HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ECONOMIC AND

HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ECONOMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
INR 121 Fundamental Concepts of Law
Ali Murat Özdemir
Introduction: This course examines the basic concepts of law and the preliminary issues in
Turkish legal system. We will look at the basics of the institutional and the organisational
structure through which the market-based allocation of resources is guaranteed. The main
concern of the course will be the answer of the question of how positive law works rather than
the answers to the questions concerning the impact of law on the ‘distribution of wealth’ and the
raison d'etre of certain rules. However, some clues for the introduction to the sociology of law
will also be given to the interested students.
Scope: An introductory answer to the question of how positive law works in Turkey requires an
examination on such issues (the books referenced in brackets are the required material):
Branches of Law (Payaslıoğlu, 1993:51-63);
Making the Legal Rules (Payaslıoğlu, 1993:124-142);
Sources of Turkish Law (Ansay and Wallace, 1996:1-18);
Law of Persons (Ansay and Wallace, 1996:81-92);
Law of Property (Ansay and Wallace, 1996:137-148);
Law of Obligations (Ansay and Wallace, 1996:149-157);
Torts (Ansay and Wallace, 1996:158-162);
The Principle of the Rule of Law (Fine, 1986:169-189)
Attendance: Attendance is subject to the university rules.
Evaluation: There will be one mid-term (%40) and a final (%60) exam.
Recommended Text and Reference Material:
Akın, E. (2004) Hukukun Temel Kavramları, İstanbul, Kazancı
Ansay, T. and Wallace, D. (1996) Introduction to Turkish Law, London, Kluwer Law
International
Fine, B. (1986) Democracy and the Rule of Law: Liberal Ideas and Marxist Critiques,
London: Pluto Press.
Hunt, A. (1993) Explorations in Law and Society: Towards a Constitutive Theory of Law,
London & New York: Routledge.
Keyman, S. (2002) Hukuka Giriş, Ankara, Yetkin
Mercuro, N. and Medema, S. (1997) Economics and the Law: From Postner to Postmodernism, Princeton, Princeton University Press
Payaslıoğlu, A. (1993) An introduction to Law and the Turkish Legal System, Ankara,
YÖK
Woodiwiss, A. (1990) Social Theory After Postmodernism: Rethinking Production, Law
and Class, Wincester: Pluto Press.