie: Philadephia, Cases: 1. ECHR: Laskey, Jaggard and Brown v. the UK, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-58021 2. ECHR: Dudgeon v the UK, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-57473 |
| 8 | Prohibition of Discrimination (race) | Novel: To Kill a Mockingbird Cases 1. U.S. Supreme Court: Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. 393 (1856), https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/60/393/ 2. U.S. Supreme Court: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/347/483/ |
| 9 | Review of the Semester | |
| 10 | Review of the Semester | |
| 11 | Review of the Semester | |
| 12 | Review of the Semester | |
| 13 | Review of the Semester | |
| 14 | Review of the Semester | |
| 15 | Review of the Semester | |
| 16 | Final Exam |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | |
| Suggested Readings/Materials |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | 1 | 5 |
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 35 |
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 20 |
| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | ||
| Final Exam | 1 | 40 |
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 3 | 60 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 40 |
| Total |
| 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 | 0 | ||
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 20 | |
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 5 | |
| Project | |||
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | |||
| Final Exams | 1 | 17 | |
| Total | 90 |
| # | 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. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 6 | Takes responsibility in solving problems by creative and innovative thinking. | |||||
| 7 | Interprets the sources of law by ways of legal methodology. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 9 | To be able to use the daily scientific sources and court judgments in the framework of life time learning approach. | |||||
| 10 | Informs the related persons and institutions about legal matters both verbally and in written. | |||||
| 11 | Monitors the daily legal information/court decisions and interacts with the colleagues in a foreign language (“European Language Portfolio Global Scale” Level B1). | |||||
| 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”). | |||||
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