Information Package / Course Catalogue
| Law | |||||
| Bachelor | Length of the Programme: 4 | Number of Credits: 240 | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF: Level 6 |
Ders Genel Tanıtım Bilgileri
| School/Faculty/Institute | Faculty of Law | ||||
| Course Code | LAW 204 | ||||
| Course Title in English | Sociology of Law | ||||
| Course Title in Turkish | Hukuk Sosyolojisi | ||||
| Language of Instruction | EN | ||||
| Type of Course | Lecture | ||||
| Level of Course | Intermediate | ||||
| Semester | Spring | ||||
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| Estimated Student Workload | 94 hours per semester | ||||
| Number of Credits | 4 ECTS | ||||
| Grading Mode | Standard Letter Grade | ||||
| Pre-requisites | None | ||||
| Expected Prior Knowledge | None | ||||
| Co-requisites | None | ||||
| Registration Restrictions | Only Undergraduate Students | ||||
| Overall Educational Objective | Enabling the students to gain basic knowledge about interaction between social phenomena and law. This knowledge will provide them a solid basis for their understanding on the function of law and legal institutions in social life. | ||||
| Course Description | The course aims to provide the students a necessary knowledge to link legal rules and institutions with the social structure in which they are applied and/or established. In the first instance the course presents basic theories on the interaction between social and legal. Then it turns to the practitioners of law such as lawyers, judges, public attorneys and jurors. Lastly the course examines the interaction between law and social groups. | ||||
| Course Description in Turkish | Dersin ana amacı öğrencileri hukuk kuralları ve kurumları ile bu kurum ve kuralların içinde varolduğu toplumsal çerçeve arasındaki ilişkiyi kurma becerisi kazandırmaktır. Bu çerçevede önce hukuk ile sosyal olan arasındaki ilişkiyi tanımlamada kullanılan ana kuramsal yaklaşımlar sunulacaktır. Ardından, avukat, yargıç, savcı, jüri üyesi gibi hukuk uygulayıcılarının “sosyolojisi” incelenecektir. Son olarak sosyal hareketler ve sosyal gruplar ile hukuk arasındaki ilişki ele alınacaktır. |
Course Learning Outcomes and CompetencesUpon successful completion of the course, the learner is expected to be able to:1) After successful completion of the course, the learner is expected to be able to use the gained knowledge as argumentative background for discussing and interpreting questions interaction between law and social phenomena. |
| Program Learning Outcomes/Course Learning Outcomes | 1 |
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| 1) The ability to recognize and apply basic principles and theories of law, legal methodology, and interpretation methods. | |
| 2) The ability to follow, evaluate, interpret and apply the current developments and legislative amendments. | |
| 3) The ability to locate and use legal resources; to follow and evaluate current legislative amendments, legal science, and court decisions. | |
| 4) The ability to internalize social, scientific and ethical values while evaluating legal information. | |
| 5) The ability to recognize, examine and resolve legal issues with respect to general principles of law, de lege feranda and de lege lata; to take into consideration both national and international aspects of law; and to acknowledge the importance of personal conviction while making decisions. | |
| 6) The ability to critically analyze legal disputes, legislation, court decisions and different views in the legal science; to form his/her own opinions; to detect legal lacuna and suggest alternative solutions. | |
| 7) The ability to understand issues regarding different fields of law; to characterize and propose solutions to complex issues arising from legal practice. | |
| 8) The ability to participate in and organize legal projects and activities as a socially responsible individual; to put his/her legal knowledge and skill to use efficiently (in the public or private sector). | |
| 9) The ability to use a foreign language at least on a B2 Level on the European Language Portfolio, to follow legal developments and communicate with colleagues in that language; to use computer software and information and communication technologies necessary in the law field at an Advanced Level of the European Computer Driving License. | |
| 10) Adoption of a positive approach to the concept of lifelong learning. | |
| 11) The ability to understand the development, evolution, and problems of the society and to contribute to the solution of these problems by legal methods. | |
| 12) The ability to understand the structure, organization, and functioning of law on the national and international level; to contribute to the development thereof. |
Relation to Program Outcomes and Competences
| N None | S Supportive | H Highly Related |
| Program Outcomes and Competences | Level | Assessed by | |
| 1) | The ability to recognize and apply basic principles and theories of law, legal methodology, and interpretation methods. | H | Exam |
| 2) | The ability to follow, evaluate, interpret and apply the current developments and legislative amendments. | H | Exam |
| 3) | The ability to locate and use legal resources; to follow and evaluate current legislative amendments, legal science, and court decisions. | S | |
| 4) | The ability to internalize social, scientific and ethical values while evaluating legal information. | H | Exam |
| 5) | The ability to recognize, examine and resolve legal issues with respect to general principles of law, de lege feranda and de lege lata; to take into consideration both national and international aspects of law; and to acknowledge the importance of personal conviction while making decisions. | H | Exam |
| 6) | The ability to critically analyze legal disputes, legislation, court decisions and different views in the legal science; to form his/her own opinions; to detect legal lacuna and suggest alternative solutions. | H | Exam |
| 7) | The ability to understand issues regarding different fields of law; to characterize and propose solutions to complex issues arising from legal practice. | S | Exam |
| 8) | The ability to participate in and organize legal projects and activities as a socially responsible individual; to put his/her legal knowledge and skill to use efficiently (in the public or private sector). | S | Exam |
| 9) | The ability to use a foreign language at least on a B2 Level on the European Language Portfolio, to follow legal developments and communicate with colleagues in that language; to use computer software and information and communication technologies necessary in the law field at an Advanced Level of the European Computer Driving License. | S | Exam |
| 10) | Adoption of a positive approach to the concept of lifelong learning. | S | Exam |
| 11) | The ability to understand the development, evolution, and problems of the society and to contribute to the solution of these problems by legal methods. | S | Exam |
| 12) | The ability to understand the structure, organization, and functioning of law on the national and international level; to contribute to the development thereof. | S | Exam |
| Prepared by and Date | , January 2024 |
| Course Coordinator | AKTS1 |
| Semester | Spring |
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Course Contents
| Week | Subject |
| 1) | Introduction |
| 2) | Presentation of the course content |
| 3) | What is law, what is society? |
| 4) | Law in primary (primitive) societies I – elementary points |
| 5) | Law in primary (primitive) societies II – case studies |
| 6) | The culture – nature divide, does it hold? |
| 7) | Culture as evolutionary adaptation |
| 8) | Culture as evolutionary adaptation |
| 9) | From herd to society – is the “rule” the founder of the society? |
| 10) | Cooperation in human societies from an evolutionary perspective |
| 11) | Social norm and its “biology” |
| 12) | Sanction and its “biology” |
| 13) | Norm, law and biological foundations of society |
| 14) | Sum up |
| Required/Recommended Readings | All course materials will be provided by the lecturer. The students don't need to buy and books etc. For the research on the internet the students should be equipped with a laptop or tablet each lesson. | ||||||||||||
| Teaching Methods | Lecture and Flipped classroom | ||||||||||||
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ECTS Student Workload Estimation
| Activity | No/Weeks | Hours | Calculation | ||||
| No/Weeks per Semester | Preparing for the Activity | Spent in the Activity Itself | Completing the Activity Requirements | ||||
| Course Hours | 14 | 1 | 3 | 56 | |||
| Midterm(s) | 2 | 8 | 2 | 20 | |||
| Final Examination | 1 | 16 | 2 | 18 | |||
| Total Workload | 94 | ||||||
| Total Workload/25 | 3.8 | ||||||
| ECTS | 4 | ||||||