ECTS - Basic Rights and Freedoms

Basic Rights and Freedoms (LAW210) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Basic Rights and Freedoms LAW210 4. Semester 3 0 0 3 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language Turkish
Course Type Compulsory Departmental Courses
Course Level Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer, Drill and Practice.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Prof. Dr. Nükhet Yılmaz Turgut
Course Assistants
Course Objectives As well known, the importance of the concept of human rights, which means the restriction of the state authority in favor of individuals, gradually increases. The minimum standards of human rights are the primary consideration in accessing global and regional inter-governmental organizations, such as the European Union. Finally the course aims at providing the students with adequate methodological understanding which will enable them to understand the fundamentals of diverse theoretical approaches on public freedoms and relevance its’ international human rights systems.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Concept of human rights
  • Human rights standards
  • Protection of human rights
Course Content The technical analyses of the various systems; the establishment, protection, and promotion of human rights; current human rights standards; global instruments, such as general and specific human rights covenants adopted by UN and regional instruments, such as ECoHR.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Analyse the concepts Kapani, Münci: Kamu Hürriyetleri, Ankara 1993.
2 Categorize the public freedoms Kapani, Münci: Kamu Hürriyetleri, Ankara 1993.
3 The emerge of the human rights doctrine Kapani, Münci: Kamu Hürriyetleri, Ankara 1993.
4 Human rights doctrine on Age of Reason Kapani, Münci: Kamu Hürriyetleri, Ankara 1993.
5 Philosophers of the Age of Reasonand Kapani, Münci: Kamu Hürriyetleri, Ankara 1993.
6 Developments on the human rights after Second World War, UN Covenants and Public freedoms Kapani, Münci: Kamu Hürriyetleri, Ankara 1993.
7 Mid-term exam
8 Political regimes Kapani, Münci: Kamu Hürriyetleri, Ankara 1993.
9 Public freedoms in Modern Western Systems Kapani, Münci: Kamu Hürriyetleri, Ankara 1993.
10 The concepts of regulation and restriction Kapani, Münci: Kamu Hürriyetleri, Ankara 1993.
11 The concepts of regulation and restriction in the constitution of Turkey Kapani, Münci: Kamu Hürriyetleri, Ankara 1993.
12 Protecting the public freedoms on standards of Europe Gomien, Donna: (Çev.:S.Cengiz-. Kılınç) Avrupa İnsan Hakları Sözleşmesi El Kitabı, İzmir 2008. Akıllıoğlu, Tekin: Avrupa İnsan Hakları Sözleşmesi Başvuru Bilgileri, Ankara 2002.
13 Protecting the public freedoms on standards of Europe and judgements of ECHR about Turkey Gomien, Donna: (Çev.:S.Cengiz-. Kılınç) Avrupa İnsan Hakları Sözleşmesi El Kitabı, İzmir 2008. Akıllıoğlu, Tekin: Avrupa İnsan Hakları Sözleşmesi Başvuru Bilgileri, Ankara 2002.
14 Limitation of the might of the state: ethical and social ways. Kapani, Münci: Kamu Hürriyetleri, Ankara 1993.
15 Limitation of the might of the state: constitutional methods. Kapani, Münci: Kamu Hürriyetleri, Ankara 1993.
16 Final Exam

Sources

Course Book 1. Kapani, Münci: Kamu Hürriyetleri, Ankara 1993.
Other Sources 2. Gomien, Donna: (Çev.:S.Cengiz-. Kılınç) Avrupa İnsan Hakları Sözleşmesi El Kitabı, İzmir 2008.
3. Akıllıoğlu, Tekin: Avrupa İnsan Hakları Sözleşmesi Başvuru Bilgileri, Ankara 2002.
4. Jessua, Claude: (Çev.: I. Ergüden) Kapitalizm, Ankara 2005.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation - -
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 40
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 60
Toplam 2 100
Percentage of Semester Work 40
Percentage of Final Work 60
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses
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
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 private and public law. X
5 Skills to understand the local, national, international, universal and supranational sides of private and 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
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 10 3 30
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 5 4 20
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 9 3 27
Total Workload 125