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Program of Law (English 30%)

LAWG358

SOCIOLOGY OF LAW

Course Code
LAWG358
Semester
Sixth Term (Spring)
Theory+Practice
2 + 1
ECTS
3
Course TypeCompulsory Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study3
SemesterSixth Term (Spring)
ECTS3
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Grasp the nature of law as a social phenomenon.
  2. Understand the relationship between law and society.
  3. Understand the dynamics of legal change throughout history from a sociological perspective.
  4. Grasp the meaning of legal effectiveness and how the law is defined through this variable within sociology.
  5. Understand the concept of "living law" and the perspective it offers in relation to dogmatic jurisprudence.
  6. Distinguish modern law from traditional legal systems in line with the development of sociology as a discipline.
  7. Understand the mutual relationships among society, the individual, an the state within the context of the sources of law.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsNone
Course DescriptionThis course aims to provide students background about the social and human sources of law, effects of social changes on law or effects of law and social changes, law sociologists and their contributions to the sociology of law.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Jurisprudence and the sociology of law
2nd Week The function of sociology of law
3rd Week Natural law
4th Week Legal Positivism
5th Week Sociological movement in the law
6th Week Culture and the social norms
7th Week Law and the social order
8th Week Midterm Exam
9th Week The functions of the law
10th Week Law and the ideology
11th Week The legal and social change
12th Week The primitve socities and law
13th Week The complex socities and law-I
14th Week The complex socities and law-II
Recommended or Required ReadingHukuk Sosyolojisine Giriş, Ülker Gürkan, Siyasal Kitabevi.
Hukuk Sosyolojisine Giriş, Mehmet Tevfik Özcan, On İki Levha.
Hukuk Sosyolojisi, Yasemin Işıktaç, Umut Koloş, Sümer Kitabevi.
Hukuk Sosyolojisi, Roger Cotterell, Çev. Saim Üye, Pinhan.
Hukuk Sosyolojisinin Antropolojik Temelleri ve Genel Gelişim Çizgisi, Siyasal Kitabevi.
Hukuk Sosyolojisi, Fatma Süzgün Şahin Ünver, Seçkin.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 40
Total(%) 40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 60
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 0.5 0.5
Preparation for Quiz 3 1 3
Individual or group work 14 1 14
Preparation for Final exam 1 15 15
Course hours 14 2 28
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 12 12
Laboratory (including preparation) 14 1 14
Final exam 1 0.5 0.5
Homework 3 1 3
Total Work Load90
Total Work Load / 30 (h)3
ECTS Credit of the Course3
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

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