MESARYA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF LAW

Anglo-Saxon common law Program

Bachelor of Laws (LLB)

Program Profile

The language of instruction: English.

General Objectives

Faculty of Law’s primary goal is to provide students with a thorough and high-quality education in the field of law by harmoniously integrating them in the apprenticeship of the science of law: A systematised body of knowledge that interprets the law in force in a given society as regulatory rules of the social life of people. The primary goal of the Legal Studies Program is the education of qualified individuals in the theory and philosophy of law and ethical responsibility under the supervision of attorneys.

The teaching of courses is carried out using various educational institutions and teaching methods, introducing students to the relevant branches of law while encouraging them, at the same time, to refer to specific scientific literature and jurisprudence.

The suggestions that follow hereinafter, as well as the detailed program structure are based on our belief that the objectives of a Department of Law are not strictly limited to forming lawyers capable of performing before the court, but also comprehend, on one hand, the integration of graduates in other productive sectors of economy, such as companies, banks, the Civil Service etc, and, on the other, the general role played by the Science of Law in forming a mature society.

Specific Objectives

The Legal Studies Program aims inter alia to familiarize the students during the four-year course with the “principles” and the basic concepts governing the Legal (Anglo-Saxon) System of North Cyprus, together with that of Turkey.

Thus, the student is initiated into comparative method and can understand the developments resulting from the on-going internationalization of law. Particular emphasis also is given to the international and European legal education, which should characterize a modern legal expert, while ensuring that the academic knowledge of law is accompanied by the appropriate practical experience on its application.

The Specific Objectives of this program of study include:

• To equip students with a sound understanding and the necessary knowledge in the various fields of law; national law, European law, international law, substantive and procedural law as well as public and private law.
• To familiarise them with the legal thinking, enabling them to interpret and correctly apply the law.
• To develop their legal education in order to introduce them to the adaptability of the law, the research and continuous search of law, enabling them to become successful in any profession requiring a degree in law, and to effectively contribute in the development of the social, political and cultural values of the country.
• The language of instruction is English.
  

Key Learning Outcomes

Our Law LLB degree provides you with the essential legal and academic skills to be successful in law as well as a range of transferable skills sought after in many other sectors.

With the completion of this program of study, students are expected to be able:

• To develop a proper and methodical approach to the various aspects of the law on the basis of the triptych detection-analysis-application of the law.
• To express and develop legal arguments in a sound atmosphere of academic debate, referring to law/legislation and academic views.
• To distinguish the basic differences among the various branches of law and to develop a research-critical spirit as to the procedure of law in the society in general.
• To familiarise them with the search of necessary sources of information and to become effective studiers of the evolutionary course of the law.
• To familiarise them with solving practical problems in order to become, from an early stage, privy of the high standards of the legal profession and consultancy in general.
• To develop all the skills necessary to efficiently work both at a personal and collective level.

Occupational Profiles of the Graduates

This program of study is based on our belief that the objectives of a Department of Law are not strictly limited to forming lawyers capable of performing before the court, but also comprehend, on one hand, the integration of graduates in other productive sectors of economy, such as companies, banks, the Civil Service etc, and, on the other, the general role played by the Science of Law in forming a mature society. Graduates will hold substantive legal knowledge and key transferable skills valued highly by employers. Law graduates are highly employable in a wide-range of careers: legal profession; public and private sector administration and management; advisory services; ancillary legal professions; legal enforcement and regulation services; business, banking, insurance and financial services; primary, secondary and tertiary education.

Qualification Requirements

The Program is based on the credit accumulation mode of study. Students can be awarded the LLB upon completion of 160 credits. These credits are allocated to compulsory and elective courses as shown in the table below. The list of compulsory and elective courses is provided in the Program’s course structure. 

Key Learning Outcomes

Occupational Profiles of the Graduates

Qualification Requirements

Anglo-Saxon common law LLB Program

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