Faculty of Law · Law · Undergraduate
ECTS: 3 T+P+L: 2+0+0 Departmental Elective
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Course Objective
Mutual evaluation of law, cinema and literature texts. Investigation of literary elements in law and legal texts in cinema and literature.
Course Content
There will be literary and cinema works and legal institutions in these works.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Evaluates legal concepts or problems from different perspectives.
- Think analytically and multi-dimensionally
- Recognizes the different actors and functions of the judicial process.
- Easily identify and interpret legal issues.
Core Area Distribution
(38) Law%100
Teaching Methods
ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussion
Assessment & Evaluation
Testing (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)
ECTS / Workload
| Activity | Quantity | Duration (h) | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (Including Exam Week) | 15 | 2 | 30 |
| Out of Class Study Period | 15 | 2 | 30 |
| Midterm | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Practice | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Course Schedule
| Week | Subject | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | An overview of the relationship between law and literature | Reading related part of books |
| 2 | An overview of the relationship between law and cinema | Reading related part of books |
| 3 | Natural Law - Positive Law | Reading related part of books |
| 4 | Film screening on Conscientious Objection and the functioning of the US Supreme Court | Reading related part of books |
| 5 | Film screening and discussion of the discrimination and its types | Reading related part of books |
| 6 | Film screening on women's right to vote | Reading related part of books |
| 7 | Film screening and discussion about social rights and related problems | Reading related part of books |
| 8 | Ara Sınav | Ara Sınav |
| 9 | William Shakespeare: Power through the Merchant of Venice and readings on the relationship of law | Reading related part of books |
| 10 | The place of law in Shakespeare stories in general | Reading related part of books |
| 11 | The search for justice from the classical period to modern times: Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Darwin, Marx, Bakunin | Reading related part of books |
| 12 | The Dreyfus Case in France: The biggest othering in history with Emile Zola who said “I am accusing” in one of her stories Chekhov meeting | Reading related part of books |
| 13 | A Case and Kafka in the darkness of the First World War | Reading related part of books |
| 14 | Literature and Sabahattin Ali in the grip of the law: the devil in US | Reading related part of books |
| 15 | Final Sınavı | Final Sınavı |
| 16 | Final Sınavı | Final Sınavı |