EUS5130
Enlargement, Turkey and EU
Historical overview of the Euro- Turkish relations; Current status of the negotiations' procedure; Debate in both large European countries and within Turkey.
EUS5132
European Public Law II
Common foreign and security policy, EU competition law, criminal aspects of EU legislation, EU labor law and social policy, EU environmental law, EU intellectual property law.
EUS5133
European Public Law I
Basic principles; constitutional provisions' basic policy and law-making areas; charter of HR; EU Institutions; judicial proceedings; types of EU laws; conflict of law.
EUS5134
European Integration II
Policy processes in the EU; impact of the EU on government systems in member states; implementation and enforcement of EU legislation, EU budget and economics, common agricultural policy, common consumer policy.
EUS5135
European Integration I
Theory and practice of integration in Europe; political, historical, economic, social and legal aspects of integration; institutions of the EU, the EFTA and the council of Europe; policy processes in the EU; impact of the EU on government systems in member states; implementation and enforcement of EU legislation; enlargement.
EUS5136
Intellectual Property Rights
Presenting the concept and subjects of intellectual property rights. The protection of copyrights, patents, trademarks and industrial design rights will be looked at. Their place and use will be elaborated based on the relevant cases. A focus will be given to the international agreements on this issue as an effort of harmonization. As a point of comparison the differences of the respective laws in the EU and Turkey will be given as well.
EUS5137
Research Method and Methodology of Law
Enabling students to acquire the training, knowledge and understanding, skills and aptitudes necessary for those intending to pursue MA level research in the social sciences and humanities in general and the discipline of law in particular.
EUS5138
Selected Topics in EU II
Examination of the provisions in the treaties; status and comparison of general interest utilities and telecommunications in the European level and in member states; historical development; historical development of the environmental law; institutional provisions; debate among states and the EU institutions over competencies; what it is anticipated in the treaties; definition of freedom or religion; EU national states' sensitivities and policies on the issue; provision on the treaties; relation to the civil rights and ideals of the EU.
EUS5139
Selected Topics in EU I
Definition and terminology; contemporary issues relating to immigration and asylum; provisions in treaties into force; anticipations in the Constitution; EU citizenship versus national ones; EU policy versus national objectives and objections; what it is anticipated in international and European treaties on fundamental rights; EU policies on the protection of fundamental rights; examination of study cases: current Institutional framework; EU policy versus member states' national policies; EU affairs with the USA, Russia, Japan, China; EU defense and NATO; EU defense and WEU; perspectives; EU defense and CFSP.
EUS5141
EU Competition Law
Demonstration of the fundamentals of EU competition law, as being one of the most important Community laws. An elaboration why there is a need of a regulation and a policy of competition will be given through the explanation of different economic market structures. The Articles 81 and 82 of the EU Treaty concerning the regulation of competition will be explored in depth and the wordings of the competition policy articles will be made clear through example case law.
EUS5143
Economic Analysis of Law
An introduction to economic analysis of law, an economic theory of property, topics in the economics of property law, an economic theory of contract, topics in the economics of contract law, an economic theory of tort law, topics in the economics of tort liability, an economic theory of crime and punishment, topics in the economics of crime and punishment, antitrust and regulated industries.
EUS5144
Identity and Citizenship in EU
In this course firstly the concepts of identity and collective identity in the post Cold War era, Nation-building processes in Europe, different types of national citizenships, Construction of European identity, civic and cultural understandings, the compatibility of national identities and European identity within the EU, Turkey?s membership in terms of European identity, the development process of the EU citizenship.
EUS5146
Framework of Brussels based Programs
As the structure of EU Integration and policy-based development are based on funding system, the course describes of the generic structure of the funding mechanisms, the differentiation for each different funding types.Throughout the course, the description of the project based approaches and modeling of a new project based on EU policies and the methodologies for innovative project idea where applied scenarios are provided. The course also entails the methods of international cooperation among people belonging to different disciplines (i.e industries, European enterprises, universities and NGOs),the methods of communication with EU institutions, the methods of networking in EU projects and consortium development, and the methods of organizing joint activities. The course is designed in a framework of applied sessions.
EUS5147
EU Institutes
The main aim of this course is to make a brief introduction to the institutions of the European Union and make the students familiar with their organization and functions. At the end of the course the students will have an overview of the functioning of the European Union policies, politics involved and relations between the institutions.
EUS5148
EU Grants and Project Management
This course is designed for students who plans to be involved in EU funded projects at some point in his or her career. The course aims to raise awareness on EU funded projects, apply a framework for developing projects and to improve strategic thinking skills. The course will examine the steps of project planning and implementation process together with some skill building exercises in this respect. Specific topics include: EU funding mechanisms, project management, logical framework approach, proposal writing and grant management. At the end of the course it is expected that the student will have the tools to tackle the complex system of European funding.
EUS5149
EU Intellectual Property and Competition Law
The aim of this course is to demonstrate the fundamentals of EU competition policy and intellectual property rights (IPR) in the EU. Competition law and IPR are important because these issues involve economic, financial and intellectual interests. Firstly the essentials of competition law together with the economic necessity of competition policy will be given. Articles 81 and 82 of the EU Treaty concerning the regulation of competition will be explored in depth via the enormous proportion of decisions of the Commission and cases before the Court of Justice and Court of First Instance. Then, the concept and subjects of IPR will be looked at; the protection of copyrights, patents, trademarks and industrial design rights will be analyzed respectively. Their use will be elaborated based on the relevant cases. A focus will be given to the international agreements on this issue as an effort of harmonization. Respective regulations and directives on the subject will be analysed at in order to comprehend the efforts on the EU side. As a point of comparison, the differences of the respective laws in the EU and Turkey will also be provided.
EUS5150
Impact Analysis
All developed countries make sure that the legal arrangements that are
likely to enter into force are in line with the results of Regulatory Impact Assessments (RIA). In 2002, the European Commission also introduced an impact assessment system in order to structure and support the development of EU policies. RIAs constitute an indispensable tool to measure the economic, social, political and environmental impacts of policy changes at the national, local or business levels. The most important value added by these analyses lies on their contribution to policy development. A candidate country willing to join the EU needs to go through a difficult process of legislative changes in order to adopt the EU acquis. In this perspective, throughout the accession negotiations, a thorough knowledge over impact analyses help candidate countries in calculating benefits and costs of alignment, developing strategies and timetables, and negotiating with the EU for transition periods.
EUS5151
Credit Facilities for Accession Countries
Candidate countries are provided a number of financial facilities during the accession process. The course aims at making the students familiar not only with EU based but also with other available funding facilities available for candidate countries.
EUS5152
Lobbying in the EU
The goal of this course is to give a comprehensive understanding of interest representation in the EU and lobbying process in Brussels. Objectives, strategies and techniques of lobbying are analyzed. The activities and tactics required for an effective lobbying strategy in Brussels are discussed. Lobbying for civic and producer interests are differentiated: On the one hand, lobbying activities of environmental groups, regions, also lobbying for human rights, gender equality are discussed. On the other hand, business interest groups including trade associations, also professions and labour organizations? lobbying activities in Brussels are analyzed. The course focuses on practical aspects of lobbying in the EU. Throughout the course, lobbying in the EU are scrutinized through several successful and failed case studies.
EUS5153
Negotiation Techniques
Negotiation with the EU requires a thorough knowledge of negotiation techniques, of EU?s acquis communautaire as well as candidate countries? own legislation and a variety of topics covered by 33 negotiation chapters. The course consists of reviewing negotiation framework of Turkey. The very conditions of the present negotiation process are illustrated with examples pertaining with 33 negotiating chapters provided by the experts of the EU Secretariat General.
EUS5155
EU Common Policies
The fundamentals of the common policies of the European Union will be demonstrated. The aim of the course is to further develop students? abilities to analyse policy-making in the European Union taking into account theoretical and historical perspectives. Explanation of the policies is necessary in order to understand the tools of a deeper integration in terms of the economic, political and social perspectives. The relationships between the European Union and its citizens will be a focal point throughout the whole course.
EUS5887
Seminar
Seminar is followed by Research program students. In this course the students are expected to analytically comment the finalized cases European Court of Justice.
EUS5888
Master Thesis
The thesis of the Master by Research program includes the writing of a thesis of at least 40000 words (around 100 pages) either in English or French. The thesis will be evaluated by a jury.
EUS5999
Project
The research project is an individual piece of research. The student will specify the subject of the project according to her/his own interest. The project will be written under the guidance of an advisor.