COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BASES FOR COMPLYING WITH LAW IN MODERN SOCIETY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMH 7062 BASES FOR COMPLYING WITH LAW IN MODERN SOCIETY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Public Law (Non-Thesis-Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ENGIN TOPUZKANAMIŞ

Offered to

Public Law (Non-Thesis-Evening)

Course Objective

To scrutinise the bases of the compliance to law in modern society in historical, sociologic, social psychological and philosophical aspects.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to explain the basic concepts of modern society
2   To be able to discuss the forms of law both in modern and traditional society
3   To be able to explain the relationship between compliance to law and the concept of discipline
4   To be able to explain the compliance to law wih the donnees of social pyschology
5   To be able to discuss the meaning of discipline in modern society.
6   To be able to explain the thoughts of various thinkers on discipline and compliance.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General introduction
2 Traditional society - modern society
3 Statute, contract and rationalisation
4 Power and discipline
5 Individual and compliance
6 The concept of discipline and the very first discussions: Aristotle, Kant, Hobbes
7 Presentations
8 Midterm exam
9 Military and social discipline: J. Lipsius and G. Oestreich
10 Civilising and discipline: N. Elias
11 Discipline and ethics in capitalistic society: E. Durkheim and M. Weber
12 Power and discipline: M. Foucault
13 Presentations
14 Overall evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Engin Topuzkanamış, Hukuk ve Disiplin: Modern Toplumda Hukuka Uymanın Dayanakları, XII Levha Yay., Istanbul, 2013.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, presentations, discussions.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + STT* 0.40 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.40 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

etopuzkanamis@gmail.com

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 38 38
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

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