A N L.A.W K . A R A R.E.V.I.E.W Winter 2012 vol. 9 no. 2 Ankara University Press Yayın Sahibi – Publisher : Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi’ni Temsilen Prof. Dr. Arzu Oğuz Sorumlu Yazı Đşleri Müdürü - Responsible Manager : Doç. Dr. Selim ESEN Yayın Đdare Merkezinin Adresi - Address of the Office of Publication : Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi, Cemal Gürsel Cad. No: 58, 06590 Cebeci, Ankara – TÜRKĐYE Yayın Đdare Merkezi Telefonu - Phone of the Office of Publication : +90 312 595 50 00 Yayının Türü - Type of Publication : Yerel Süreli Yayın, Hakemli Dergi, Refereed Journal Haziran ve Aralık aylarında olmak üzere yılda iki kez yayımlanır / Published twice a year in June and December. Address for submissions Ankara Law Review Yayın Kurulu Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dekan Yardımcılığı Cemal Gürsel Bulvarı No. 5806590 Cebeci, ANKARA/ TURKEY url: http://auhf.ankara.edu.tr/alr/ e-mail: anlawrev@law.ankara.edu.tr fax: 0 90 (312) 363 56 96 The views expressed in the articles, reports and other contributions herein, are those of the individual authors and are not to be taken as representing the views of the Board of Advisors, the Board of Editors, or the Ankara University Faculty of Law. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording and otherwise, without the prior written permission of the Ankara University Faculty of Law. ISSN: 1305-0575 Ankara University Press, Ankara 2013 ANKARA ÜNĐVERSĐTESĐ BASIMEVĐ Đncitaşı Sokak No:10 06510 Beşevler / ANKARA Tel: 0 (312) 213 66 55 Basım Tarihi: 21/06/2013 Cover design: E. Ertuğrul Yurdakul, Arch.; Emre Kuzlu, Arch. ANKARA LAW REVIEW Volume 9 Number 2 Winter 2012 CONTENTS Towards a Comprehensive Positivist Theory of Legal Obligation Kenneth Einar Himma 109 How Influential Are the Standards of the European Court of Human Rights on the Turkish Constitutional System in Banning Political Parties? Selin Esen 135 Feminist Legal Methods: Theoretical Assumptions, Advantages, and Potential Problems Yavuz Selim Alkan 157 EU Accession to the ECHR and the Stumbling Block of Asylum Protocol No. 24 Robynn L. Allveri 175