LAW
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
LAW3015	Biomedicine and Law	Fall	0	2	1	4

This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Prof. Dr. KADİR EMRE GÖKYAYLA
Course Objectives:	To provide detailed information on the special legislation of biomedical interventions, to analyse those special provisions within the general principles of law and to resolve the conflicts arising from the application of biomedical interventions.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) will have intensive knowledge on the special provisions of biomedical interventions.
2) will learn to determine the legal issues arising from a biomedical intervention.
3) will learn to resolve the conflict by using their knowlegde on the special provisions of biomedical interventions.

Course Content

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Presentation of the concept of biomedecine, its relation with the law and general principles.
2)	Analysis of the concept of human dignity and the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity.
3)	The beginnig of life - Supporting pregnancy: Medically assisted procreation and surrogacy.
4)	Rejection of pregnancy I: Sterilization and castration.
5)	Rejection of pregnancy II: Abortion.
6)	The end of life: the concepts of biological death and brain death, their difference and the importace of this difference.
7)	Eutanasia and physician-assited suicide.
8)	Midterm
9)	Organ and tissue transplantation, composite tissue transplantaion, blood transfusion.
10)	Gender reassignment.
11)	Circumsicion and female genital mutilation.
12)	Clinical investigations.
13)	Stem cell researches, genetic analysis, cloning, eugenics.
14)	The handicapped: A special case analysis - The case of Ashley, the Pillow Angel.

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	FEUILLET-LIGER, Brigitte/ORFALI, Kristina (Ed.), The Reality of Human Dignity in Law and Bioethics, Comparative Perspectives, Cham 2018; METİN, Sevtap, Biyo-Tıp Etiği ve Hukuk, İstanbul 2010; VARGA, Andrew C., The Main Issues in Bioethics, New York 1984.
References:	İlgili ulusal ve uluslararası mevzuat ve içtihatlar. All relevant national and international legislations and court cases.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Midterms	1	% 40
Final	1	% 60
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 60
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	13	2	26
Study Hours Out of Class	13	6	78
Midterms	1	2	2
Final	1	2	2
Total Workload			108

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	List the relations between concepts and institutions related to various legal disciplines and this concepts and institutions.
2)	Have the knowledge of legal methodology and methods of comment.
3)	Comment the modern legal gains with the historical knowledge.
4)	Have the knowledge of philosophical currents of thought which are the bases of legal rules.
5)	Have the knowledge of legal regulations, judicial decisions and the scientific evaluations related to them.
6)	Resolve the juridical disagreements in light of legal acts, juridical decisions and doctrine.
7)	Use at least one foreign language as scientific language.
8)	Have the knowledge of the political and juridical foundation of the state.
9)	Have the knowledge of the historical development of the rights of individuals and societies and of the basic documents which are accepted throughout this development.
10)	Have the ability to resolve the disagreements which can violate the social order in national or international level.
11)	Have the ability to prevent the juridical disagreements between individuals.
12)	Have the knowledge of international and comparative law systems.
13)	Have the knowledge of the construction and the conduct of the national and international commercial relations.
14)	Use Turkish in an efficient way both verbal and written.
15)	Have the professional and ethical responsibility.
16)	Have the knowledge on the European Union’s legislation and institutions.
17)	Have the knowledge on juridical regulations and applications related to economical and financial mechanisms.
18)	Have the knowledge of the operation of the national and the international judicial bodies.