Information Package / Course Catalogue
Law and Society
Course Code: SOS234
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to introduce to the students the basic legal concepts, principles and views necessary for them to gain insight into logical underpinnings for law and to help them evaluate the legal aspects of social events objectively.

Course Content

Introduce to the students the basic legal concepts, principles and views necessary for them to gain insight into logical underpinnings for law.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Berrin GÜNER
Learning Outcomes
1.The students explains the importance of ideal law
2.Compares the similarities and differences of various systems of rules regulating social behavior
3.Express the social origins of law.
4.Utter the basic principles of state of law.
5.Explain the reasons why modern society should be a social state of law.
6.Relate rights to liabilities.
7.Lay emphasis on the view that social responsibilities should be fulfilled to protect rights.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.ALTAY, Ş. (1983) Hukuk ve Sosyal Bilimler Sözlüğü, Ankara: Bilgi Yayınevi.
2.AYBAY, A ve R. Aybay. (2009) Hukuka Giriş, 5. b., İstanbul: Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları.
3.BİLGE, N. (2007) Hukuk Başlangıcı, Ankara: Turhan Kitabevi Yayınları.
4.N, H. ve S. Güner (2006) Hukukun Temel Kavramları, İstanbul: Arıkan Basım Yayın
5.Dağıtım. GÖKBERK, M. (1980) Felsefe Tarihi, Ankara: Remzi Kitabevi.
6.GÖZÜBÜYÜK, A. Ş. (2009) Hukuka Giriş ve Hukukun Temel Kavramları,30.b. Ankara.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
INTRODUCTION
Week 2 - Theoretical
COLLECTIVE LIFE AND LAW (I)Collective life, order and justice; the goal of law
Week 3 - Theoretical
DIFFERENT CONCEPTS OF LAW Positive law,İdeal law, human rights and law, statutory law and unwritten law, universal law-local law
Week 4 - Theoretical
DIFFERENT CONCEPTS OF LAW Positive law,İdeal law, human rights and law, statutory law and unwritten law, universal law-local law
Week 5 - Theoretical
SYSTEMS OF LAWRoman Law, common law, Islamic Law,socialist law.
Week 6 - Theoretical
STATE OF LAWState-law relationship, seperation- of- powers principle, the prequisites of society and social state of law
Week 7 - Theoretical
STATE OF LAWState-law relationship, seperation- of- powers principle, the prequisites of society and social state of law
Week 8 - Theoretical
MAIN PARTS OF LAW (II)Public law and branches; basic principles and concepts of public law
Week 9 - Theoretical
MAIN PARTS OF LAW (II)Public law and branches; basic principles and concepts of public law
Week 10 - Theoretical
IMPLEMENTATION OF LAWJudicial system, problem of method in practice, implementation in terms of place and time
Week 11 - Theoretical
INTERPRETATION IN LAWMethods of interpretation
Week 12 - Theoretical
IMPORTANCE OF RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES FOR SOCIETYThe classification and characteristics of rights, public rights, limitation of public rights, private rights, acquisition and loss of rights, the rules regulating the protection of rights
Week 13 - Theoretical
IMPORTANCE OF RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES FOR SOCIETYThe classification and characteristics of rights, public rights, limitation of public rights, private rights, acquisition and loss of rights, the rules regulating the protection of rights
Week 14 - Theoretical
GENERAL EVALUATION
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Midterm Examination110212
Final Examination115217
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)71
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
5
5
4
4
5
5
4
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4
4
5
OÇ-2
5
4
4
4
5
5
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3
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5
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4
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5
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4
4
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5
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4
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4
5
5
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5
3
4
4
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2
4
5
5
OÇ-7
4
5
4
4
5
5
5
2
5
4
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026