COURSE SYLLABUS

INTRODUCTION TO LAW

1	Course Title:	INTRODUCTION TO LAW
2	Course Code:	KAM1201
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	1
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	4
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	none
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Doç.Dr. FERHAT PİRİNÇÇİ
16	Course Lecturers:	-
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	E-mail: rcderdiman@uludag.edu.tr Tel: 0224 2941084 Adres: Uludağ Üniversitesi İİBF Kamu Yönetimi Bölümü, Görükle Kampusu16059 Nilüfer/Bursa
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To give students the basic knowledge on the frequently encountered legal issues and to maket hem comprehend the Turkish legal system, to ensure that students can explain main concepts in law, identify essential judiciary institutions and realize the importance of this course as a basis for other courses on law.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	To develop a perspective towards the importance of law and to gain a foundational knowledge on law. ;
2	To be able to more easily comprehend the content of the subsequent courses on law. To be able to more easily comprehend the content of the subsequent courses on law. ;
3	To gain a basic level of knowledge on law. ;
4	To have a consciousness regarding the rights and responsibilities of citizens. ;
5	To compensate the lack of law courses in the Faculties of Economic and Administrative Sciences as much as possible. ;
6	As a citizen to be able to interpret the rules of law at an average level. ;
7	To learn about the sources of law, different branches of law and their contents. ;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Rules of social order and the need for law, different meanings and functions of law, legal sanctions.
2	The sources of law and the implementation of rules of law in terms of content, period and place.
3	The implementation of rules of law in terms of content (the interpretation of legal rules), filling gaps in the judiciary process and jurisprudence.
4	The concept of “right” and different types of rights; the attainment, the usage and the loss of rights.
5	“Positive intent” in the attainment of rights and “honesty principles” in their usage.
6	Places of judiciary in terms of the trial process, organization and duties and authorities.
7	Lawsuit types in law, methods and techniques of evidence in law, different branches of law.
8	Branches of public and private law and examples of lawsuits related with both public and private law.
9	Legal phenomenon, the concepts of operation and act and their different dimensions, the concept of responsibility in law
10	The form and the features of Turkish State
11	Person and personality in law, kinship and name and surname
12	The concepts of property and legacy in law
13	The concept of debt in law
14	The concept of debt in law, arbitration and domicile

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	A-Textbook: Ramazan Cengiz Derdiman, Hukuk Başlangıcı, 3. Baskı, Alfa Aktüel Yayınları, Bursa, 2011. B- References: Şeref Gözübüyük, Hukuka Giriş ve Hukukun Temel Kavramları , Ankara, 2011 Necip Bilge, Hukuk Başlangıcı, Turhan Kitabevi, Ankara, 2008 Kemal Gözler, Hukukun Temel Kavramları, Ekin Kitabevi yayınları, Bursa, 2008 Fatih Bilgili-Ertan Demirkapı-Süleyman Demir, Hukukun Temel Kavramları, Dora Yayınları, 2009 Turgut Akıntürk, Hukuka Giriş, Anadolu Üniversitesi Açık Öğretim Fakültesi yayınları, Eskişehir, 2003
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Information

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High