COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INFORMATION ON CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AMY 1019 INFORMATION ON CONSTITUTIONAL LAW COMPULSORY 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Vocational School of Justice

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR TÜRKER ERTAŞ

Offered to

Vocational School of Justice

Course Objective

1- To have the fundamental concepts of constitutional law (the resources of constitutional law, the analysis of political power and state in terms of constitutional law ascertained.
2- To analyze the fundamental establishment of the state (legislation, execution, legislation) within the frame of scientific methodology of constitutional law,
3- To analyze the fundamental rights and freedoms in a context of relations of an individual and a state constitutional law

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To have a competence of evaluating fundamental entities and concepts of constitutional law.
2   To be able to analyze the issues of constitutional law with scientific methods.
3   To be able to express the relations of constitutional law with other branches of law.
4   To be able to analyze the concepts and institutions of rule of law, social state, democracy, human rights, fundamental rights and freedoms in constitutional law within the frame of establishment of a state and the relation between a state and an individual
5   To be able to evaluate academic current developments in the light of constitutional law

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: Basic notions
2 The sources of constitutional law
3 The notion and movements of constitutionalism
4 Political power in terms of constitutional law
5 Concept of state in terms of constitutional law
6 Constituent power in terms of constitutional law
7 Judicial review in terms of constitutional law
8 Types of government in terms of utility of sovereignty
9 Elections and electoral systems
10 Political parties in terms of constitutional law
11 Separation of powers and systems of government-Basic notions
12 Systems of government and their features
13 1st Midterm Exam
14 1st Midterm Exam
15 Ottoman-Turkish constitutional developments
16 Constitutional developments in the Republician Era (Until Constitution of 1982)
17 Essential principles of the state (rule of law, secular state, respect to human rights) in the Constitution of 1982
18 Essential principles of the state (democratic state, social state, loyalty to nationalism of Ataturk)
19 Fundamental rights and freedoms
20 Formation and composition of legislative branch
21 Legislative branch- Legislative rule making and decision making
22 Executive branch - formation
23 Executive branch, composition-duties and powers, responsibility- and state of emergency
24 Judicial branch and constitutional review-fundamental information
25 Judicial branch and constitutional review -formation, composition and powers of the Constitutional Court
26 2nd Midterm Exam
27 2nd Midterm Exam
28 Judicial branch and constitutional review- appeal to the Constitutional Court
29 The legal features of the decisions of the Constitutional Court-Amendment of the constitution and general assessment

Recomended or Required Reading

Kemal Gözler, Anayasa Hukukuna Giriş, Ekin Basım Yayın Dağıtım, Bursa, 2018

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Preparing presentations, review of the judicial decisions, practical work, etc.

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)

turker.ertas@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.11111
LO.211111
LO.31
LO.411
LO.51