COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ERA 2005 GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Law

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OĞUZ ŞIMŞEK

Offered to

Law

Course Objective

1- To teach the general principles regarding constitutional law (sources of constitutional law, analysis of political power and state from the point of constitutional law etc.)
2- To examine the basic structuring of state (legislative, executive, judiciary) pursuant to scientific method of constitutional law.
3- To examine fundamental rights and freedoms within the scope of constitutional law and relationships between individual and state.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to have full knowledge of basic institutions and notions in constitutional law.
2   To be able to analyse research issues of constitutional law with a scientific method.
3   To be able to state the relationship between constitutional law and other subjects of law.
4   To be able to examine notions and institutions of constitutional law such as rule of law, welfare state, democracy, human rights, fundamental rights and freedoms in the context of relationship between individual and state and organization of state.
5   To be able to review scientific etc. recent developments scientifically regarding constitutional law.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, basic concepts
2 Sources of constitutional law
3 Notion of political power in point of constitutional law
4 Notion of state in point of constitutional law
5 Notion of constituent power in constitutional law
6 Constitutional jurisdiction pursuant to general principles of constitutional law
7 Sovereignty and forms of governance in regard to exercising of sovereignty
8 Exam
9 Elections and electoral systems
10 Political parties from the point of constitutional law
11 Basic organs of state (Legislative, Executive, Judiciary)
12 Principle of separation of powers, systems of government, basics
13 Classification and features of systems of government
14 Fundamental rights and freedoms and protection of them

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Main literature regarding general principles of constitutional law, Z. Gören, Constitutional Law, E. Teziç, Constitutional Law, K. Gözler, Constitutional Law etc.
Supplementary Sources: Monographs, articles, judicial decisions etc.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, lecture, judgement examinations, practical studies etc.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE+FIN
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE+RST


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Criteria
Optional, if the instructor needs to add some explanation or further note, this column can be selected from the DEBIS menu.
The student is expected to enter one mid-exam and one closing examination (the `final exam ) from each lecture. In case of failure to achieve the required minimum grade, the student is offered the chance to enter one further exam, named as the `make-up exam'.
The passing grade is sixty out-of one-hundred. In other words, a student is expected to achieve a minimum average mark of sixty.
For the calculation of passing grade, the note of mid-term exam is taken. With the help of this note, the contribution points, which are previously determined by the faculty management, are calculated. Then students take a final examination. To pass a course, student must achieve a total score of 60. This total score is the sum of final exam s grade and the contribution points from the midterm exam. But to pass a course, student must become at least 50 points from the final exam. These rules are applied for the make-up exams too.
If the note of a student from a lecture at the end of the mid-term exam attains 80 (out of a full one-hundred) he/she is exempted from the final examination for that lecture. The student is deemed to have passed that course.
Contribution points mentioned below are added to exemption note, if there is not exemption from final examination, added to final or make-up examination note and this final note is regarded as achievement note.

Contribution Points
100-95 15
94-90 14
89-85 13
84-80 12
79-75 11
74-70 10
69-65 8
64-60 6
59-55 4
54-50 2
49-40 0
39-35 -2
34-30 -3
29-25 -4
24-20 -5
19-10 -6
9-0 -8
The number determined by contribution point can not exceed one hundred. Minus ''-'' contribution points are scaled down from final or make-up examination note.
The examinations are written exams in general. But professors can independently choose the style of examinations. The number of questions varies from lecture to lecture and according to being a mid-term exam or the final exam.

Language of Instruction

German

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 24 24
Preparation for final exam 1 45 45
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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