TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Master's Degree With Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	7
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Assistant Professor Ceren Doğru
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Provides the analysis of constitutional amendments that are unconstitutional and their role in constitutional law. 2) Establishes a theoretical framework for the judicial review of unconstitutional amendments to the constitution. 3) Gains the ability to evaluate the decisions of the Turkish Constitutional Court on the supervision of constitutional amendments.
MODE OF DELIVERY
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	Provides the analysis of constitutional amendments that are unconstitutional and their role in constitutional law.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week The Concept of Constitutional Amendment and the Constituent Power Relationship 2nd Week Judicial Supervision of Unconstitutional Amendments and Different Application Examples 3rd Week Emergence and Development of the Turkish Constitutional Judiciary 4th Week Judicial Review of Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments in the 1961 Constitution 5th Week Judicial Review of Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments in the 1982 Constitution 6th Week Debates on Judicial Activism in Terms of Immutable Provisions of the Constitution and Constitutional Amendments 7th Week Evaluation of the Decisions of the Turkish Constitutional Court on the Supervision of the Constitutional Amendments 8th Week MIDTERM 9th Week Models for Changing the Constitution According to Richard Albert 10th Week The Concept of transnational Constitutionalism, the relationship of the Constitutional Amendments 11th Week Examination of the Decisions of the Federal Supreme Court of Germany on the Substantive Supervision 12th Week Review of the Supreme Court of India's Judgments on the Substantive Audit 13th Week Evaluation of Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments in the Context of Transnational Constitutionalism 14th Week Student Presentations 15th Week FINAL EXAM
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	-DOĞRU, Ceren, Sınırötesi Anayasalcılık Bağlamında Anayasaya Aykırı Anayasa Değişikliklerinin Yargısal Denetimi, 2022, Yetkin Yayınları, Ankara. -ROZNAI, Yaniv, Unconstittutional Constituinonal Amendents: The Limits of Amendment Powers, 2017, Oxford Universty Press. -ÖZBUDUN, Ergun, Türkiye?de Demokratikleşme Süreci: Anayasa Yapımı ve Anayasa Yargısı, 2014 İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, İstanbul. -TURHAN, Mehmet, Anayasal Devlet, Naturel Yayıncılık -TURHAN, Mehmet, Anayasaya aykırı Anayasa Değişiklikleri, Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, 1976, Cilt3 Sayı 1 -FENDOĞLU, Hasan Tahsin, Anayasa Hukuku, 2022, Yetkin Yayınları, Ankara - ALBERT Richard, Nonconstituional Amendments, The Canadian Journal of LAw and Jurisprudence, Vol XXII,No 1, JAnuary 2009, s.12-21
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Presentation,Questions/Answers
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Assignment 1 30 Total(%) 60 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40 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 7
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No