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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS AMY 1018 LEGAL TERMINOLOGY AND LEGAL WRITING 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 PINAR ÇIFTÇI TÜRKEL

Offered to

Vocational School of Justice

Course Objective

Course objective is to teach the concepts and the terms that are frequently used in legal literature and also the correspondence procedures between judicial authorities and other institutions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Especially learning legal terminology in our positive law 2   Forming sentences with legal terms 3   Practicing legal correspondence procedures 4   Writing appropriate records in an assigned institution 5   Using Turkish accurately and fluently

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Legal Language 2 The Definition of Language and the Importance of Legal Language 3 Basic Features of Legal Language 4 Legislation Examples 5 Official Correspondence 6 Legislation of Official Correspondence 7 Official Correspondence Rules 8 Examples of Official Correspondence 9 Concept and Importance of Forensic Correspondence 10 Official Correspondence Types 11 Official Correspondence Types - Examples from Practice 12 General Petitions 13 1st MIDTERM EXAM 14 1st MIDTERM EXAM 15 Legal Decisions - Features and Principles 16 Legal Decisions (Private Law) 17 Legal Decisions (Criminal Law) 18 Documents and Examples of Foreclosure and Bankruptcy Law 19 Documents and Examples of Foreclosure and Bankruptcy Law 20 Announcements and Notifications 21 Contracts 22 Notary Documents 23 Practices about Correspondences 24 Case Study 25 Case Study 26 2nd MIDTERM EXAM 27 2nd MIDTERM EXAM 28 General Evaluation 29 General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Sources: 1. Mine AKKAN, Hukuk Dili ve Adli Yazışmalar, Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2017. 2. Ejder YILMAZ Hukuk Sözlüğü Ankara 2016. Additional Sources: 1- Adalet Bakanlığı resmi internet sitesi www.adalet.gov.tr. 2- Yargıtay resmi internet sitesi www.yargıtay.gov.tr.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Oral presentation, case study, and providing practical information by means of field trips.

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.deu.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)

buse.disel@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/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 LO.1 1 LO.2 1 1 LO.3 1 1 1 1 LO.4 1 1 1 LO.5 1 1 1 1