Philosophy of Law (LAW 326) Course Details

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1 Philosophy of Law (LAW 326) Course Details Course Name Course Code Term Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Credit ECTS Hours Philosophy of Law LAW 326 Spring Pre-requisite Course(s) Course Language Course Type Course Level Mode of Delivery Learning and Teaching Strategies Turkish Compulsory Departmental Courses Bachelor Face to Face Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer, Drill and Practice Course Coordinator Course Lecturer(s) Prof. Dr. Levent Köker

2 Course Assistants Course Objectives Course Learning Outcomes Course Content Research Assistant H. Serdar Hoş Philosophy of law makes use of philosophy in order to carry out overall examinations of the law, jurisprudence and legal institutions. The purpose of the class is to help students dealing with fundamental issues such as the definition of law, the requirements for legal legitimacy and the relationship between the law and the morality.f law. The students who succeeded in this course; Students will be introduced to the critical study of the history of legal philosophy The course will lead students to define the concept of right, punishment and liability The course will lead students to compare the philosophy of law schools and guide to the modern trends in philosophy of law Natural law theory, the formal understanding of law: Legal Positivism. Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies Week Subjects 1 Introduction: Relationship between Law and Philosophy; Relationship between Law and Science 2 Determining the Subject Matter of Philosophy of Law. 3 Natural Law Theory: Theoretical Information about Natural Law, Distinction between natural and positive law Preparation

3 4 Discerning natural law, a priori character of natural law, the relationship between is and ought; 5 Natural Law and Modern Epistemology, Dualism, Natural Order of Human Affairs 6 Contractarianism, Grotius, Hobbis, Rousseau 7 Midterm Exam 8 An Epistemological Analysis of Natural Law Doctrine, Formalist Understanding of Law: Different Understandings of Formalism; The Real Meaning of Formalism and Its Development; 9 An Epistemological Analysis of Natural Law Doctrine 10 The General Theory of Law in Legal Positivism, Voluntarist Positivism, Normativism Hukuki Pozitivizm Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, Yıl 1978 Cilt 35 Sayı 1-4, Sayfa: Tabii Hukuk Doktrininin Epistemolojik Tahlili, Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, Yıl 1998 Cilt 47 Sayı 1-4 Sayfa: Hukuki Pozitivizm Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, Yıl 1978 Cilt 35 Sayı 1-4, Sayfa: Hans Kelsen, H. L. A. Hart 12 Legal Realism: American and Scandinavian realism and differences between them Adnan Güriz, Hukuk Felsefesi, Siyasal Yayınevi, Ankara, Feminism and law Adnan Güriz, Hukuk Felsefesi, Siyasal Yayınevi, Ankara, Postmodernism and law 15 The general assessment of the course 16 Final Exam

4 Sources Course Book: Other Sources: 1. Işıktaç, Yasemin, Hukuk Felsefesi, Filiz Kitabevi, İstanbul, Keyman, Selahattin, Hukuka Giriş, Yetkin Kitabevi, 5. Baskı, Güriz, Adnan, Hukuk Felsefesi, Siyasal Yayınevi, Ankara, Keyman, Selahattin, Tabii Hukuk Doktrininin Epistemolojik Tahlili, Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, Yıl 1998 Cilt 47 Sayı 1-4 Sayfa: Keyman, Selahattin, Hukuki Pozitivizm Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, Yıl 1978 Cilt 35 Sayı 1-4, Sayfa: Evaluation System Requirements Number Percentage of Grade Attendance/Participation - - Laboratory - - Application - - Field Work - - Special Course Internship - - Quizzes/Studio Critics - - Homework Assignments - - Presentation - - Project - -

5 Seminar - - Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 40 Final Exam/Final Jury 1 60 Total Percentage of Semester Work 40 Percentage of Final Work 60 Total 100 Course Category Core Courses Major Area Courses Supportive Courses Media and Managment Skills Courses Transferable Skill Courses The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and

6 Program Qualifications # Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution Skills to understand, compare and paraphrase the basic concepts of law as a jurist following common principles of law. 2 Skills to solve problems using a critical point of view when necessary, to determine and analyse the theoretical and implementation problems of law. 3 Contribution to understanding, planning, exercising and coordinating the functionss of law, by explaining and practising. 4 Skills to understand the strategic, tactical and practical sides of private and public law. 5 Skills to understand the local, national, international, universal and supranational sides of private and public law. 6 Skills to understand the modern methods and differences of law. 7 Skills to participate in/inter disciplinary group works succesfully. 8 Skills to adopt open minded behaviors in the way of learning and attempting. 9 Skills to assimilate and carry the rules of ethics and profession within the framework of social responsibility 10 Skills to use Turkish efficiently in writing and speaking, and have the communication talent that is required by a law related career.

7 11 Skills to approach critically and creativly on the legal and social problems in terms of rule of law and ideal of justice. 12 Skills to understand and practice the national and international sides of law through caselaw and judical implementations. 13 Skills to prepare/present a written or oral academic study within the framework of acedemic ethic and rules. 14 Skills to use vocational information technologies efficiently in solving legal problems. 15 Skills to reinforce knowledge of foreign languages and command of legal terminolgy. ECTS/Workload Table Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) Laboratory Application Special Course Internship Field Work Study Hours Out of Class Presentation/Seminar Prepration Project Homework Assignments Quizzes/Studio Critics

8 Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury Total Workload 90