Introduction To Law & Turkish Law Lecture Notes

This text is not designed for purposes of vocationalprofessional education. On the contrary, it is designed for general education. It aims to contribute the general understanding of law, its institutions, its concepts, its history, its philosophy, its principles and its processes. So, it may be useful in general education survey courses on the nature, functions, sources, systems, theories of law offered in high schools and universities. The experts claim that law can be studied not only as a professional subject, but also as a humanistic and liberal subject. For this reason every educated person should have some grasp of law. Indeed, general education is quite different from special education. It is because, general education is broad and liberal than vocationalprofessional one. On the contrary, special education is technical, so it teaches and prepares the students for a specific vocationprofession.

In order to make suitable for use in one-semester three-hour courses, the notes are organized around six central themes. Part One is on Man and Society which examines the social order rules that we can observe nearly all over the world. Part Two is on Law which discusses the role and significance of law, particularly in the light of its purposes, history, philosophy, theories and systems. In this part, the sources of law, the types and interpretation of the legal rules and their methods are also examined. Part Three is on Branches of Public Law discusses Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Criminal Law, Civil and Criminal Procedural Law, Public International Law, Tax Law, Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law. Part Four is on Branches Of Private Law introduces the fundamental characteristics and contents of Civil Law, Family Law, Law of Succession, Law of Property, Law of Obligations, Commercial Law and Private International Law. Part Five discusses on Branches of Mixed Character Law examines Intellectual Property Law which covers Patent Law, Industrial Designs, Geographical Indicia, Trademark, Copyright Law. In this part Competition Law, Consumer Protection Law, Labor Law and Environmental Law are also discussed.