ECTS - Philosophy of Law
Philosophy of Law (KMH512) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Philosophy of Law | KMH512 | General Elective | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| N/A |
| Course Language | Turkish |
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| Course Type | Elective Courses |
| Course Level | Social Sciences Master's Degree |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer, Drill and Practice. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | Philosophy of law makes use of philosophy in order to carry out overall examinations of the law, jurisprudence and legal institutions. The purpose of the class is to help students dealing with fundamental issues such as the definition of law, the requirements for legal legitimacy and the relationship between the law and the morality.f law. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Natural law theory, the formal understanding of law: legal positivism. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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| 1 | Introduction: Relationship between Law and Philosophy; Relationship between Law and Science | Yasemin Işıktaç, Hukuk Felsefesi, Filiz Kitabebi, İstanbul, 2010 |
| 2 | Determining the Subject Matter of Philosophy of Law. | Yasemin Işıktaç, Hukuk Felsefesi, Filiz Kitabebi, İstanbul, 2010 |
| 3 | Natural Law Theory: Theoretical Information about Natural Law, Distinction between natural and positive law | Yasemin Işıktaç, Hukuk Felsefesi, Filiz Kitabebi, İstanbul, 2010 |
| 4 | Discerning natural law, a priori character of natural law, the relationship between is and ought; | Yasemin Işıktaç, Hukuk Felsefesi, Filiz Kitabebi, İstanbul, 2010 |
| 5 | Natural Law and Modern Epistemology, Dualism, Natural Order of Human Affairs | Yasemin Işıktaç, Hukuk Felsefesi, Filiz Kitabebi, İstanbul, 2010 |
| 6 | Contractarianism, Grotius, Hobbis, Rousseau | Yasemin Işıktaç, Hukuk Felsefesi, Filiz Kitabebi, İstanbul, 2010 |
| 7 | An Epistemological Analysis of Natural Law Doctrine, Formalist Understanding of Law: Different Understandings of Formalism; The Real Meaning of Formalism and Its Development; | “Hukuki Pozitivizm” Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, Yıl 1978 Cilt 35 Sayı 1-4, Sayfa: 17-56 |
| 8 | An Epistemological Analysis of Natural Law Doctrine, Formalist Understanding of Law: Different Understandings of Formalism; The Real Meaning of Formalism and Its Development; | “Hukuki Pozitivizm” Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, Yıl 1978 Cilt 35 Sayı 1-4, Sayfa: 17-56 |
| 9 | An Epistemological Analysis of Natural Law Doctrine | Tabii Hukuk Doktrininin Epistemolojik Tahlili”, Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, Yıl 1998 Cilt 47 Sayı 1-4 Sayfa: 17-36. |
| 10 | The General Theory of Law in Legal Positivism, Voluntarist Positivism, Normativism | “Hukuki Pozitivizm” Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, Yıl 1978 Cilt 35 Sayı 1-4, Sayfa: 17-56 |
| 11 | Hans Kelsen, H. L. A. Hart | Yasemin Işıktaç, Hukuk Felsefesi, Filiz Kitabebi, İstanbul, 2010 |
| 12 | Legal Realism: American and Scandinavian realism and differences between them | Adnan Güriz, Hukuk Felsefesi, Siyasal Yayınevi, Ankara, 2003 |
| 13 | Feminism and law | Adnan Güriz, Hukuk Felsefesi, Siyasal Yayınevi, Ankara, 2003 |
| 14 | Postmodernism and law | Yasemin Işıktaç, Hukuk Felsefesi, Filiz Kitabebi, İstanbul, 2010 |
| 15 | The general assessment of the course | |
| 16 | Final Exam |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. 1. Işıktaç, Yasemin, Hukuk Felsefesi, Filiz Kitabevi, İstanbul, 2010 |
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| Other Sources | 2. 1. Keyman, Selahattin, Hukuka Giriş, Yetkin Kitabevi, 5. Baskı, 2013 |
| 3. 2. Güriz, Adnan, Hukuk Felsefesi, Siyasal Yayınevi, Ankara, 2003 | |
| 4. 3. Keyman, Selahattin, Tabii Hukuk Doktrininin Epistemolojik Tahlili”, Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, Yıl 1998 Cilt 47 Sayı 1-4 Sayfa: 17-36. | |
| 5. 4. Keyman, Selahattin, “Hukuki Pozitivizm” Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, Yıl 1978 Cilt 35 Sayı 1-4, Sayfa: 17-56 |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 20 |
| Presentation | 1 | 20 |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | - | - |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 60 |
| Toplam | 3 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | 40 |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 60 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | |
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| 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 | ||||
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| 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 |
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| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 10 | 4 | 40 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | 5 | 5 | 25 |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | |||
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Total Workload | 127 | ||