COURSE UNIT TITLE

: AMERICAN LEGAL SYSTEM

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKE 3012 AMERICAN LEGAL SYSTEM ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

American Culture and Literature

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

American Culture and Literature

Course Objective

To understand American Legal System in its federal structure and to be able to compare Turkish Legal System. Judicial branch is the third power among three powers.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn the place of judicial branch in American politics and the sources of American Legal System.
2   To learn the differences of judicial branch in federal structure
3   To learn the differences of State and Federal courts.
4   To learn the function of Supreme Court.
5   To learn the differences of American judicial branch by comparing with Turkish judicial branch

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction of the course and the topics
2 Historical background of American Legal System
3 Sources of American Legal System
4 Case Method
5 Federal Court
6 Supreme Court
7 State Court
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Hierarchy of Legislation
10 Techniques of interpretation
11 Law and Equity
12 Private Law
13 Public Law
14 General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

E. Alan Farnsworth, Introduction to American Legal System, New York, Ocena Publications, 1996.
Richard c. Remy, Government in the United States, New York, Scribner Publications, 1984.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Homework
2. Active participation in the classroom

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1. Midterm
2. Homework
3. Participation
4. Final

Assessment Criteria

In this course students will be taught the following subjects.
1. 1. How judicial branch is functioning in the US will be understood
2. 2. The differences of unitary and federal judicial systems will be understood
3. 3. Development of American Judicial System and Anglo-Saxon tradition will be understood


Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance is compulsory 70 %.
Students should participate actively and should read the assigned pages from the textbook

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

DEU Faculty of Letters room A/111

Office Hours

Tuesday 9.30-11.30 am

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Tutorials 0 0 0
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing assignments 1 6 6
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.5

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