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Sociology of Law

Course Code	: SOSY572
Course Type	: Area Elective
Couse Group	: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language	: Turkish
Work Placement	: N/A

Theory	: 3
Prt.	: 0
Credit	: 3
Lab	: 0
ECTS	: 5

Objectives of the Course

To help students to look at the formation of law as a system from an anthropo-sociological point of view, to evaluate the importance of this point of view and the importance of law as a changing force based on scientific research ; to see law in its inseparability and integrity from social life.

Course Content

Examination of law from different viewpoints; necessity, subject, sections of sociology of law; law and change, law as a changing force: Turkish Legal Revolution; theoretical sociology of law and living law, law in the philosophical systems of leading thinkers; universality of legal thought; general view and research of the rule of law; ethics and law, development of sociology of law; structuralism and law;discussions of legal phenomena.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Lec. Berrin GÜNER

Learning Outcomes

1.	Explains the importance of ideal-oriented law for society.
2.	Compares the similarities and differences of rules specific to different systems regulating social behavior.
3.	Expresses the social and enforcement sources of law.
4.	States the basic principles on which the rule of law is based
5.	Explains why modern society should be a social state of law
6.	Establishes the relationship between rights and responsibilities
7.	Values the view that social responsibilities must be fulfilled in order 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.	TOMBUŞ, İhsan. Ankara Cinayeti
5.	UYGUR, Gülriz. Hukukta Adaletsizliği Görmek

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week 1 - Theoretical

INTRODUCTION OF THE FIELD

Week 2 - Theoretical

COMMUNAL LIFE AND LAW (I) Order and Justice in Collective Life (‘Law without Law’ and Lawless Order), What is the Purpose of Law?

Week 3 - Theoretical

DIFFERENT MEANINGS OF LAW: Positive law, Ideal law, Human rights, Written law, Unwritten law , Universal law and Local law

Week 4 - Theoretical

Theoretical DIFFERENT MEANINGS OF LAW: Positive law, Ideal law, Human rights, Written law, Unwritten law, Universal law and Local law

Week 5 - Theoretical

LAW SYSTEMS I : Roma Tradition, Common Law, Islamic Law, Socialist Law

Week 6 - Theoretical

LAW SYSTEMS II : Legal Systems in 21 Century

Week 7 - Theoretical

STATE OF LAW State-Law Relationship, Separation of Powers Principle, Modern Society and the Necessity of Being a Social State of Law

Week 8 - Theoretical

LAW, JUSTICE and SOCIETY Relationship

Week 9 - Theoretical

LAW and SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Week 10 - Theoretical

PRACTICE OF LAW Judicial System, The Problem of Method in Practice, Application in terms of Place and Time

Week 11 - Theoretical

LAW NORMS IN TERMS OF GENDER

Week 12 - Theoretical

POPULIST POLITICS AND LAW RELATIONSHIP IMPORTANCE OF RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITY Rights; Limitation of Public Rights, Private Rights, Acquisition and Loss of Rights; Rules Regulating the Protection of Rights; Protection of Rights, Responsibility; Political Responsibility

Week 13 - Theoretical

THE IMPORTANCE OF RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR SOCIETY Classification and Characteristics of Rights, Public Rights; Limitation of Public Rights, Private Rights, Acquisition and Loss of Rights; Rules Regulating the Protection of Rights; Protection of Rights, Responsibility; Political Responsibility

Week 14 - Theoretical

GENERAL EVALUATION

Week 15 - Final Exam

Final Exam

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Type of Assessment	Count	Percent
Midterm Examination	1	%40
Final Examination	1	%60

Workload Calculation

Activities	Count	Preparation	Time	Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory	14	0	3	42
Reading	6	3	6	54
Midterm Examination	1	10	2	12
Final Examination	1	15	2	17
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)				125

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	PÇ-11	PÇ-12
OÇ-1	5	5	4	4	5	4	2	4	4	5	4	3
OÇ-2	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	2	5	4	5	4
OÇ-3	3	5	5	4	4	5	4	2	4	5	5	4
OÇ-4	5	5	4	5	5	4	5	3	4	4	5	4
OÇ-5	5	3	4	4	5	5	5	2	4	5	5	4
OÇ-6	5	3	4	4	5	5	4	2	4	5	5	5
OÇ-7	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	2	5	5	4

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