COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIOLOGY OF LAW

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HUK 3015 PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIOLOGY OF LAW COMPULSORY 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Law

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AYDAN ÖMÜR SURLU

Offered to

Law

Course Objective

Approaching the law in the perspective of philosophy and sociology of law apart from the classical positive law education, providing to be more than a technician of law and to gain the ability of critical thinking, analyzing, logic, consideration, interpretation and reasoning and also the legal culture. Providing to approach the law as a social phenomenon which is both a result and the regulator of the social life and to gain knowledge about social data which will be used in legislation and the interaction and the relationship between society, social change and the law.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To approach law as a whole with an external perspective and in the light of philosophy and sociology of law.
2   To explain the ideological structure and logic underlying the law.
3   To discuss the history of legal thinkers and the legal thinking.
4   To point out the relationship between justice, universal principles, human rights and the law.
5   To get critical thinking of the positive law and to go after the ideal law with this knowledge.
6   To put forth the social aspects of the law and the direct connection between the law and the society through sociology of law.
7   To ascertain the mutual effect between the law and the social change.
8   To show the relationship between legislation and social data relating to the society.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The relationship between science and philosophy; characteristic aspects of philosophy, branches of philosophy
2 Philosophy and methodology, the importance and conditions of philosophise
3 Philosophy of law in general philosophy, its importance and relations with other branches
4 The general features of natural law, natural law in antiquity, Sofists
5 Sokrates, Plato
6 Aristotle
7 Natural law in medieval age, Thomas Aquinas
8 Natural law in modern ages, Thomas Hobbes
9 John Locke, Jean Jacques Rousseau
10 Immanuel Kant
11 Legal positivism and critics, John Austin, Herbert L. A. Hart
12 Hans Kelsen, Ronald Dworkin
13 1. Mid-term Exam
14 1. Mid-term Exam
15 Legal realism
16 Sociology of law in other sciences and sociology, its definition, subject and methods
17 Branches of sociology of law, G. Gurvitch, systematical sociology of law, legal typology, genetic sociology of law
18 The roots of the sociology of law in history, Aristotle, Ibn Khaldun, Montesquieu
19 The founders of the sociology of law, A.Comte, E.Durkheim
20 L. Duguit
21 K. Marx
22 M. Weber
23 Right, family
24 Property
25 Sociological treatment of law
26 Examples in practical sociology of law: Crime
27 Contracts
28 2. Mid-term Exam
29 2. Mid-term Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s)/References/Materials:
Textbook(s):
1. GÜRIZ Adnan; Hukuk Felsefesi
2. IŞIKTAÇ Yasemin; Hukuk Felsefesi
3. GÜRKAN, Ülker; Hukuk Sosyolojisine Giriş
4. IŞIKTAÇ, Yasemin; Hukuk Sosyolojisi
Supplementary Book(s):
1. ÖKTEM Niyazi/TÜRKBAĞ Ahmet Ulvi; Felsefe, Sosyoloji, Hukuk ve Devlet
2. HIRSCH, Ernest; Hukuk Felsefesi ve Hukuk Sosyolojisi Dersleri
3. ÖZCAN, Mehmet Tevfik; Hukuk Sosyolojisine Giriş
4. CAN, Cahit; Oluşum Süreci Içerisindeki Hukuk Sosyolojisi
5. CAN, Cahit; Hukuk Sosyolojisinin Antropolojik Temelleri ve Gelişim Çizgisi
6. TOPÇUOĞLU, Hamide; Hukuk Sosyolojisi Dersleri
References:
Materials: Articles

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, discussing.

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


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Assessment Criteria

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Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

aydan.surlu@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 2 50
Preparation for midterm exam 2 6 12
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 2 1 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 126

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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