COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHILOSOPHY OF LAW

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEL 6026 PHILOSOPHY OF LAW ELECTIVE 3 0 0 11

Offered By

PHILOSOPHY

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ÖZLEM DUVA KAYA

Offered to

PHILOSOPHY

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to analyze the structure and content of law within the history of philosophy and to conceive the relations between law, ethics and politics. This course in which the relation between human and law will be analyzed, legal and legitimate distinction, relation of law with morals and politics, natural law theories, legal positivism and legal realism will also be analyzed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Having knowledge about philosophical conception and inquiry about law
2   Conceiving philosophy s various problem fields relations with laws and norms
3   Conceiving law s structure and content
4   Conceiving the philosophical and historical reasons of law s gain of autonomy in the 18th century
5   Relating the problems of law in the country and world with respect to moral and political concerns

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Human and Law: Relation/Difference between Concepts of Truth, Goodness and Justice
2 Human and Law: Source and Legitimacy of Law
3 Source of Law in the Ancient Greece and Citizen-Law Relation
4 Philosophy of Law and Natural Law
5 Philosophy of Law and Natural Law
6 The Birth of Positive Law: Roman Law
7 The Birth of Positive Law: Roman Law
8 Midterm Exam
9 Philosophical Bases of Modern Concept of Right
10 Legal Positivism
11 Legal Positivism
12 Legal Realism
13 Legal Realism
14 Evaluation on the Contemporary Conception of Law
15 Discussion
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Baynes, Kenneth, The Normative Grounds of Social Criticism, State University of New York, 1992.
Dworkin, Ronald, Hakları Ciddiye Almak, çev., Ahmet Ulvi Türkbağ, Dost Kitabevi, Ankara, Haziran, 2007.
Hart, H.L.A, Hukuk, Özgürlük ve Ahlak, çev. Erol Öz, Dost Kitabevi, Ankara, 2000.
Kalyvas, Andreas; Basic Norm and Democracy in Hans Kelsen s Legal and Political Theory , Philosophy Social Criticism, 2006, VOL. 32.
P. Golding, Martin-A. Edmundson William; The Blackwell Guide to Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory, Blackwell Publishing, 2006
Patterson, Dennis; A Companion To Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory, Blackwell Publishing, 1996.
Paulson, Stanley L.; Normativity and Norms. Critical Perspectives on Kelsenian Themes, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1998.
Poggy, Gianfranco; Devlet Doğası, Gelişimi ve Geleceği, çev. Aysun Babacan, Istanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

See "Assessment Methods" and "ECTS Table"

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 * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-3 will be evaluated by his/her presentation
LO 4-5 will be evaluated by the assignment of the student and by the questions that will be asked in midterm and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. %70 attendance is required.
2. The participation in presentation activity will be considered in grading.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

0232 301 94 13
ozlem.duva@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 08:30-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 8 3 24
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 10 120
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 50 50
Preparing presentations 1 45 45
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 275

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.155
LO.255
LO.35
LO.4555
LO.5555

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