Children`s Law (LAW261) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Children`s Law LAW261 Area Elective 2 0 0 3 3
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language Turkish
Course Type Area Elective
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. Kumru Kılıçoğlu Yılmaz
Course Assistants
Course Objectives Undergraduate students must have knowledge of the child's rights and the place of the child in the field of international and national law.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Explain the issue of children's law.
  • It has knowledge about the characteristics and the importance of child law.
  • Learns the historical development of children's rights.
  • It explains children's rights in international agreements.
  • To discuss the protection of the child in domestic law
  • To learn paternity and custody relation between a child and his parents
  • They explain adoption and necessary conditions
  • Discuss children's issues in terms of social assistance and security.
  • It examines children's rights in terms of the right to education.
  • Discuss children's issues in terms of labour law.
Course Content The historical development and the importance of children`s rights, international treaties on children`s rights, social security, educational rights of children, paternity, parental rights, adoption of children.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Explanation of course content and purpose, introduction of course resources AKYÜZ, Emine; Çocuk Hukuku, İstanbul 2010
2 The subject and characteristic of child law AKYÜZ, Emine; Çocuk Hukuku, İstanbul 2010
3 Meaning and importance of children's rights AKYÜZ, Emine; Çocuk Hukuku, İstanbul 2010
4 Historical development of children's rights AKYÜZ, Emine; Çocuk Hukuku, İstanbul 2010
5 Children's rights in international agreements AKYÜZ, Emine; Çocuk Hukuku, İstanbul 2010
6 Children's rights in Turkish law AKYÜZ, Emine; Çocuk Hukuku, İstanbul 2010
7 Protecting the child AKYÜZ, Emine; Çocuk Hukuku, İstanbul 2010
8 Protecting the child AKYÜZ, Emine; Çocuk Hukuku, İstanbul 2010
9 Children and paternity AKYÜZ, Emine; Çocuk Hukuku, İstanbul 2010
10 Children and custody AKYÜZ, Emine; Çocuk Hukuku, İstanbul 2010
11 Midterm
12 Adoption AKYÜZ, Emine; Çocuk Hukuku, İstanbul 2010
13 Child in terms of social assistance and security AKYÜZ, Emine; Çocuk Hukuku, İstanbul 2010
14 Children in terms of education and training AKYÜZ, Emine; Çocuk Hukuku, İstanbul 2010
15 Child in terms of labour law AKYÜZ, Emine; Çocuk Hukuku, İstanbul 2010
16 Final Exam

Sources

Course Book 1. AKYÜZ, Emine; Çocuk Hukuku, İstanbul 2010.
Other Sources 2. TANRIBİLİR, Feriha Bilge; Çocuk Haklarının Uluslararası Korunması ve Koruma Mekanizmaları, Ankara 2011.
3. RUHİ, Ahmet Cemal/ÖZDEMİR, Hayrunnisa; Çocuk Hukuku, Ankara 2013.

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 30
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 70
Toplam 2 100
Percentage of Semester Work 30
Percentage of Final Work 70
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 9 1 9
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 6 6
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 3 4 12
Total Workload 75