GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
FUNDAMENTALS OF LAW/KAMU101
Course Title: FUNDAMENTALS OF LAW
Credits 3 ECTS 5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Compulsory
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   Instructor Ömür Baş
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  ombas@gazi.edu.tr
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  ombas@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Discusses about the source of law.
Discusses about the social function of law.
Discusses about judicial organization and organization of the State.
Discusses about the function of the rules of social order.
Discusses about State and Government.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  What is the source of law?. State and law. What is State? What is the rule of law?
2. Week  Rules of social order. Between the place of law rules of social order.
3. Week  The sources of law and the Hierarchy of Norms
4. Week  Content of short branches of positive law and the branches of law.
5. Week  Judicial organization, Judiciary structure
6. Week  What is the action. Types of the lawsuits
7. Week  Midterm exam
8. Week   Customary law. Creation of law by judge in private law.
9. Week  Interpretation. Conflict of law rules
10. Week  Legal event, legal act, legal transactions.
11. Week  Rights and protection of rights.
12. Week  sanctions. Private law sanctions. Sanctions in public law.
13. Week  Personality
14. Week  Law of responsibility. Origins of obligations
15. Week  Debtor - creditor relationship. Obligations I
16. Week  Debtor - creditor relationship. Obligations II
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Hukuka Giriş ve Hukukun Temel Kavramları / Introduction to Law and Fundamental Concepts of Law Prof. Dr. A. Şeref Gözübüyük
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  no
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
16
3
48
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
16
0
0
 Reading
16
2
32
 Searching in Internet and Library
16
0
0
 Designing and Applying Materials
16
0
0
 Preparing Reports
16
0
0
 Preparing Presentation
16
0
0
 Presentation
16
0
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
16
1
16
 Final and Studying for Final
16
1
16
 Other
16
1
16
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
128
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
5.12
 ECTS: 
5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Having the professional expertise and skills on theoretical and practical aspects of organization and management, political science, sociology, law, urbanization and environmental politics.X
2Having qualities for professional competence in order to work in career fields such as district governor, the administrative judge, inspector or assistant specialist in public institutions and organizations, the private sector and civil society organizations.X
3Having knowledge about other disciplines such as economics, management, accounting, international relations and law related to public administration.X
4Having the ability to act in accordance with the social, scientific, cultural and ethical values in the fields of public administration and apply the gained knowledge and the skills to social and working life.X
5Having skills about foreign language, information systems and basic computer programs related to the field in academic and working life.
6Learning the basic concepts, historical and current developments in terms of global, national, regional levels and Turkey in particular.X
7Having the ability to access, analyze and interpret the written and visual sources concerning public administration.X
8Having knowledge and information about public administration to be included in teamwork in the national and international projects.X
9Having knowledge and skills about understanding and interpreting the events that shape or influence Turkish political, social and economic structure.
10Analyzing the management structures and the developments in management systems of different countries.
11Having information about the basic features and development of public and private law and the Turkish judicial system.X
12Having the ability to analyze the political events in the world and in Turkey.
13Having the ability to learn the basic concepts, scientific methods, research techniques and new approaches in sociology and to interpret the social events in general and Turkey in particular.