| Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Public Law | HUK105 | Compulsory | Bachelor's degree | 1 | 6 |
Name of Lecturer(s)
Research Assistant Buket KARAMAN
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) To have information about the main political theories about the origin, historical evolution and function of the state.
2) Examining and evaluating the formation and evolution of public law concepts in the historical process
3) To comprehend the characteristics of the modern state and its transformation process today.
4) To have knowledge of contemporary state theory literature
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation
| Program Competencies | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||||||
| 1 | High | Middle | High | High | High | High | High | Middle | Middle | Low | High | High | |
| 2 | High | Middle | High | High | High | High | High | Middle | Middle | Low | High | High | |
| 3 | High | Middle | High | High | High | High | High | Middle | Middle | Low | High | High | |
| 4 | High | Middle | High | High | High | High | High | Middle | Middle | Low | High | High | |
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
none
Course Contents
concept of power, modern pre-state forms of political organization, emergence of the modern state, elements of the state, state and economy, modern state and law, theories of state, management styles, nation state, citizenship, transformation of the state in the process of globalization.
Weekly Schedule
1) Presentation of the subject and content of general public law2) concept of power and political power
3) Pre-modern forms of political organization
4) The birth of the modern state, the characteristics of the modern state, the modern state and law
5) Niccolo Machiavelli and the Prince
6) Jean Bodin and sovereignty
7) Thomas Hobbes and Leviathan
8) Thomas More and his Utopia
9) Liberal state and John Locke
10) Montesquieu and the separation of powers
11) Popular sovereignty and Jean-Jacques Rousseau
12) 1789 French Revolution and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
13) Emmanuel Sieyes' understanding of nation and representation
14) midterm
15) The idea of nation-state and national sovereignty
16) The concept of equality and Babeuf
17) Marxist theory of the state
18) social state
19) Neoliberalism and new right thought
20) Globalization and the transformation of the state
21) Transformation of public law in the process of privatization
22) The theory of separation of powers and its application today
23) Fascism
24) Democracy concept
25) rule of law theory
26) Contemporary State theory thinkers: Althusser, Gramsci, Agamben, Benjamin
27) Contemporary State theory thinkers: Foucault and biopolitics, governmentality
28) final exam
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Recommended or Required Reading
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Question-Answer
4) Question-Answer
5) Question-Answer
6) Discussion
7) Discussion
8) Discussion
9) Discussion
10) Brain Storming
11) Brain Storming
12) Brain Storming
13) Brain Storming
14) Brain Storming
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade |
30% |
|---|---|
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade |
70% |
Total |
100% |
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Not Required