Rule of Law (KMH524) Course Detail

Course Name	Course Code	Season	Lecture Hours	Application Hours	Lab Hours	Credit	ECTS
Rule of Law	KMH524	General Elective	3	0	0	3	5

Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A

Course Language	Turkish
Course Type	Elective Courses
Course Level	Social Sciences Master's Degree
Mode of Delivery	Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies	Lecture, Discussion, Drill and Practice.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)	Asst. Prof. Dr. Çiğdem Sever
Course Assistants
Course Objectives	To examine the concept of the rule of law, which is one of the basic concepts of public law, and the other principles and concepts related to this concept together with their historical development.
Course Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; Explains the basic concepts of public law Analyze the development process of public law in the axis of the state of law Counts various principles and concepts related to the state of law Defends the importance and importance of the state of law in terms of positive law and court decisions
Course Content	Differences between the concept of rule of law in common law system and concept of Rechtsstaat in continental Europe; the situation in Turkey, the court decisions in Turkey.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week	Subjects	Preparation
1	Development of public law and the rule of law
2	Vagueness of the concept of rule of law and , definition of the concept, the principles in legal system.	Sancar, s. 20-43.
3	The meaning of the concept in common law system and continental Europe and the difference meaning in different legal systems	Sancar, 43vd; Chevallier, 1-50; Çoban, 557-577.
4	The meaning of the concept in common law system and continental Europe and the difference meaning in different legal systems (2)	Sancar, 43 vd; Chevallier, 1-50; Çoban, 557-577.
5	The relationship between rule of law and democracy, The relationship between rule of law and human rights	Çoban, s. 259-271.
6	Substantial and formal meanings of rule of law	Sancar, 61-100.
7	The principles of rule of law (1) Legality	Other sources
8	The principles of rule of law (2): Equality	Other sources
9	The principles of rule of law (3): Legal security, retroactivity and vested rights	Other Sources
10	The principles of rule of law (4) Seperation of powers.	Other Sources
11	The principles of rule of law (5) Judicial review and judicial independence	Other Sources
12	The concepts in the rule of law: constitutionalism	Other Sources
13	Rule of law in the judicial decisions and consequences	Other Sources
14	General evaluation

Sources

Course Book	1. Ali Rıza Çoban vd. (ed), Hukuk Devleti, Adres yayınları, Ankara, 2008.
	2. Mithat Sancar, Hukuk Devletinin Genel Teorisi, İmaj Yayınları. (Doçentlik tezi)
	3. Jacques Chevallier, Hukuk Devleti, İmaj Yayınları, Ankara, 2010.
Other Sources	4. Konulara göre çeşitli makalelerde faydalanılacaktır.

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
Percentage of Final Work	100
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
#	Program Qualifications / Competencies	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 public law.		X
5	Skills to understand the local, national, international, universal and supranational sides of 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
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury	1	30	30
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury	1	50	50
Total Workload			128