COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE RULE OF LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
INS 5021 THE RULE OF LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Human Rights Law

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ENGIN TOPUZKANAMIŞ

Offered to

Human Rights Law

Course Objective

To introduce the relationship between human rights and the rule of law. This class will be focusing on historical, social, philosophical and sociological aspects of the issue.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to define the rule of law.
2   To be able to define human rights.
3   To be able to develop an understanding on the social and the historical basis of human rights.
4   To be able to explain the rise of modern law systems and human rights conceptions.
5   To be able to interpret the relationship between human rights and rule of law.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction.
2 Natural law theory and natural rights.
3 Transformation of the meaning and the concept of the law and right.
4 The construction of the modern state: Social contract, natural law and "human rights". Hobbes, Locke and Kant.
5 The construction of the modern state: Social contract, natural law and "human rights". Hobbes, Locke and Kant (continued).
6 The sociological bases of the human rights, capitalistic development, worker movements and the mass society
7 Presentations
8 Exam
9 Liberal thought: The procedural rule of law
10 The reconstruction of the rights with the substantive rule of law
11 Positive law vs. natural law: Human rights as a part of positive law
12 Globalisation, capitalism and human rights
13 Presentations
14 Overall evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Mehmet Tevfik Özcan, Modern Toplum ve Hukuk Devleti, XII Levha Yay., Istanbul, 2008.
Berke Özenç, Hukuk Devleti: kökenleri ve Küreselleşme Çağındaki Işlevleri, Iletişim Yay., Istanbul, 2014.
Johan Galtung, Insan Hakları: Başka Bir Açıdan Bakış, Metis Yay., Istanbul, 2013.
Alain Supiot, Homo Juridicus, Dost Yay., Ankara, 2008.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, 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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

To be announced.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

etopuzkanamis@gmail.com

Office Hours

T be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 25 25
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 165

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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