TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	4
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Disstinguish the several kinds of knowledge about law; 2) Distinguish the doctrinal knowledge from the scientific knowledge about law, 3) Distinguish the doctrinal knowledge from the philosophical knowledge about law, 4) Distinguish the doctrinal knowledge from critical knowledge of law, 5) Recognize the legal cultures; 6) Recognize the basic features of Anglo-american legal culture, 7) Recognize the basic features of Continental Europe, 8) Apprehend the historical importance of the reception, 9) Collate the similar and distinct features of legal thinking and ethical thinking; 10) Distinguish the normative statements from descriptive statements, 11) Recognize the teleological thinking, 12) Apprehend the distinction of phenomenon and value, 13) Analyze the constructing elements of dogmatic legal knowledge; 14) Recognize the institutional phenomenon, 15) Apprehend the basics of legal principles, 16) Recognize the process of legal assumptions, 17) Apprehend the intellectual processing of legal interpretation; 18) Recognize the kinds of interpretation, 19) Recognize the techniques of interpretation, 20) Configure the bases of reasoning.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	Definition of law, importance and functions of law in society life, difference between law rules and other social order rules regulating social life, branches of law, types of law rules, interpretation and implementation if law schools and disciplines will be explained.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Knowledge about law-knowledge of law 2nd Week Suspicion from the science of law 3rd Week Functions of law 1: needs of legal and social life 4th Week Functions of law 2: law and justice 5th Week Law and norm 6th Week recapitulation 7th Week Moral values 8th Week Midterm Exam 9th Week Sources of law 10th Week Dogmatic science of law 11th Week Application of law 12th Week logical status of norms 13th Week Interpretation 14th Week Justification
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Adnan Güriz (2001) Hukuk Başlangıcı, Ankara, Siyasal Kitabevi Kemal Gözler (1998) Hukukun Genel Teorisine Giriş. Ankara:US-A Yayıncılık
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Questions/Answers,Discussion
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) 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
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work Preparation for Final exam Course hours Preparation for Midterm exam Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam Homework Total Workload Total Workload / 30 ECTS Credits of the Course 4
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No