Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
1MBH133Introduction to Law3+0+03422.10.2026
Course Details
Language of Instruction Turkish
Level of Course Unit Associate Degree
Department / Program Court Office Services
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Compulsory
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course The course provides students with fundamental knowledge of law and an overview of the courses they will take throughout their two-year program of study. It aims to familiarize students with basic legal concepts and legal methodology and to develop their legal reasoning skills.
Course Content Social rules of conduct and their types, including religious rules, moral rules, rules of etiquette, and legal rules; their definitions and differences; fundamental legal concepts; the distinction between public law and private law and its consequences; the judicial organization; legal systems, their fundamental characteristics and differences; sources of law; the hierarchy of norms; types of legal rules; principles of legal interpretation; legal reasoning (analogy, argumentum a contrario, and argumentum a fortiori); conflicts between legal rules (lex superior, lex posterior, and lex specialis); judicial law-making and judicial discretion; sanctions of legal rules; the concept of rights and theories of rights; means of protecting rights; legal events, legal acts and legal transactions; and the judiciary.
Course Methods and Techniques Teaching methods include lectures, question-and-answer sessions, discussions, practical exercises, and design techniques.
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers Asist Prof.Dr. Irmak Kepenek Hacaloğlu irmak.khacaoglu@hku.edu.tr
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Aydın Aybay / Rona Aybay / Ali Pehlivan, Hukuka Giriş, Der Kitabevi.
Kemal Gözler, Hukuka Giriş, Ekin Basım Yayın Dağıtım.
Enver Bozkurt, Hukukun Temel Kavramları, 2019

Course Category
Social Sciences %100
Field %100

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 40
Final examination 1 % 60
Total
2
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 14 3 42
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 14 5 70
Mid-terms 1 1 1
Final examination 1 1 1
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 4 114

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Defines the concept of law by comprehending the rules regulating social relations.
2 Learns the sources of law and other disciplines related to law.
3 Gains the ability to apply the legal norm to a concrete case by using both interpretation and gap-filling methods.
4 Students will be able to understand the legislative process and apply legislative drafting techniques.
5 Students will be able to analyze the acquisition and loss of rights and the different types of rights.
6 Students will be able to evaluate the branches of the judiciary, distinguish between judicial and administrative jurisdictions, and determine the appropriate jurisdiction for different types of cases.

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Introduction: The meaning of the word “law” and basic concepts related to law
2 The distinction between legal positivism and the natural law school; the concepts of norms and legal validity
3 Definitions, types, and differences of social behavior norms; the relationship between law and social behavior norms
4 The concept of justice and the idea of natural law
5 Hierarchy of norms, sanctions, and legal positivism
6 Principles of legal interpretation, types of interpretation, methods of interpretation, legal reasoning. Conflicts between legal rules
7 Sources of law: Written sources, unwritten sources, and supplementary sources
8 Midterm exam
9 Types of legal rules, imperative, authorizing, descriptive, complementary, interpretive and abrogated legal rules
10 Making, enacting and enforcing laws, applying laws in terms of time, meaning and place.
11 Judicial law-making and judicial discretion; enforcement of legal rules; gaps in legal rules; types of gaps; limits on judicial discretion
12 The distinction between public law and private law; the criteria underlying this distinction; the characteristics and types of public law; the characteristics and types of private law
13 The concept of rights and right theories, the definition and classification of rights
14 Judicial System
15 General Review

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7
C1 4
C2 4 4
C3 3
C4 4
C5 3
C6 4

  Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant