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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS INS 5066 HUMAN RIGHTS IN COMPARATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Human Rights Law

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ŞAFAK EVRAN TOPUZKANAMIŞ

Offered to

Human Rights Law

Course Objective

To examine human rights from the perspective of comparative constitutional law

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to sum up the contribution of comparative constitutional law studies 2   To be able to present the tension of human rights and civic rights 3   To be able to sum up issues of human rights in the light of current 4   To be able to describe the relationship between constitutional design and human rights 5   To be able to interpret the importance and constituitional position of human righsts

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 General Introduction, Introducing the subject and explaining the teaching plan 2 Basic subjects of human rights in comparative constitutional law 3 Classifications of fundamental rights and freedoms in comparative constitutional law 4 Relationship/tension between human rights and civic rights 5 Principle of equality in comparative constitutional law 6 Relationship between individual and state in comparative constitutional law 7 Presentations 8 Mid-term exam 9 Basic human rights issues in comparative constitutional law 10 Guarantees of human rights in comparative constitutional law 11 Human rights from the point of constitutional design 12 Contribution of comparative constitutional law in protection of human rights 13 Presentations 14 General evaluations

Recomended or Required Reading

Giovanni Sartori, Karşılaştırmalı Anayasa Mühendisliği, Yetkin Publishing, Ankara 1997. K.C. Wheare, Modern Anayasalar, Değişim Publishing, Istanbul 1985.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, presentation, discussion

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 * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40 5 RST RESIT 6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40 *** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

safakevran@yahoo.com

Office Hours

Monday 14:00 - 16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 13 3 39 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26 Preparation for midterm exam 1 46 46 Preparation for final exam 1 10 10 Preparing presentations 1 20 20 Midterm 1 2 2 Final 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 145

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 PO.11 PO.12 LO.1 1 1 1 1 1 1 LO.2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 LO.3 1 1 1 1 1 1 LO.4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 LO.5 1 1 1 1 1