Course Code	Semester	Course Name	LE/RC/LA	Course Type	Language of Instruction	ECTS
HUK0339		German Judiciary	2/0/0	DE	Turkish	2

Course Goals	The aim of the German judicial organization course is for students to learn about the German judiciary. The aim is to explain how the German judiciary is structured, which areas of law exist, which courts exist and how the courts are structured, and the role of the federal system in Germany on the judicial system.
Prerequisite(s)	None
Corequisite(s)	None
Special Requisite(s)	Students must be at least on 7. semester.
Instructor(s)	Lecturer Dr. Akif Hilal ÖZTÜRK
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule	Day, hours, XXX Campus, classroom number.
Office Hour(s)	Instructor name, day, hours, XXX Campus, office number.
Teaching Methods and Techniques	-Lecture and discussion
Principle Sources	- Bilgin, Akgün, Almanya'da Hukuk Eğitimi ve Yargı Örgütü, Seçkin Yayıncılık, 1. Baskı, Ocak 2018, - Schilken, Gerichtsverfassungsrecht, 4. Auflage, Verlag Vahlen, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8006-4104-8 - Kissel/Mayer, Gerichtsverfassungsgesetz, Kommentar, 10. Auflage, Verlag C.H.Beck, 2020, ISBN: 9783406764479 -  Lecture notes.
Other Sources	-

Course Schedules
Week	Contents	Learning Methods
1. Week	Historical development and organization of the German judiciary	OP
2. Week	Historical development and organization of the German judiciary	OP
3. Week	Individual areas of law in the German legal system	OP
4. Week	Individual areas of law in the German legal system	OP
5. Week	Structure of the German judiciary	OP
6. Week	Structure of the German judiciary	OP
7. Week	Duties and composition of the courts	OP
8. Week	Duties and composition of the courts	OP
9. Week	Principles of admission to the profession of judges and prosecutors in Germany	OP
10. Week	Principles of admission to the profession of judges and prosecutors in Germany	OP
11. Week	The role of parties in the German court system	OP
12. Week	Forensic experts and associate justice officers in Germany	OP
13. Week	Forensic experts and associate justice officers in Germany	OP
14. Week	Finals
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16. Week
17. Week

Assessments
Evaluation tools	Quantity	Weight(%)
Final Exam	1	100

Program Outcomes PO-1 1. Have the ability to reach and evaluate information sources PO-2 2. Have the ability to use, compare, interpret, deduce from and apply scientific data PO-3 3. Have historical knowledge enabling to interpret modern law achievements PO-4 4. Have the ability to use Turkish efficiently verbally and in written PO-5 5. Have the ability to follow up professional literature at least in a foreign language PO-6 6. Have acquired professional and ethical sense of responsibility PO-7 7. Have the ability to use vocational information technologies efficiently for solution of legal problems PO-8 8. Have the ability to apply information acquired to solution of a concrete case PO-9 9. Have full knowledge of legal rules which regulate relationship among natural legal persons and have the ability to interpret such rules PO-10 10. Have full knowledge of legal rules which regulate relationship between individual and state and have the ability to interpret such rules PO-11 11. Have the ability to practice the profession as a lawyer who adopts universal principles of law PO-12 12. Have full knowledge of basic concepts and rules regarding structure and relationship manners of international community; have the ability to interpret and discuss about the foregoing PO-13 13. Have basic knowledge enabling to evaluate international community’s common issues and their possible solutions PO-14 14. Have knowledge enabling to apply to human rights bodies having a supranational judicial quality and to follow up the process PO-15 15. Have knowledge on the European Union (EU) 'Acquis Communautaire' and operation of the EU institutions PO-16 16. Have a world view enabling to question, criticize and develop law in direction with needs of humanity PO-17 17. Have knowledge on historical development process of jurisprudence and judicial systems PO-18 18. Have the ability to solve actual legal problems within the frame of contemporary legal approaches PO-19 19. Be at the level of understanding and knowledge which reflects all qualities in the best way required by the profession on national and international scale PO-20 20. Have full knowledge of legal arrangements and practices regarding economic and financial mechanisms PO-21 21. Have knowledge on historical development of rights of individuals and societies and on basic texts adopted during the process PO-22 22. Have the ability to express himself individually and before a group PO-23 23. Have the ability to use, compare, interpret, deduce from and apply scientific data PO-24 24. Have the ability to follow up regulations and legal quests in order to meet new needs appeared within the frame of relationships between individuals PO-25 25. Have the ability to cooperate by implementing activities during courses, hypothetical law suits and judicial studies and other vocational and academic visits PO-26 26. Have the ability to understand and handle national and international dimensions of law, jurisprudence and practices by means of follow up PO-27 27. Have knowledge of international judicial bodies and their ways of operation

Learning Outcomes LO-1 Know the history and names of German courts. LO-2 Know the history of the courts and their individual duties. LO-3 Learn the individual law fields in Germany. LO-4 Know the federal court structure in Germany. LO-5 Know the role of each party involved in court cases (eg prosecution, witness, defendant, court, lawyer).

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