Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
GENERAL PUBLIC LAW-GENERAL THEORY OF STATE HKZ2010 3 4 + 0 4.0 5.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors Abdurrahman SAYGILI
Assistants
Goals The main aim of this course is to digest these terms and subjects of state, political power, legitimacy, theorys about orgins of the state, distinctive properties of the modern state, sovereignty, bureaucracy, monopoly of violence and rule of law.
Course Content General Theory of State
Learning Outcomes 1) Knowledge About Modern State and It's Components
2) Introduction to General ate Theories and Remarkable Theoreticians
3) Analysis of Primitive Power Relations, Ancient Civilizations and Historical States

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week General information about the concepts of public, public law, Theory of State and its place in the classification of law branches, comparison. General information about the relation between public law and political science, history and sociology. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Large Group Discussion
Problem Based Learning
Seminar
2. Week The concepts of power and state. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
Brain Based Learning
Seminar
3. Week The importance of "power" from the viewpoint of political science and social sciences, kinds of power, classification of human societies in the light of concept of power. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week Components of political power: Consent and force. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Problem Based Learning
Homework Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
5. Week Legitimacy basis of political power and Max Weber's typology of legitimate power. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning
Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week State concept, personality of state. Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning
Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Theories on the origin of the state. Discussion
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning
Homework
8. Week Theories of Social Contract:. Thomas Hobbes Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning
Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week Theories of Social Contract:John Locke. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Theories of Social Contract: Jean Jacques Rousseau. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Problem Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Historical Analysis of Birth and Development of the State - The Ancient Greece and After. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Problem Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Feudality: Living of "Gemeinschaft", features of Gemeinschaft. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Problem Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Midterm Exam Question Answer
Station
Problem Based Learning
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
14. Week Concepts of modern and modernity, basic features of modernity. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Problem Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
15. Week The modern state, its existence and the historical scheme. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Problem Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
16. Week Models of modernisation: England, France and Germany. Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Problem Based Learning
Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
17. Week Components of modern state: Land, Population, Power. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Problem Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
18. Week Sovereignty, its existence and importance, dimensions of sovereignty. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Problem Based Learning
Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
19. Week Theories on Sovereignty: Niccolo Machiavelli, Jean Bodin, Thomas Hobbes . Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Large Group Discussion
Problem Based Learning
Homework
20. Week Centralisation concept and types of centralisation. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Large Group Discussion
Problem Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
21. Week Bureaucracy of the modern state. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool; Large Group Discussion
Problem Based Learning
Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
22. Week Monopoly of violence, exsistence and development of the concept. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Large Group Discussion
Problem Based Learning
Homework
23. Week The concept "Reason of state", theories on it. Lecture; Question Answer
Large Group Discussion
Problem Based Learning
Homework
24. Week Measures on the potential consequences of monopoly of violence 1: The Rule of Law. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium; Large Group Discussion
Problem Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
25. Week Measures on the potential consequences of monopoly of violence 2: Pluralistic Democracy. Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Problem Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
26. Week Ideology concept in its relation with power, the function of ideologies, types, theories concerning the concept. Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
27. Week Three basic ideologies: Conservatism, Liberalism and Socialism, Their definition, Comparison, Their critics and contemporary approaches on them. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Large Group Discussion
Problem Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
28. Week Final Exam Question Answer; Problem Solving
Station
Problem Based Learning
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Cemal Bali Akal, Devlet Kuramı, Dost Kitabevi Yay., Ankara, 2000.
Gianfranco Poggi, Modern Devletin Gelişimi (çev: Ş.Kut – B. Toprak), İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yay., İstanbul,2001
Karl Doehring, Genel Devlet Kuramı (Genel Kamu Hukuku), İnkılap Yay., Ankara, 2002.
Münci Kapani, Politika Bilimine Giriş, Bilgi Yayınevi, Ankara, 1998.

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program RequirementsContribution LevelDK1DK2DK3
PY15555
PY25000
PY35555
PY45000
PY55000
PY65000

*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 28 3
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 28 2
Midterm Exam 1 3
Final Exam 1 3
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
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