Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
130300106203HISTORY OF LAW- IICompulsory363
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to teach and comprehend to students the land law, commercial law, military law with the judges (kadıs), public officials, their appointment, dismissals and nasbs in the Turkish and especially in the Ottoman law system.
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Learning Outcomes
1The individuals who are major in their field and experienced are being grown as dependent on main principles of Republic of Turkey and convenient for the main aims of Turkish national education system.
2They will achieve some behaviour such as being open-minded while doing scientific investigations, being suspicious and delaying decisions in the situation of having no complete proof, and they can maintain their studies with patience and care.
3They will apply the modern methods writing and investigating history by being loyal to scientific ethical rules.
4By learning other disciplines which can be an assist to science of history, they will benefit from the branches which will help them in their investigations and studies.
5They will have the information of archive, library and documents. In addition, by evaluating these sources in decent way through its originality, they will present service and being of academic society.
6To be able to list and distinguish the judges, public officials, their appointments and dismissals in the implementation of ottoman law
7To be able to comprehend the customary and şer’i law practices
8be able to interpret the rules of the Ottoman law in general
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Since the inception of the legal system by making an overall assessment of legal rules applied in Ottoman period the system will be examined.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Objectives and contents of the coursereading, explanation, discussion
2The implementations of law rules in first periods.reading, explanation, discussion
3The areas where the customary and şer’i laws are validablereading, explanation, discussion
4Judges and other officersreading, explanation, discussion
5The appointments, dismissals and nasbs of the judges and other officalsreading, explanation, discussion
6The implementation of the rules of lawreading, explanation, discussion
7General assessment of subjectsreading, explanation, discussion
8Midterm Exam.
9The overview of the different areas of the Ottoman lawreading, explanation, discussion
10Ottoman land law and its applicationreading, explanation, discussion
11Ottoman commercial law and its applicationreading, explanation, discussion
12Ottoman military law and its applicationreading, explanation, discussion
13The legal practices in Ottoman Courtsreading, explanation, discussion
14General assessment of periodreading, explanation, discussion
Recommended or Required Reading
1.M. Akif Aydın, Türk Hukuk Tarihi, İstanbul 2009. 2. M. Akif Aydın, İslâm ve Osmanlı Hukuku Araştırtmaları, İstanbul 1996. 3. Turgut Akpınar, Türklerin Din ve Hukuk Tarihi, İstanbul 1999. 4. A. Akgündüz-H. Cin, Türk Hukuk Tarihi, Konya 1989. 5. Uriel Heyd, Türk Hukuk ve Kültür Tarihi Üzerine-Makaleler, Ankara 2002. 6. Mehmet Şener, İslam Hukukunda Örf, İzmir 1987.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures13226
Self Study14228
Individual Study for Mid term Examination199
Individual Study for Final Examination11010
Reading7214
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)90
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