ADM2401 PRINCIPLES OF LAW
| Course Code: | 3102401 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 6.0 |
| Department: | Political Science and Public Adm. |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. GAMZE AŞÇIOĞLU ÖZ, Assoc.Prof.Dr. NİLAY YAVUZ |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, the student will learn:
- The fundamental characteristics and functions of law, distinguishing it from other social rules, and the basic legal concepts and institutions in Turkey.
- The structure and functioning of the Turkish court system, including the different types of courts and their jurisdictions.
- The sources of Turkish Law, including primary and secondary sources, and how to locate and interpret these legal materials.
- Concepts of legal capacity, representation, and the ability to apply basic legal concepts to real-world situations, fostering critical thinking and comparative legal analysis.
Course Content
This is an introductory course in which basic concepts of Turkish Law and the preliminary issues in Turkish Legal system are studied in order to provide an introduction to the legal concepts and institutions and to build a sound basis for the other courses dealing with legal studies. Some of the topics covered in this course are characteristics of law as compared to other rules of social conduct, functions of law, basic legal concepts and legal institutions, sources of Turkish Law, the court system in Turkey, capacity to act and to have rights and obligations and representation.
Course Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:
- Distinguish the characteristics and functions of law from other social rules and identify basic legal concepts and institutions in Turkish Law.
- Describe the structure and functioning of the Turkish court system, including the different types of courts and their jurisdictions.
- Identify and interpret the primary and secondary sources of Turkish Law, and locate relevant legal materials.
- Explain legal capacity and representation, apply basic legal principles to real-world situations, and engage in critical legal analysis.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Ability to reach the information they need in their daily lives, and to interpret it | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Being in command of the basic concepts of law | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Understanding the political, economical, and social transformations that occur in a wide range of areas including local and international levels | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Defining and solving problems encountered in political, social, and economic life | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Being conscious, effective and rational citizens who can comprehend the transformations taking place in Turkey and in the world today | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Being professionals who can operate as productive participants in any public organization | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Having the knowledge about how public organizations function and how their decision making processes and mechanisms work | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Developing original solutions to the problems faced in relation to their own area of interest | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Critical thinking ability | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Being in command of the interdisciplinary approaches | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution