| MATHEMATICS (TURKISH, PHD) | |||||
| PhD | TR-NQF-HE: Level 8 | QF-EHEA: Third Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 8 | ||
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
| LAW2333 | Comparative Law in Contemporary Perspectives | Fall | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| The course opens with the approval of the Department at the beginning of each semester |
| Language of instruction: | En |
| Type of course: | Departmental Elective |
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| Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi MEHMET SİNAN ALTUNÇ |
| Course Objectives: | This course aspires to learn and understand the history of Comparative Law and discuss its new aspects by students. It encourages research and preparing presentations. Its core aim is to help the students, who have taken this course, to become visionary thinkers able to shape the future of Comparative Law. |
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The students who have succeeded in this course; 1) Have a conceptual framework regarding the current changes in Comparative Law. 2) Recognize current problems in this area and identifies legal conflicts. 3) Have information on different countries legal system and history of that legal systems. 4) Analyze and compare relationship between different legal disciplines on different law systems. 5) Evaluate the effects of new technologies and contemporary issues on Comparative Law. |
| The course is structured in five parts: 1) In the first part, the students are aimed to understand the history and development of Roman law and its impacts on contemporary law. 2) In the second part, the students are aimed to understand the history and development of the Chinese legal system. 3) The third part is aimed at students understanding of the history and development of the Anglo-Saxon legal system and current important issues of Anglo-Saxon legal system. 4) In the fourth chapter, the two major judicial systems will be compared and a comparison will be made in terms of judges, jury systems and witnesses. 5) Finally, contemporary issues in terms of urban law will be discussed. |
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation | |
| 1) | Basic legal history of the “first life” of Roman law – XII Tables, jurisconsults, 4th-century Christianization (Constantine), division of the empire, fall of the West, Justinian’s corpus juris civilis) | ||
| 2) | Highlights from “second life” of Roman/civil law – rediscovery of the Digest, Glossators & Commentators, Humanism & jus commune, French ancien regime and Revolution, 18th century national codifications. | ||
| 3) | Foundations of the Chinese legal system – Confucianism and Legalism, the Qin-Han “confucianization of the law”, the Tang Code, and Qing collapse. | ||
| 4) | Modern China’s legal chaos and construction – from 1911 through 2021 | ||
| 5) | English common law from historical and operational perspectives – 1066, the rise of equity, the 19th century reforms, and the caselaw system. | ||
| 6) | Comparative Trial Systems (The Two Major Trial Systems of the World): the role of the lawyers in each system | ||
| 7) | Comparative Trial Systems (The Two Major Trial Systems of the World): the role of the Judges in both systems | ||
| 8) | MIDTERM WEEK | ||
| 9) | Comparative Trial Systems (The Two Major Trial Systems of the World): in the role of the jury in the one of the two major systems that uses juries | ||
| 10) | Comparative Trial Systems (The Two Major Trial Systems of the World): the skills of oral argument and questioning witnesses in both systems. | ||
| 11) | International Perspectives on Urban Law and Policy: Global Urbanization | ||
| 12) | International Perspectives on Urban Law and Policy: Impacts of Aging Populations Worldwide | ||
| 13) | International Perspectives on Urban Law and Policy: The Need for Pandemic and Disaster Preparedness | ||
| 14) | International Perspectives on Urban Law and Policy: Planning and Land Development Regulation from an International and Comparative Perspective | ||
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| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
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| Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
| Course Hours | 13 | 2 | 26 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Special Course Internship (Work Placement) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field Work | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 13 | 5 | 65 |
| Presentations / Seminar | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Quizzes | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Preliminary Jury | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paper Submission | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jury | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Total Workload | 98 | ||
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
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