I. Core Courses:

LAW 579 Graduate Seminar (0+1+0) 0 ECTS 4
Seminars designed to widen the understanding of students on academic research methods, common citation styles, research planning, publication ethics, oral presentation methods, thesis planning through written assignments and oral presentations.
Prerequisite: -

LAW 690 Master’s Thesis (0+0+0) 0 ECTS 60
Master’s Thesis
Prerequisite: -

II. Elective Courses:

LAW 501 International Law Theories (3+2+0) 3 ECTS 8
Traditional/positivist approaches. Constitutionalist approaches. Marxist approaches. Critical legal studies approaches. Third world/post-colonial approaches. Feminist approaches. Realist approaches. Law and economy approaches. New Haven School. Helsinki School.
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor

LAW 502 International Refugee Law (3+2+0) 3 ECTS 8
The origins and evolution of refugee law. 1951 Refugee Convention. Concept of persecution. Elements of refugee definition. The scope and limits of refugee rights. The principle of non-refoulement. Termination of refugee status. Exclusion from refugee status. Regional refugee mechanisms. Responsibility-sharing and cooperation for refugee protection. Contemporary refugee movements. Climate refugees. War refugees. Temporary protection. Refugee protection framework in Türkiye.
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.

LAW 503 Legal Regimes of Maritime Zones (3+2+0) 3 ECTS 8
Development and codification of the law of the sea. Maritime zones under national jurisdiction: baselines and internal water, territorial sea. The concepts of contiguous zone and archaeological contiguous zone. Continental shelf. Exclusive economic zone. International straits and the legal regime of the Turkish Straits. Maritime zones beyond national jurisdiction: high seas and the Area.
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor

LAW 504 The Law on Maritime Delimitation (3+2+0) 3 ECTS 8
The concepts of limitation and delimitation. Maritime zones subject to delimitation. The rules of delimitation in the 1958 Geneva Conventions and the 1982 UNCLOS. The role of case-law in maritime delimitation. The effect of equitable principles in maritime delimitation. The evolution of maritime delimitation. Delimitation agreements.
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor

LAW 505 Law and Institutions of the European Union(3+2+0) 3 ECTS 8
History and the integration process of the European Union (EU). The institutions of the EU. Law making procedures in the EU. The judicial protection in the EU. Distribution of power between the EU and the Member States. Sources of EU law. The concepts of direct effect and direct applicability. Public and private enforcement mechanisms. Supremacy/primacy of EU law. Internal Market and economic integration.
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor

LAW 506 New Actors in Criminal Law (3+2+0) 3 ECTS 8
State-centric criminal law theory. New types of crimes. Supra-national/international institutions and criminal law. The Council of Europe, the European Union, the Financial Action Task Force and the International Chamber of Commerce. The role of private entities in criminal law. Duties of banks in the fight against money laundering. The role of internet service providers against terrorist propaganda. Independent authorities and criminal law.
Prerequisite: -

LAW 507 Drug Offences within the Context of International Law of Extradition (3+2+0) 3 ECTS 8
International assistance. Drug offenses. Protected legal interests. Material element of crime: manufacturing and trading of drugs and stimulants.
Prerequisite: -

LAW 508 Regulatory Risk and Compliance (3+2+0) 3 ECTS 8
The relationship between administrative law and regulatory compliance. Key regulatory bodies and their roles. Identifying regulatory risks and their potential impact. The distinction between non-contentious and contentious regulatory matters. Non-contentious regulatory law and its significance in administrative law. The role of administrative agencies in non-contentious regulatory processes. Compliance in non-contentious regulatory law. Anti-Money Laundering and compliance. Counter-Terrorist Financing and compliance. Regulatory compliance in some specific industries (e.g., healthcare, finance, energy). Regulatory compliance in a global concept. Technology and innovation in regulatory compliance.
Prerequisite: -

LAW 509 Energy Law, Regulation and Policy (3+2+0) 3 ECTS 8
Energy in technical means. Energy policies: Liberalisation and privatisation. Regulation of energy markets. Regulatory authority and its powers. Regulations of electricity market. Trade of electricity. Electricity contracts. Regulation of renewable energy. Regulation of natural gas market. Natural gas contracts and trade. Regulation of oil market. Oil market contracts. Relationship between energy and environment. Public law disputes in energy markets.
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor

LAW 510 Public Procurement Law (3+2+0) 3 ECTS 8
Public spending and public finance management. Economic public order. Public procurement. Administrative organisation in public procurement law. Public Procurement Code and examination of the exceptional cases. Fundamental principles of public procurement law. Methods, processes and implementation of procurement. Appeals and criminal actions. Administrative remedies. Public contracts. Public Procurement Authority.
Prerequisite: -

LAW 511 European Convention on Human Rights: Procedure and Case-law (3+2+0) 3 ECTS 8
The adoption of the Convention to the Turkish legal framework. The history of the Convention and the Court. The textual analysis of the Convention and the Protocols. Terminology and basic doctrines of the Court. Key Convention principles and standards. The structure of the Court. The admissibility requirements for individual and inter-state applications. The Court’s judgments. Right to life and prohibition of torture. Right to liberty and security. Right to a fair trial. Right to respect for private and family life. Freedom of thought, conscience, and religion. Freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and association. Right to an effective remedy. Prohibition of discrimination. Regime of derogation in time of emergency. Additional protocols: right to property, right to education and right to free election.
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor

LAW 512 Politics of Constitutional Law (3+2+0) 3 ECTS 8
The distinction between law and politics. Political thoughts of Carl Schmitt. State of exception. Constituent power. The tension between political decision and legal norm. Popular sovereignty. Liberal constitutionalism. Validity of constitutional norms. Constitutional legitimacy. Constitutional law as a legalisation of politics.
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor

LAW 513 Comparative Constitutional Identities (3+2+0) 3 ECTS 8
Constitutional identity. Spirit of constitution. Migration of constitutional ideas. Pluralism. Generic constitutionalism. Particular constitutional experience. History of constitutional community. Constitutional aspirations. Globalization of constitutional law and the local resistance. Vernacularization of universal norms. Constitutional preambles as an autobiography of the people.
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor

LAW 514 Theorisation of International Responsibility (3+2+0) 3 ECTS 8
State responsibility. Responsibility of international organisations. Individual responsibility. Gaps in the practice of international responsibility. Transposition in the law of international responsibility. Undertheorised status of international responsibility. Role and value of comparative analysis in international responsibility. Critique of the Eurocentric theorisation of the current regime of international responsibility. Institutional and bureaucratic issues in the theorisation of international responsibility. Political and economic dimensions of international responsibility. Marketisation of international responsibility. Rising powers and the question of international responsibility. Third world and the value of international responsibility. Intellectual enrichment of the theory and practice of international responsibility. A new theory of international responsibility.
Prerequisite: -

LAW 580-589, 58A-58Z Special Topics in Public Law (3+2+0) 3 ECTS 8