Philosophy of Law (KMH512) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Philosophy of Law KMH512 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, Question and Answer, Drill and Practice.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Prof. Dr. Levent Köker
  • Research Assistant H. Serdar Hoş
Course Assistants
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;
  • Students will be introduced to the critical study of the history of legal philosophy
  • The course will lead students to define the concept of right, punishment and liability
  • The course will lead students to compare the philosophy of law schools and guide to the modern trends in philosophy of law
Course Content Natural law theory, the formal understanding of law: legal positivism.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
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
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
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 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 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