COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CHILDREN LAW

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÖZH 5116 CHILDREN LAW ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Private Law

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR ALI HAYDAR YAĞCIOĞLU

Offered to

Private Law

Course Objective

The basic aim of the Juvenile Law Course is the acquisition of the essentials of the subject; namely it aims to examine the position of the juveniles in law, their rights and obligations in the family and society, legal protection of the juveniles.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to define the basic concepts related to the Juvenile Law (child, adult, adulthood, apprentices, etc.).
2   To be able to relate the basic principles of the Juvenile Law (principles like the superiority of the juvenile's interest) with other law branches (Constitutional Law, Tort Law, Civil and Criminal Procedures) and with different legal disputes
3   To be able to give the right decision on what rules to apply in cases related to the Juvenile Law.
4   To be able to apply the Juvenile Law rules and the rights and obligations of the juveniles related to the Private Law to particular cases.
5   To be able to assess the current legislations related to the Juvenile Law in order to offer new solutions to probable legal shortcomings.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General Information on Juvenile Law: (Concept of being infant and adult, purpose of the protection of children, Meaning and importance of Child/juvenile Rights)
2 Sources regulating the Childrens Rights: Childrens Rights and their protection in International Legal Regulations (UN Convention on Child Rights, Declaration of Child Rights, European Convention on the Usage of Child Rights)
3 Fundamental principles of Juvenile Law in the Light of International Regulations
4 Sources regulating the Childrens Rights: National Regulations on on Childrens Rights and Protection of the Child Constitution, Turkish Civil Code, Turkish Criminal Code Criminal Procedings Code, Code on the Protection of Child Code of Controlled Liberty, Aid Centers and Protection, Labour Act.
5 Child's Rights in the Constitution (Fundamental rights and principles)
6 The legal position and the rights of the child in terms of Civil Law in general
7 Child's capacity of having rights and legal capacity
8 Mid-Term Exam
9 Protection of the child's personality
10 Personal position of the child
11 Relations between the Child and his/her parents I.Familial Kinship
12 II.Parental rights (Rights and obligations of the father and/or mother who holds the parental right, legal representation of the child, child's property).
13 III.Child's property and its protection
14 Protection of the child by way of tutelage

Recomended or Required Reading

1.AKINTÜRK, Turgut: Türk Medeni Hukuku, Yeni Medeni Kanuna Uyarlanmış Aile Hukuku, C.II., Istanbul 2010.
2.AKIPEK, Jale G./AKINTÜRK, Turgut: Türk Medenî Hukuku, C.I, Başlangıç Hükümleri- Kişiler Hukuku, Istanbul 2011.
3.AKYÜZ, Emine: Çocuğun Haklarının ve Güvenliğinin Korunması, (Ulusal ve Uluslararası Hukukta), Ankara 2012.
4.ANKAY, Aydın; Çocuk Hukuku, Ankara 1999.
5.BALO, Yusuf SOLMAZ: Uluslararası Ilkeler Işığında Çocuk Koruma Kanunu ve Uygulaması, (Seçkin Yayınevi), Ankara 2005.
6.DURAL, Mustafa/ÖĞÜZ, Tufan/GÜMÜŞ, Alper: Türk Özel Hukuku, C. III, Aile Hukuku, 4. Bası, Istanbul 2011.
7.HODGKIN, Rachel/NEWELL, Peter: Çocuk Haklarına Dair Sözleşme Uygulama El Kitabı, UNICEF, 1998.
8.INAN, Ali Naim: Çocuk Hukuku, Istanbul 1968.
9.ÖZTAN, Bilge: Aile Hukuku, Ankara 2004.
10.SEROZAN, Rona: Çocuk Hukuku, Istanbul 2005.
11.ZEVKLILER/ACABEY/GÖKYAYLA: Medeni Hukuk, Ankara 2000.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures on the principles of the Juvenile Law and examination of the Turkish Supreme Court decisions with the attending students.

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 * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

http://web.deu.edu.tr/hukuk/egitimogretim/lisans/basarideger.htm

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ali.yagcioglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 26 1 26
Preparation for final exam 40 1 40
Preparing presentations 15 1 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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