| Course Type | Elective Course |
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| Course Level | Bachelor's Degree |
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| Year of Study | - |
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| Semester | - |
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| ECTS | 4 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
- |
| Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this course, the students;
- Understand the relationship between logic and law.
- Learn to justify legal norms with the methods of use in legal reasoning.
- Analyse legal issues systematically and apply them in law learn to investigate.
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| Mode of Delivery | Face to face |
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| Prerequisites | No |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components | None |
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| Course Description | Legal methodology is a course on the methods to be followed in order to form legal thought correctly and to make legal decisions correctly. In this framework, topics such as the relationship between logic and law, legal norm, interpretation of legal norm, systematic analysis of legal issues, methods of applying legal norms to legal disputes,justification in legal reasoning will be covered. |
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| Course Contents |
| WEEK |
TOPICS |
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1st Week |
Epistemology, legal knowledge, and an introduction to methodology |
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2nd Week |
Deduction, induction, and probability |
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3rd Week |
Argument reconstruction |
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4th Week |
Logical fallacies and legal judgments |
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5th Week |
Core concepts in legal methodology |
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6th Week |
Legal argumentation |
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7th Week |
Legal argumentation |
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8th Week |
Midterm exam |
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9th Week |
Midterm exam |
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10th Week |
Meaning, interpretation, and legal rules |
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11th Week |
Legal reasoning and justification (ratio decidendi) |
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12th Week |
Analysis of sample texts and case studies |
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13th Week |
Analysis of sample texts and case studies |
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14th Week |
Analysis of sample texts and case studies |
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| Recommended or Required Reading | Yasemin Işıktaç/ Sevtap Metin, Hukuk Metodolojisi, Filiz Kitabevi.
Yaşar Karayalçın/Aynur Yongalık, Hukukda Öğretim ? Kaynaklar ? Metod Problem Çözme, Banka ve Ticaret Hukuku Araştırma Enstitüsü Yayınları.
Ernst E. Hirsch, Pratik Hukukta Metod, Banka ve Ticaret Hukuku Araştırma Enstitüsü Yayınları. |
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
- Lecture
- Questions/Answers
- Case Study
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria |
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Quantity |
Percentage (%) |
| Mid-term |
1 |
40 |
| Total(%) |
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40 |
| Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) |
|
40 |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) |
|
60 |
| Total(%) |
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100 |
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| ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload |
| Activities |
Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Midterm exam |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Preparation for Quiz |
|
1 |
|
| Individual or group work |
14 |
3 |
42 |
| Preparation for Final exam |
1 |
18 |
18 |
| Course hours |
14 |
2 |
28 |
| Preparation for Midterm exam |
1 |
16 |
16 |
| Laboratory (including preparation) |
14 |
1 |
14 |
| Final exam |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Homework |
|
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| Total Work Load | 120 |
| Total Work Load / 30 (h) | 4 |
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 4 |
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| Language of Instruction | Turkish |
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| Work Placement(s) | No |
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