Course Name | Environmental Law |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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HUK 470 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
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 | |||||
Course Coordinator | ||||||
Course Lecturer(s) | - | |||||
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Course Objectives | The aim of this course is to enable students to gain knowledge and experience in climate change and environmental law in practice by coming together with experienced environmental lawyers and to strengthen access to justice with a focus on environmental rights through the knowledge, experience and participation of students. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | In this course, students are taught forms of sexual violence and the legal concepts and definitions related to this form of violence, and the ways to combat this violence through appropriate legal mechanisms are discussed. |
Related Sustainable Development Goals |
| Core Courses | |
Major Area Courses | X | |
Supportive Courses | ||
Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
Transferable Skill Courses |
Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Climate Change Basic Concepts and Development of Environmental Law | Güneş Ahmet: Çevre Hukuku, Adalet Yayınları, Ankara, 2024, ISBN: 9786256147218 IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change videos and reports https://www.ipcc.ch/ |
2 | Environmental Ethics | Des Jardins Joseph R.: Çevre Etiği, İmge Kitabevi Yayınları, İstanbul, 2006, ISBN: 9789755334714. |
3 | Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) | APAYDIN, B., EVREN, M., Yeni Çevresel Etki Değerlendirme (ÇED) Yönetmeliği’ne Bir Bakış, Maltepe Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, Vol: 22, No: 2, Aralık 2023, pp. 119-140. |
4 | Project File Literacy and EIA Processes | APAYDIN, B., EVREN, M., Yeni Çevresel Etki Değerlendirme (ÇED) Yönetmeliği’ne Bir Bakış, Maltepe Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, Vol: 22, No: 2, Aralık 2023, pp. 119-140. Çelik Can: Kentleşme Politikaları, Çevre Hukuku ve İklim Değişikliği, Umuttepe Yayınları, İstanbul, 2020, ISBN: 9786057858979. |
5 | Monitoring of the Decision Hearing of the Environmental Case of the Administrative Court | |
6 | Environmental Procedural Rights (Access to Information, Participation in Decisions and Access to Justice) | Related parts of the following sources: Ali Parlar, Muzaffer Hatipoğlu, Çevre Hukuku, Ankara 2010; Nükhet Yılmaz Turgut: Çevre Politikası ve Hukuku, Ankara 2009; David Wilkinson: Environment and Law (Routledge Introductions to Environment), 2002Bozkurt Kutluhan (ed): Küresel Isınma ve İklim Koruma Hukuku, Legal Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2024, 9786256580145. Çelik Can: Kentleşme Politikaları, Çevre Hukuku ve İklim Değişikliği, Umuttepe Yayınları, İstanbul, 2020, ISBN: 9786057858979. |
7 | Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Regulations | Bozkurt Kutluhan (ed): Küresel Isınma ve İklim Koruma Hukuku, Legal Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2024, 9786256580145. |
8 | Climate Justice (Student Group 1 Presentation) | |
9 | Climate Cases | Aykul Ömer: Ekolojik Hukuk, Seçkin Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2024, ISBN: 9789750292996 |
10 | Biodiversity and Law (Student 2nd Group Presentation) | |
11 | Wetlands Information and Gediz Delta Visit (A visit will be held with Doğa Derneği Biodiversity Experts. Detailed information will be provided on the lawsuits filed so far regarding the Gediz Delta and students will be allowed to review the case files) | Case Files |
12 | Right to Food (Student Group 3 Presentation) | |
13 | Participating in Discovery and Expert Witness Investigation or Watching a Public Participation Meeting | |
14 | Greenwashing and Legal Situation (Student Group 4 Presentation) | |
15 | Conducting a final survey on students and reviewing the term | |
16 | Review of the semester |
Course Notes/Textbooks | Des Jardins Joseph R.: Çevre Etiği, İmge Kitabevi Yayınları, İstanbul, 2006, ISBN: 9789755334714. Savaşan Zerrin; Söker Çağlar; Yılmaz Fırat Harun: Çevre Hukuku ve Politikaları, Seçkin Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2021, ISBN: 9789750266263. APAYDIN, B., EVREN, M., Yeni Çevresel Etki Değerlendirme (ÇED) Yönetmeliği’ne Bir Bakış, Maltepe Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, Vol: 22, No: 2, Aralık 2023, pp: 119-140. Çelik Can: Kentleşme Politikaları, Çevre Hukuku ve İklim Değişikliği, Umuttepe Yayınları, İstanbul, 2020, ISBN: 9786057858979. Bozkurt Kutluhan (ed): Küresel Isınma ve İklim Koruma Hukuku, Legal Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2024, ISBN: 9786256580145. IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change videos and reports | |
Suggested Readings/Materials |
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Semester Activities | Number | Weighting |
Participation | 1 | 60 |
Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | ||
Presentation / Jury | 1 | 40 |
Project | ||
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exam | ||
Midterm | ||
Final Exam | ||
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 2 | 100 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | ||
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 1 | 16 |
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
Study Hours Out of Class | 11 | 4 | 44 |
Field Work | |||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | 5 | ||
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | |||
Presentation / Jury | 1 | 30 | |
Project | |||
Seminar / Workshop | |||
Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | |||
Final Exams | |||
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. | X | ||||
3 | Evaluates the legal knowledge and abilities obtained with a critical approach. | |||||
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. | |||||
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. | X | ||||
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”). |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest