Basic Information

Course Code:

POLS 252

Course Name:

Constitutional Law

Language of Instruction:

English

Course Type:

Class

Course Level:

Bachelor

ECTS:

6.00

Instructor:

Prof. Dr. Sezgin SEYMEN ÇEBİ

Course Objectives

Constitutional law course examines the concepts of the major institutions and the structures of the state; relations between institutions and state powers; to provide understanding of the process political and the legal institutions of constitutional system and government. It is aim to introduces the students to understand the general concepts of the constitutional law, legislative, executive and judicial and relations of them; the fundamental rights and freedoms opposite of the state.

Course Content

Fundamental concepts of constitution law, in comparison with liberal western democracy systems constitute the frame of this course. Main subjects of the course are as follows; constitution, structure and amendment of the constitution, constitutionality, government, sovereignty, the concept of state, state forms, governmental bodies (government regimes), constitutional state and constitution movements, legislative-executive-judicial bodies, political regimes, parliamentary regime, political parties, democracy, elections, election systems, fundamental rights and freedoms and allied subjects.

Prerequisites / Corequisites

There is no prerequisite for this course.

Course Books / Materials / Recommended Resources

Course Book (Required): Constitutional Law in a Nutshell, Engin Saygın, Adalet Yayınevi, 2022.Recommended Books:1- Constitutionalism, Ancient and Modern, Charles Howard Mclllwain, Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2008.2- The Law of the Constitution, A.V. Dicey, Edited by J.W.F. Allison, 2013.

Learning Outcomes

Code	Description
LO1	To be able to define the concepts of constitution and constitutional law.
LO2	To be able to define the concept of state, explain the theories of state, list the types of state, systems of government and their characteristics.
LO3	To be able to define the concept of political power, and accordingly, while defining the founding political power, which makes and change the constitution, to be able to list its characteristics.
LO4	To be able to define political systems, and thus explain the concept of democracy, theories of democracy and types of democracy.
LO5	To be able to summarize the concepts of political parties, elections and systems of elections.

Weekly Course Content

Week	Content
1	The Idea of Constitutionalism, Ancient and Modern and the Modern State
2	Constitutional Types, Constitutionalism and Constitutional Theory (The Concept of Constitution, The Functions of Constitutions, The Content of Constitutions, The Relationship Between the Constitutional Law and Other Legal Disciplines, The Sources of Constitutions, The Method of Constitutions), Constitutional History
3	Constitutional Types, Constitutionalism and Constitutional Theory (The Concept of Constitution, The Functions of Constitutions, The Content of Constitutions, The Relationship Between the Constitutional Law and Other Legal Disciplines, The Sources of Constitutions, The Method of Constitutions), Constitutional History
4	Constitution-making and procedure of amendments (Primary-Secondary Constituent Power)
5	State Theory and Fundamental Elements of Constitution (National, Country, Sovereignty)
6	Forms of State (Monarchy, Republic, unitary-federal-United State), Types of States according to the sources of sovereignty, States According to their political structures
7	The Division of Powers and Government Systems
8	Midterm week
9	Concept of Democracy, Democracy Models
10	Voting Rights And Election Systems
11	Legislative Branch, Functions of Legislative Branch, Characteristics of Legislation
12	Executive Branch And It’s Functions
13	Judicial branch And ıt’s Functions
14	Fundamental Rights And Freedoms Theory and Constitutional Preservation
15	Course overview

Workload Calculation

Activity	Count	Duration (Hours)	Total
Attendance	14	3.00	42.00
Pre-Class Individual Study	14	4.00	56.00
Midterm Exam/Preparation	7	5.00	35.00
Final Exam/Preparation	7	6.00	42.00
Total Workload (Hours)			175
ECTS Credit (Workload / 25)			6

Assessment

#	Assessment Type	Contribution (%)
1	Midterm Exam	%40
2	Final Exam	%60
TOTAL		%100

PO - LO Matrix

PO \ LO	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4	LO5
PO-1
PO-2
PO-3
PO-4
PO-5
PO-6
PO-7

1

Low Contribution

2

Medium Contribution

3

High Contribution

Teaching and Learning Methods

#	Method Name	Description	Tools
1	Lecture (expository teaching), interactive discussion	Listening and taking notes.	Standard classroom technologies, multimedia tools (projector, computer, digital presentations)
2	Controversial Course	Listening and comprehension, critical thinking	Standard classroom technologies, multimedia tools, projector, computer, overhead projector

Academic Integrity and Artificial Intelligence

Violations of scholastic honesty include, but are not limited to cheating, plagiarizing, fabricating information or citations, facilitating acts of dishonesty by others, having unauthorized possession of examinations, submitting work of another person or work previously used without informing the instructor, or tampering with the academic work of other students. Any form of scholastic dishonesty is a serious academic violation and will result in a disciplinary action.