COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LAW AND HUMAN CULTERS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMH 6083 LAW AND HUMAN CULTERS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Public Law

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ENGIN TOPUZKANAMIŞ

Offered to

Public Law

Course Objective

Understanding human cultures and the nature of law.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to comprehend and articulate the concepts of nature and culture, their interrelation with the concept of human nature, and the evolutionary development of human nature.
2   To be able to demonstrate an informed understanding of the foundational themes and debates in anthropology and legal anthropology, and to analyze legal phenomena through an anthropological lens.
3   To be able to identify the interconnections between law and concepts such as power, authority, violence, domination, and power relations, and to formulate a critical perspective.
4   To be able to analyze the emergence and characteristics of diverse legal systems within their specific cultural contexts.
5   To be able to explicate the fundamental concepts concerning the origins of the state, the modern state, and modern legal systems, and to engage in the theoretical debates surrounding them.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1. Nature and Culture
2 2. Human Nature and the Evolution of Human Nature
3 3. Anthropology and Legal Anthropology
4 4. Power, Authority, Violence, Domination, and Power Relations (I)
5 5. Power, Authority, Violence, Domination, and Power Relations (II)
6 6. Mechanisms of Social Control
7 7. The Primitive Society
8 8. The Origins of the State
9 9. The Modern State
10 10. Law and Morality
11 11. Law and Economy
12 12. Law and Discipline
13 13. The Individual
14 14. The Nature of Modern Law

Recomended or Required Reading

Engin Topuzkanamış, Kapuçin Maymunları Neden Salatalık Sevmez , 3. Baskı, XII Levha Yay., Istanbul, 2025.
Mehmet Tevfik Özcan, Ilkel Toplumlarda Toplumsal Kontrol: Hukuk Dışı Mekanizmalar ve Ilkel Hukuk, 2. Basım (Tıpkı Basım), XII Levha Yay., Istanbul, 2019.
Cemal Bali Akal, Hukuk Nedir , 3. Basım, Zoe Kitap, Istanbul 2021.
Simon Roberts, Hukuk Antropolojisine Giriş, Birleşik Yayınevi, Ankara, 2017.
Viktor V. Boçarov, Hukuk Antropolojisi: Yazılı Olmayan Kanun, Doğu Kütüphanesi, Istanbul, 2020.
William A. Haviland, Herald E. L. Prins, Dana Walrath, Bunny Mcbride, Kültürel Antropoloji, Kaknüs Yayınları, Istanbul 2017.
Fernanda Pirie, Hukuk Antropolojisi: Kabile, Kadı, Yargıç, Fol Kitap, Ankara, 2022.

Engin Topuzkanamış, ''Ahlâk ve Hukukun Kökenleri Hakkında Bir Inceleme'', Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi 26, sy. 2, Kasım 2024, ss. 1127-53.
Engin Topuzkanamış, ''Hukuk ve Iktidar Üstüne Bir Taslak'', Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi 20, sy. 2, Aralık 2018, ss. 409-28.
Engin Topuzkanamış, ''Hukuk Ve Bireyi Anlamak Üzere Notlar'', Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi 16, Temmuz 2014, ss. 4903-15.
Carneiro, Robert Leonard, ''Devletin Kökeni Üzerine Bir Teori'', Çev.Dr. Aslan Delice, Maltepe Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, Sayı:2, 2006, ss.251-262.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, presentations, discussions.

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


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

To 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 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 25 25
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 136

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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