| TYPE OF COURSE UNIT | Compulsory Course |
| LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT | Bachelor's Degree |
| YEAR OF STUDY | 3 |
| SEMESTER | Fifth Term (Fall) |
| NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED | 3 |
| NAME OF LECTURER(S) | Assistant Professor Hatike Dilara Ağaoğlu Canay
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| LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT |
At the end of this course, the students;
1) Define the law as a subject of philosophy.
2) Define the concept of law.
3) Distinguish the law from similar concepts.
4) Explain the concept of legal reasoning.
5) Relate the value of justice with other value systems.
6) Distinguish justice from other value systems.
7) Discuss the relation of justice with ethics, esthetics, and logic.
8) Distinguish different kinds of justice.
9) Evaluate the modern legal thinking with its historical examples.
10) Explain the historical conditions producing legal positivism.
11) Explain the historical conditions producing the revival of the idea of natural law.
12) Explain the theoretical approaches of the realist theories.
13) Distinguish the theories having similar epistemological basis.
14) Compare Hart's positivism with the normativism of Kelsen.
15) Compare the natural law idea with other natural law theories based on the theory of value.
16) Compare the American realism with Scandinavian realism.
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| MODE OF DELIVERY | Face to face |
| PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE | No |
| RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT | None |
| COURSE DEFINITION | Philosophy of Law is designated to provide the students information about the philosophical dimension of law and its obligatory nature; its relation with morals and justice; various theories of legal philosophy. |
| COURSE CONTENTS | | WEEK | TOPICS |
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| 1st Week | The problem of the necessarity of law | | 2nd Week | Classical Natural Law Idea | | 3rd Week | The Modern Idea of Natural Law | | 4th Week | Analitycal Legal Positivism: John Austin | | 5th Week | Kelsen and the Normative Legal Order | | 6th Week | HLA Hart's Theory of Legal System-I | | 7th Week | HLA Hart's Theory of Legal System-II | | 8th Week | Midterm Exam | | 9th Week | R. Dworkin's Theory of Jurisdiction | | 10th Week | Scandinavian Legal Realism | | 11th Week | Modern Legal Positivism: J. Raz | | 12th Week | Law and Marxism | | 13th Week | Morals and Punishment | | 14th Week | Fundamental Problems of Ethics |
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| RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING | Adnan Güriz (2003) Hukuk Felsefesi, Ankara, Siyasal Kitabevi |
| PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS | Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Case Study,Problem Solving |
| ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA | | | Quantity | Percentage(%) |
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| Mid-term | 1 | 40 | | Total(%) | | 40 | | Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) | | 40 | | Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) | | 60 | | Total(%) | | 100 |
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| ECTS WORKLOAD |
| Activities |
Number |
Hours |
Workload |
| Midterm exam | 1 | ,5 | ,5 | | Preparation for Quiz | 4 | 1 | 4 | | Individual or group work | 14 | 1 | 14 | | Preparation for Final exam | 1 | 10 | 10 | | Course hours | 14 | 3 | 42 | | Preparation for Midterm exam | 1 | 8 | 8 | | Laboratory (including preparation) | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Final exam | 1 | ,5 | ,5 | | Homework | 4 | 3 | 12 | | Total Workload | | | 91 |
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| Total Workload / 30 | | | 3,03 |
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| ECTS Credits of the Course | | | 3 |
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| LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION | Turkish |
| WORK PLACEMENT(S) | No |
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