COURSE UNIT TITLE

: METHODOLOGY OF LAW

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMH 5045 METHODOLOGY OF LAW COMPULSORY 3 0 0 9

Offered By

Public Law

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YUSUF KARAKOÇ

Offered to

Public Law

Course Objective

1- To teach basic notions of science, social science, law and philophogy of science.
2- To teach methods of formal and contextual analysis of law s rules.
3- To inform about lots of topics like raising resources, attribution, plan, footnote.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to explain the notion of science.
2   To be able to comment about rules of law.
3   To be able to explain how to write thesis, essay and other studies.
4   To be able to analyse legally and logically
5   To be able to have mind of law ethics.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Main informations of the course objektive and content ; To inform about methods of how to teach lesson.
2 Methods and content of methods; Science, scientific knowledge, social sciences and natural sciences. Relation between law and moral; To inform about topics of relation between law and moral.
3 To argue about being science of law. Problem about how to describe law.
4 Logic and rules of logic. Reasoning, deduction, comparison. Mistakes of argument.
5 Difference between principle of law and law of nature; Notion of Kelsen rule.
6 Types and system of law s rules
7 Relation between language and idea. To argue about relation between language and idea.
8 Midterm Exam
9 To research another notions and disciplines about law: Dogmatic of law, philosophy of law, sociology of law, history of law, positive law, natural law.
10 Legal system ; basic principle of law, policies of law, relation between national law and international law.
11 Sciencific studies at law Methods of researching Scientific studies: thesis, essay, presentation etc.
12 Rules about how to write thesis; Originality of scientific moral and scientific studies. To determine topics of studies.
13 To make plan and a lot of plan s systmes. To raise resources
14 Rules about how to write thesis. To reach resources at internet Footnote, attribution and informations about source. Rules of that how to write thesis. To use resources To have style when using resources.

Recomended or Required Reading

The Main Source: Aynur YONGALIK- Yaşar KARAYALÇIN; Hukukda Öğretim - Kaynaklar - Metod Problem Çözme, (Bankacılık ve Ticaret H. Araş. E.), Ankara 2008.
1. Ernest E. HIRŞ,; Pratik Hukukta Metot, (Bankacılık ve Ticaret H. Araş. E.), Ankara 2012.
2. Yasemin IŞIKTAÇ; Hukuk Normunun Mantıksal Analizi, 2.Bası, (Filiz Kitabevi), Istanbul 2004.
3. Yasemin IŞIKTAÇ-Sevtap METIN, Hukuk Metodolojisi, Istanbul, Şubat 2012.
4. Ali Nazım SÖZER; Hukukta Yöntembilim, (Beta Yayınları), Istanbul 2011.
5. Âmiran KURTKAN, Sosyal Ilimler Metodolojisi, Istanbul, 1978.
6. Muhammed GAZALI, Mustafa Islam Hukuk Metodolojisi Cilt: 1, (Klasik Yayınları), Istanbul 2007.
7. Muhammed GAZALI, Mustafa Islam Hukuk Metodolojisi Cilt: 2, (Klasik Yayınları), Istanbul 2007.
8. Selahattin KEYMAN, Hukuka Giriş ve Metodoloji, Doruk Kitabevi,. Ankara 1981.
9. Nihat ERIM, Hukuk Ilminde Metot, (Siyasi Ilimler Mecmuası, S.11), s.284-291.
Other Lesson Metarials: http://www.safsatakilavuzu.com/

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing

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 * 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + RST* 0.50


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)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 30 30
Preparation for final exam 1 40 40
Preparing presentations 3 22 66
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 220

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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