Theories of the State (LAW423) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Theories of the State LAW423 7. 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)
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Dilan MIZRAK
Course Assistants
Course Objectives This course examines the concepts and categories, theoretical and methodological perspectives developed throughout human history to analyze, understand, justify and crticize historical forms of political institutions and the modern state
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • query the theories about the emergence of state.
  • explain the elements of the state and political institutions.
  • chronologise different forms of state.
  • define the characteristics of the modern state through political ideas and ideologies.
Course Content Ancient Greek and Roman political thought, medieval perspectives on power and authority, the Renaissance and Reformation, the notions of the state as developed by social contract theorists and the rise of the Enlightenment, the formation of modern political ideologies.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Ancient Greek Thought: Birth of Philosophy and the Pre-Socratics Christopher Pierson, Modern Devlet, Çeviren Neşet Kutluğ – Burcu Erdoğan, İstanbul, 2011.Karl Doehring, Genel Devlet Teorisi, 2002.
2 Plato Mehmet Akad – Bihterin Vural Dinçkol, Genel Kamu Hukuku, İstanbul, 2011.
3 Aristotle Mehmet Akad – Bihterin Vural Dinçkol, Genel Kamu Hukuku, İstanbul, 2011.
4 Polybios and Cicero Mehmet Akad – Bihterin Vural Dinçkol, Genel Kamu Hukuku, İstanbul, 2011. Christopher Pierson, Modern Devlet, Çeviren Neşet Kutluğ – Burcu Erdoğan, İstanbul, 2011.
5 Stoics and The Empire Christopher Pierson, Modern Devlet, Çeviren Neşet Kutluğ – Burcu Erdoğan, İstanbul, 2011.
6 Notions of Power and Authority in Early Medieaval Era Mehmet Akad – Bihterin Vural Dinçkol, Genel Kamu Hukuku, İstanbul, 2011. Christopher Pierson, Modern Devlet, Çeviren Neşet Kutluğ – Burcu Erdoğan, İstanbul, 2011.
7 Mid-Term Exam
8 St. Thomas Aquinas Mehmet Akad – Bihterin Vural Dinçkol, Genel Kamu Hukuku, İstanbul, 2011. Christopher Pierson, Modern Devlet, Çeviren Neşet Kutluğ – Burcu Erdoğan, İstanbul, 2011.
9 The Renaissance and Machiavelli Christopher Pierson, Modern Devlet, Çeviren Neşet Kutluğ – Burcu Erdoğan, İstanbul, 2011. Mehmet Akad – Bihterin Vural Dinçkol, Genel Kamu Hukuku, İstanbul, 2011.
10 Protestantism and Politics Christopher Pierson, Modern Devlet, Çeviren Neşet Kutluğ – Burcu Erdoğan, İstanbul, 2011.
11 Sovereignty and the State: Bodin Christopher Pierson, Modern Devlet, Çeviren Neşet Kutluğ – Burcu Erdoğan, İstanbul, 2011.
12 Theories of Social Conrtact: Hobbes and Locke Christopher Pierson, Modern Devlet, Çeviren Neşet Kutluğ – Burcu Erdoğan, İstanbul, 2011.
13 Theories of Social Conrtact: Rousseau and Kant Christopher Pierson, Modern Devlet, Çeviren Neşet Kutluğ – Burcu Erdoğan, İstanbul, 2011.
14 Enlightenment and the formation of themodern state Christopher Pierson, Modern Devlet, Çeviren Neşet Kutluğ – Burcu Erdoğan, İstanbul, 2011.
15 Future of modern state Christopher Pierson, Modern Devlet, Çeviren Neşet Kutluğ – Burcu Erdoğan, İstanbul, 2011.
16 Final Exam

Sources

Course Book 1. Christopher Pierson, Modern Devlet, Çeviren Neşet Kutluğ – Burcu Erdoğan, İstanbul, 2011.
2. Mehmet Akad – Bihterin Vural Dinçkol, Genel Kamu Hukuku, İstanbul, 2011.
Other Sources 3. Karl Doehring, Genel Devlet Teorisi, 2002.

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 X
Major Area Courses
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 13 3 39
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 4 7 28
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 5 2 10
Total Workload 125