Course Code	Semester	Course Name	LE/RC/LA	Course Type	Language of Instruction	ECTS
HUK0325		Introduction to US Law	2/0/0	DE	Turkish	2

Course Goals	Learning the American Law system and court types and structures.
Prerequisite(s)	None
Corequisite(s)	None
Special Requisite(s)	None
Instructor(s)	Professor Ergun Özsunay
Course Assistant(s)	Res. Asst. Ali ERDOĞAN
Schedule	Friday, 11.00-11.45 – 14.00-14.45, Şirinevler Campus Lecture Hall II
Office Hour(s)	Prof. Dr. Ergun ÖZSUNAY, Friday, 12.00-14.00, Şirinevler Campus H-401-02
Teaching Methods and Techniques	-Lecture, discussion, presentation
Principle Sources	Erwin Chemerinsky, Constitutional Law principles and policies, 3rd Edition New York 2006
Other Sources	None

Course Schedules
Week	Contents	Learning Methods
1. Week	Sources of US Law	Oral Presentation
2. Week	Common Law in US Law	Oral Presentation
3. Week	The Importance of Harmonization	Oral Presentation
4. Week	The Importance of Restatement Studies	Oral Presentation
5. Week	Hierarchy of Norms in US Law	Oral Presentation
6. Week	Court and Supreme Court Location	Oral Presentation
7. Week	Sharing of tasks between Federal and State Courts	Oral Presentation
8. Week	Authority Sharing between Federal and State Courts	Oral Presentation
9. Week	Jurisdiction	Oral Presentation
10. Week	Formation of the Jury	Oral Presentation
11. Week	Civil Procedure and the place of Discovery, Summary Judgment and Jury Verdict	Oral Presentation
12. Week	Civil Procedure and the place of Discovery, Summary Judgment and Jury Verdict	Oral Presentation
13. Week	Civil Procedure and the place of Discovery, Summary Judgment and Jury Verdict	Oral Presentation
14. Week	Criminal Procedure	Oral Presentation
15. Week	Final Exams Week
16. Week	Final Exams Week
17. Week

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

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

Learning Outcomes LO-1 To have knowledge about American Law System LO-2 To have knowledge about the structure and organs of American Law System LO-3 To have knowledge about the US Law Order LO-4 To be informed about the judicial system of the United States LO-5 To have knowledge about domestic and foreign policies of USA

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