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Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
Gİ113The Basic Concepts of LawCompulsory113
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The course aims to provide the students with a general knowledge on basic concepts of law and what is law, to enable them to understand and to explain specifically juridical and political events with regard to law in Turkey and in the world.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Mehmet KAPUSIZOĞLU
Learning Outcomes
1Understands the importance of law in social life.
2Can distinguish the differences of legal systems.
3Can define the differences and functions of public law and private law
4Knows the norms within the hierarchy of norms and can explain their effects on social life
5Knows the concepts of right capacity and action capacity and can explain their characteristics.
Mode of Delivery
Normal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Social order and law, extra-legal rules and law, definitions of law, sources of law, genesis and practices of law, parts/chapters of law, public and private law, general principles of the Turkish legal system within the framework of the 1982 Constitution.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Social order and Law - The aim of law and Functions of Law
2The sources of Positive Law
3Forming and implementing the code of law
4Sections of Law - Branches of Private Law
5Public Law and Mixed Qualified Law Branches
6The concept of Right, Classification of Rights, Acquisition and Loss of Rights
7Protection of Rights and Cause of action, Concept of Personality, Right and Legal cepacity
8Mid-term exam
9Protection of personality, Name of person, Kinship, Domicile
10Obligation, Liability and Contracts
11Fundamental Principles of Turkish Family Law, Betrafhal, Marriage
12General adjudication of marriage, Protection of marriage community
13Divorcement and Causes of divorcement
14Ownership
15Succession-General Repetition
16End-of-term exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Deryal, Y. 2008; Hukukun Temel Kavramları, Derya Kitabevi, Trabzon Gözler, K. 2007; Hukuka Giriş, Ekin Kitabevi Yayınları, Bursa Gözübüyük, Ş. 2008; Hukuka Giriş ve Hukukun Temel Kavramları, Ankara
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination111
Attending Lectures14342
Self Study14114
Individual Study for Mid term Examination12020
Individual Study for Final Examination12020
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)98
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High