COURSE SYLLABUS

GENERAL PUBLIC LAW

1	Course Title:	GENERAL PUBLIC LAW
2	Course Code:	HUK4045
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	4
6	Semester:	7
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Dr. Ögr. Üyesi Ali Emre ZEYBEKOĞLU
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	ezeybekoglu@yahoo.com
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The objective of the course is to analyse historical and theoretical foundations of the notions such as state, democracy and human rights by emphasising their relationship and interaction.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	This lesson will teach students to think on law as whole and see historic development of it by changes in social and economic life.

Learning Outcomes:

1	Students will be able to analyse political theories of ancient Greek philosophers.;
2	Students will be able to analyse political theories of ancient Greek philosophers.;
3	Students will be able to analyse the repercussions of social, economic and political characteristics of the Medieval Age concerning political theories.;
4	Students will be able to interpret the conflict between the worldly and spiritual powers and the path which leads to secularism.;
5	Students will be able to describe intellectual foundations of the modern nation-state.;

22	Course Content:

	Theoretical	Practical
	1 Inaugural lecture: The subject, method and sources of the course 2 Ancient Greek Polis: Foundations and Institutions of democracy. 3 Theory of state and right before Plato 4 Sophysm, and Sokrates’ and Plato’s theory of state 5 Aristotle’s Theory of citizen, society, state and constitution. 6 Helenistic Age: Epicuros, Stoics: The bridge to post-Greek era; universal equality. 7 Theory of state and right at the time of Roman Empire 8 Medieval Age: Feudal organisation, society, state and law. 9 Medieval Age: Patristic Epoch and Scholastic Epoch 10 St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas and the re-encounter with Aristotle. 11 Late Medieval Age: Dante’s divine global state. 12 William of Occam: Foundations of secular thinking and the determination period of the Modern State 13 The determination period of the Modern State: Jean Bodin 14 The legal definition of sovereignty and Thomas Hobbes.

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1) Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens, çev. Ertuğrul Genç, Kolektif Kitap, İstanbul, 2016. (Yalnızca 2. Bölümü) 2) Ronald Wright, İlerlemenin Kısa Tarihi, çev. Ebru Kılıç, Aylak Kitap, İstanbul, 2012. (Yalnızca 3. Bölümü) 3) Jared Diamond, Tüfek, Mikrop ve Çelik, çev. Ülker İnce, TÜBİTAK Yay., Ankara, 2016. (İlk 6 Bölüm) 4) Cemal Bali Akal, Modern Düşüncenin Doğuşu, Dost Yay., Ankara, 2016. (İlk 2 Bölüm) 5) Andrew Heywood, Siyaset Teorisine Giriş, çev. Hızır Murat Köse, Küre Yay., İstanbul, 2011. (İlk 7 Bölüm) 6) Oktay Uygun, Demokrasi, XII Levha Yay, İstanbul, son baskı. (Türkiye’ye ilişkin bölümler hariç) 7) Ralf Dahrendorf, Demokrasinin Bunalımları, çev. A. Emre Zeybekoğlu, İthaki Yay., İstanbul, 2015. 8) Quentin Skinner, Hobbes ve Cumhuriyetçi Özgürlük, çev. A. Emre Zeybekoğlu, Dost Yay., Ankara, 2018. 9) Robert A. Dahl, Siyasi Eşitlik Üzerine, çev. A. Emre Zeybekoğlu, Dost Yay., Ankara, 2018. 10) William Golding, Sineklerin Tanrısı, çev. Mina Urgan, Türkiye İş Bankası Yay., son baskı. 11) George Orwell, 1984, çev. Celal Üster, Can Yay., İstanbul, son baskı.
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	Examination
Information	The level of understanding of the basic concepts discussed in the lesson is evaluated through the examination.

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