COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONSTITUTIONAL JURISDICTION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HUK 2036 CONSTITUTIONAL JURISDICTION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Law

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ŞAFAK EVRAN TOPUZKANAMIŞ

Offered to

Law

Course Objective

It is aimed to convey the important role of constitutional jurisdiction that protects fundamental rights and freedoms and put the supremacy and binding force of constitutions into practice. By this way, the importance of constitutional review for the principles of rule of law and democratic state will appear. Also, it is aimed to have a competence of analyzing the decisions, working principles of constitutional courts in national and comparative law.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to render the development of constitutional review and the legal arguments providing constitutional review
2   To be able to express the importance of constitutional courts
3   To be able to clarify the role of constitutional jurisdiction providing the supremacy and binding force of constitutions put into practice
4   To be able to remark the role of constitutional jurisdiction in protection of the fundamental rights regarding both national and comparative constitutional systems
5   To be able to classify the types of constitutional review
6   To be able to internalize the system of constitutional jurisdiction; the range, types of constitutional review and efficiency and binding force of decisions

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The concept of constitutional jurisdiction
2 The historical and theoretical roots of constitutional review
3 The circumstances of constitutional jurisdiction
4 Principles of the supremacy and binding force of constitutions, the importance of constitutional jurisdiction in protecting rights and freedoms
5 The types of constitutional jurisdiction
6 Establishment and organization of constitutional courts
7 Types of constitutional review
8 The procedures of constitutional review
9 The duties and authorities of constitutional courts
10 Rules and transactions reviewed by constitutional courts
11 The scope of constitutional review
12 Rules of procedure in constitutional courts
13 1st Midterm Exam
14 1st Midterm Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Ana kaynak:
1. Gözler Kemal, Türk Anayasa Hukuku Dersleri, 9. Baskı, Ekin Kitabevi Yayınları, Bursa, 2010.
2. Özbudun Ergun, Türk Anayasa Hukuku, 12. Baskı, Yetkin Yayınevi, Ankara, 2011.
3. Tanör Bülent / Yüzbaşıoğlu Necmi, Türk Anayasa Hukuku, 8. Baskı, Beta Yayıncılık, Istanbul, 2010.
4. Teziç Erdoğan, Anayasa Hukuku, 13. Bası, Beta Yayınevi, Istanbul, 2009.
5. Aliefendioğlu Yılmaz, Anayasa Yargısı, Yetkin Yayınları, Ankara, 1996.
6.Tunç Hasan, Karşılaştırmalı Anayasa Yargısı, Yetkin Yayınları, Ankara, 1997.
Yardımcı kaynaklar:
1.Constitutional Court Official Website, www.anayasa.gov.tr
2.www.danistay.gov.tr 3. www.yargitay.gov.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, practical work, having information about the practice by analyzing the decisions of Constitutional Court

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE roundKPU + FN,0
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) roundKPU + BUT,0


*** 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)

safakevran@yahoo.com

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 24 24
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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