Information Package / Course Catalogue
General Knowledge of Law
Course Code: MUH007
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

The aim is to teach students fundamental legal concepts and to provide them with basic legal knowledge specifically within the Turkish legal system.

Course Content

The necessity for humans, as social beings, to live in an orderly and safe environment; social relations, governance, social order rules, elements of a legal rule, legal sanctions, classification of legal rules, concepts of legal science and legal system, sources of law, distinction between public law and private law, and summary information about the main branches of law, the concept of right, the concept of legal relationship, legal event, legal act and legal transaction, acquisition, loss, and protection of rights, judicial organization, and judicial procedures.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.He/She understands the relationship between law and social order.
2.They possess a minimum level of legal knowledge in the workplace.
3.It explains the concepts of rights, entitlement, and legal capacity.
4.He/She has knowledge of the branches of law.
5.Once problems arise, he/she knows the ways to solve them.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Kemal Gözler, Fundamental Concepts of Law (Ekin Printing, Publishing, Distribution)
2.Fatih Bilgili, Ertan Demirkapı, Fundamental Concepts of Law (Dora Publishing)
3.Ömer Anayurt, Introduction to Law and General Concepts of Law (Seçkin Publishing)
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
The course introduction is about humans as social beings.
Week 2 - Theoretical
Rules of social order, the concept of sanctions.
Week 3 - Theoretical
Primary sources of law
Week 4 - Theoretical
Secondary sources of law
Week 5 - Theoretical
Application of legal rules
Week 6 - Theoretical
Legal systems
Week 7 - Theoretical
Distinction between private law and public law.
Week 8 - Theoretical
Overall Assessment
Week 9 - Theoretical
The concept of rights, gaining them, losing them.
Week 10 - Theoretical
The concept of personality
Week 11 - Theoretical
legal event, legal act, legal transaction
Week 12 - Theoretical
Types of cases
Week 13 - Theoretical
The concept of responsibility
Week 14 - Theoretical
Turkish Judicial Organization
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Presentation1%5
Term Assignment1%5
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Midterm Examination113316
Final Examination114317
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)75
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
OÇ-1
4
3
5
OÇ-2
3
4
5
OÇ-3
2
1
OÇ-4
3
4
OÇ-5
2
4
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026