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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS ELECTIVE

Offered By

Law

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR TÜRKER ERTAŞ

Offered to

Law

Course Objective

The primary objective of the course is to teach the comparative modern constitutional orders. Teaching the composition and powers of legislative, executive and judiciary branches and the relations between these three branches in American, British, French, German and Dutch constitutional orders is aimed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to have a good knowledge of constitutional movements within the historical process 2   To be able to understand the thought of constitutionalism and the pure and modern principles of separation of powers. 3   To be able to learn the formation and structure of the legislative, executive and judiciary branches in comparative modern constitutional orders 4   To be able to learn the duties and powers of the legislative, executive and judiciary branches in comparative modern constitutional orders 5   To be able to have a good knowledge of the institutional, functional and personal relations between the legislative, executive and judiciary branches in comparative modern constitutional orders within the context of constitutional law

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Basic principles and notions 2 The movements of constitutionalism within the historical process: The United States and the United Kingdom 3 The movements of constitutionalism within the historical process: France, Polish - Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Netherlands 4 Parliaments and Lawmaking: The United States and The United Kingdom 5 Parliaments and Lawmaking: France, Germany and The Netherlands 6 Structure and Powers of the Executive Branch: The United States and the United Kingdom 7 Structure and Powers of the Executive Branch: The United States and the United Kingdom 8 The modern relations between the legislative and executive branches: The United States and the United Kingdom 9 2nd Midterm Exam 10 2nd Midterm Exam 11 The modern relations between the legislative and executive branches:France, Germany and the Netherlands 12 Formation of the judiciary branch and selection process of the judges: The United States and the United Kingdom 13 Formation of the judiciary branch and selection process of the judges: France, Germany and the Netherlands 14 Constitutional review and the protection of human rights: The United States and the United Kingdom 15 Constitutional review and the protection of human rights: France, Germany and the Netherlands

Recomended or Required Reading

Aalt Willem Heringa, Constitutions Compared: An Introduction to Comparative Constitutional Law, Intersentia, 4th Edition, Cambridge/Antwerp/Portland, 2016. Türker Ertaş, Kuvvetler Ayrılığı Ilkesi Bağlamında Yasama, Yürütme ve Yargı Organları Arasındaki Modern Ilişkiler, Seçkin Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2018.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, case study

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

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)

turker.ertas@deu.edu.tr

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 2 26 Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20 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

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 PO.14 PO.15 LO.1 1 1 1 1 1 1 LO.2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 LO.3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 LO.4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 LO.5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1