Academic Catalog

ADM2401 PRINCIPLES OF LAW

Course Code:	3102401
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):	3(3-0)
ECTS Credit:	6.0
Department:	Political Science And Public Adm.
Language of Instruction:	English
Level of Study:	Undergraduate
Course Coordinator:	Assoc.Prof.Dr. GAMZE AÞÇIOÐLU ÖZ
Offered Semester:	Fall Semesters.

Course Content

This is an introductory course in which basic concepts of Turkish Law and the preliminary issues in Turkish Legal system are studied in order to provide an introduction to the legal concepts and institutions and to build a sound basis for the other courses dealing with legal studies. Some of the topics covered in this course are characteristics of law as compared to other rules of social conduct, functions of law, basic legal concepts and legal institutions, sources of Turkish Law, the court system in Turkey, capacity to act and to have rights and obligations and representation.