COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO LAW

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AMY 1016 INTRODUCTION TO LAW COMPULSORY 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Vocational School of Justice

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AYŞE FIRAT ŞIMŞEK

Offered to

Vocational School of Justice

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to introduce the basic concepts and foundations of law to the students. In this course, basic and general information regarding the courses, which they will be instructed throughout their education, are given to the students and the infrastructure for the prospective law courses is prepared for the students.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to explain the concepts of law.
2   Being able to interpret the rules of law.
3   Being able to distinguish law branches.
4   Being able to identify the jurist identity.
5   Being able to apply the rules of law for settlement of disputes.
6   Having a full command of basic concepts, foundations, rules and resources; being able to give methodological and ethical basics of law.
7   Being able to recognize the law, law system and judgment organization.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General information about the objective and contents of the course Information about the teaching method of the course Delivering the materials to the students regarding the teaching method of the course.
2 Right, foundation of right and various meanings Objective and foundation of law. Various meanings of law
3 Rules of law and other social orders
4 Rules of law and its qualities Sanctions in the field of law
5 Branches of law-Seperation of Public Law and Private Law
6 Systems of law
7 Positive Law Resources. Constitution, Codes, International treaties, Statutory decrees, Regulations and By-laws
8 Custumary Law Judge-Made Law; Interpratation and application of law
9 Application of statutes with respect to place Application of statutes with respect to time
10 Application of statutes with respect to meaning
11 Written law rules with respect to application
12 Judiciary and judiciary system
13 1. Mid-term
14 1. Mid-term
15 Concept of justice and right
16 Concept of Person, classification of persons, real persons and legal persons
17 Types and subjects of right. Public rights
18 Private rights Right to property
19 Kinds of right to property
20 Concept of Personality and protection of personality
21 Acquisition and forfeiture of rights. Use of rights
22 Protection of rights Kinds of suits
23 Legal events, legal transactions
24 Public law transactions Private law transactions and kinds of legal transactions
25 Invalidity of legal transaction
26 2. Mid-term
27 2. Mid-term
28 Obligation relations
29 Responsibility

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Resources:
- Bilge Necip, Hukuk Başlangıcı, Hukukun Temel Kavramları ve Kurumları, Ankara 2019
- Gözler Kemal, Hukukun Temel Kavramları, Bursa 2019
- Gözler Kemal, Hukuka Giriş, Bursa 2020
- Gözübüyük Şeref, Hukuka Giriş ve Hukukun Temel Kavramları, Ankara 2017

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, case study resolution, having the knowledge about the application through the analysis of judicial decisions.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 MTEG MIDTERM AVERAGE GRADE roundVZ1 * 0.50 + VZ2 * 0.50,0
4 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
5 FIN FINAL EXAM
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE roundKPU + FN,0
7 RST RESIT
8 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) roundKPU + BUT,0


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

http://amyo.de.edu.tr/esaslar.html

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ayse.fsimsek@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 25 2 50
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 25 1 25
Preparation for midterm exam 2 6 12
Preparation for final exam 1 16 16
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 2 1 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 107

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.111
LO.21
LO.31
LO.4
LO.51
LO.61
LO.71

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