COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND SOURCES OF EU LAW

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KAV 5037 EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND SOURCES OF EU LAW ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

European Union Law

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR HACI CAN

Offered to

European Union Law

Course Objective

Objective of this course is to teach the legal and organizational structure of the European Union.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to interpret the fundamental principles govern the organizational structure of the EU
2   to explain the functions, mission and arrangements or implications of the competent bodies, institutions and entities in the EU s organizational structure
3   to interpret functioning of the legal order (instruments) set forth within the EU Law
4   to make comments on sources and resources of the EU Law
5   to determine and to evaluate main problems concerning the legal and organizational structure of the EU Law.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction and introducing the lecturing method
2 Historical progresses of the EU (Historical background of the EU)
3 Dogmatic structure of the EU
4 Organizational structure of the EU
5 Competent bodies, institutions and entities partaking in the EU organizational structure
6 Functioning and competency of the bodies, institutions and entities
7 Procedural structure of functioning of the institutions
8 Midterm Exam
9 Main principles and rules governing the EU Law System
10 The resources of the provisions held in the EU Law
11 The existence and application of the EU law
12 The inter-relation of the EU Law and national law
13 Fundamental problems of the EU Law
14 Current progresses in the EU Law

Recomended or Required Reading

Enver Bozkurt-Mehmet Özcan-Arif Köktaş, Avrupa Birliği Hukuku, 5. Baskı, Asil yayın Dağıtım, Ankara, Şubat 2011.
Kamuran Reçber, Avrupa Birliği Kurumlar Hukuku ve Temel Metinleri, Alfa Aktüel, Mart 2010.
Can, Hacı, Avrupa Birliği Iç Pazar Hukuku, Adalet Yayınevi, Ankara 2008.
Can, Hacı, Avrupa Birliği nin Kurucu Antlaşmaları, Adalet Yayınevi, Ankara 2009.
Can, Hacı/Özen, Çınar, Türkiye-Avrupa Topluluğu Ortaklık Hukuku, Gazi Yayınevi 2005.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, discussions, case study, seminar or homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + STT* 0.40 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.40 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

haci.can@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday: 12:30-13:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 34 34
Preparation for final exam 1 40 40
Preparing presentations 1 27 27
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 170

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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