COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONSTITUTIONAL STATE AND DEMOCRACY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMH 7052 CONSTITUTIONAL STATE AND DEMOCRACY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Public Law (Non-Thesis-Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SERDAR NARIN

Offered to

Public Law (Non-Thesis-Evening)

Course Objective

During constitutional state and democracy course, origins of the idea of constitutionalism, principles of constitutionalism and progress, concept of democracy, progress of democratic notion, freedom, equality and democracy relation, conflict between constitutionalism and democracy, principles and institutions of constitutional democracy, political power within the scope of modern state, concept of legitimacy and legal theory of state, sytems of government, qualifications and requirements of constitutional state, relation between constitutionalism and human rights, new democracies and constitutional choices, the powers which create constitution and ways to create a constitution will be tried to convey to the students.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Have a grasp of idea of constitutionalism
2   To interiorise the idea of modern state
3   To clarify the concept of democracy
4   To examine the relation between human rights, individual and state and to interiorise the supremacy of law
5   To analyse the relation between political power, legitimacy and constitutional state and to classify the political regimes and sytems of government

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Concept of idea of constitutionalism
2 Meaning of constitutionalism
3 Principles of constitutionalism
4 Democratic ways of creating a constitution
5 Political power
6 Political power and legitimacy
7 Political power within the scope of modern state
8 Midterm
9 The idea of human rights and concept of democracy
10 Supremacy of law and state of law
11 Relation between constitutionalism and democracy
12 Relation between constitutionalism and human rights
13 Constitutional state and political regimes and systems of government I (Government systems based on the unity of power)
14 Constitutional state and political regimes and systems of government II (Government systems based on the separation of powers) and current affairs in constitutional democracies. FInal

Recomended or Required Reading

Main literature:
1.Teziç Erdoğan, Constitutional Law, Gözler Kemal, Constitutional Law,
Hasan Tunç General Principals of Constitutional Law.
2.Monographies about constitutional review
Secondary literature:
1. www.tbmm.gov.tr
2. www.danistay.gov.tr
3. www.yargitay.gov.tr
4. www.echr.coe.int/echr/.
5. Official Gazette
6. www.adalet.gov.tr
7. www.anayasa.gov.tr
References: Constitutional Courts and European Court Of Human Rights Decisions.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, analysing Constitutional court and European Court Of Human Rights decisions, analysing the international human rights charters, discussing on the current papers about constitutional state, seminars.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


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)

serdarnarins@hotmail.com
serdar.narin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 08.30-10.30

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 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 32 32
Preparing presentations 1 23 23
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 134

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.111111
LO.211
LO.3111
LO.41111
LO.5111

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