HUK101

School of Law \ Law

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Compulsory

Turkish

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Bachelor of Law Program

The subject of this course is the definition of law, its connection and difference with other social order rules, its values, the characteristics of the rule of law, the application of the rule of law, the concepts of right and sanction.

1. Atay, E. E.: Introduction to Law, revised 11th edition, Ankara 2024.
2. Koçhisarlıoğlu, C./Söğütlü, Ö./Apaydın Öcal, B.: Introduction to Civil Law and Initial Provisions - Lecture with Practical Work, expanded 2nd edition, Ankara 2023.
3. Aktaş, S.: “Analysis of the Concept of Law”, Journal of Ankara University Faculty of Law (2018), V. 67, I. 2, p. 227-252.
4. Aral, V.: “Different Views on Law and their Evaluation and an Understanding of Law that can be Considered Correct”, Journal of Istanbul University Law Faculty (1974), V. 39, I. 1-4, p. 305-351.
5. Akıl, A.: “General Principles of Law and Their Impact on the Development of Law”, Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University Journal of Faculty of Law (2003), V. VII, I. 3-4, p. 385-423.
6. Akı, İ.: “The Internal Morality of Law: An Examination through the Views of Lon L. Fuller", Journal of Ankara University Faculty of Law V. 64, I. 1 (2015), p. 1-35.

The aim of the introduction to law course is to provide general information about positive law, which constitutes the material structure of the science of law, and to contribute to the formation of legal culture, which constitutes its intellectual structure. It is to introduce the law student to law by utilizing dogmatic, philosophical, sociological, methodological, historical, comparative and theoretical perspectives.

1. Aware that law can be approached from different perspectives. Evaluates how legal reasoning should be conducted through the controversial issues of legal theory.
2. Defines law together with its knowledge value, philosophy and method besides its dictionary meaning. He/she has a good command of the different meanings and branches of law.
3. Have a general knowledge of law schools.
4. Aware that law has three fundamental functions: social order, social welfare, and justice.
5. Has knowledge of what the norms of social order are, what the sanctions are in case of non-compliance and how they are applied.
6. Reveals the difference of the legal norm from other social order norms. Analyzes the legal norm structurally and aware that it consists of three elements: legal fact, will including order and sanction.
7. Has a comprehensive understanding of the legitimacy, sources of law and their hierarchical order in the Continental European Legal System.
8. Makes conceptual explanations about legal systems and legalization.
9. Defines the right, concretizes the concept of right through the types of right.
10. Determines the subject of the right.
11. Finds the abstract rule of law in force through a few specific examples and makes a legal evaluation of the concrete case.
12. Distinguishes between the judge's discovery (creation) of a rule of law and the judge's discretionary power, reveals their conditions and differences from each other.