| Course Name | History of Turkish Law |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| HUK 200 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | Turkish | |||||
| Course Type | Elective | |||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
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| Course Coordinator | - | |||||
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| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | Law, as a science branches out into different sub disciplines. History of law examines dogmatic law, which analyses rules of law and law in force at a specific time and place. It also examines the evolution of law in certain societies, which phases and which conceptions went through. That is why, law history is often taught by means of comparison. The primary objective of this course is to teach it with the appropriate content with its scientific qualification. The appearance of legal rules within societies and legal orders, through which factors and conditions these rules have been evolved down the ages, the reasons and conclusions behind the evolution and changes of the legal systems will be examined and by these means, to be able to reach correct scientific information is aimed. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | The course contents are; the role of history of law in science of law, basic concepts of history of law, factors that have been affected the appearance and evolution of rules of law through ages, cause and effect of diversification and differentiation of legal systems depending of time, place and conditions, the role of Islamic, Roman and Church Laws as dogmatic law system in the history of law |
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| Core Courses | X |
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| Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | The subject, sections and purpose of Turkish Law History | Ahmet MUMCU/Coşkun ÜÇOK; History Of Turkish Law, 2010. p. 1-6 |
| 2 | The Sources Of the Turkish Law | Ahmet MUMCU/Coşkun ÜÇOK; History Of Turkish Law, 2010. p: 6-16 |
| 3 | History and Sources of Turkish Law Before Islam | Mehmet Akif AYDIN; History Of Turkish Law, İstanbul 2009. p: 9-21 |
| 4 | Known About the Laws of the Huns, Gokturks and Uygur States | Mehmet Akif AYDIN; History Of Turkish Law, İstanbul 2009. p: 3-7 |
| 5 | Turkish Law after Islam-Basic Principles of Islamic Law | Ahmet MUMCU/Coşkun ÜÇOK; History Of Turkish Law, 2010, p: 51-64 |
| 6 | Islamic Law in General-Islamic Criminal Law and Islamic Public Law | Ahmet MUMCU/Coşkun ÜÇOK; History Of Turkish Law, 2010, p. 74-92 |
| 7 | Mid-term exam | |
| 8 | Islamic Private Law | Ahmet MUMCU/Coşkun ÜÇOK; History Of Turkish Law, 2010, p: 96-148 |
| 9 | Public Law and Organization of the Ottoman State until the Tanzimat Period | Seçil Akgün, The Emergence of Tanzimat In The Ottoman Empire, p.1-14 |
| 10 | The Elements of the Ottoman Empire (Country-Sovereignty-Human) and the Central Organization of the State | Suna Kili, The Paradigm of Modernisation, p. 48-52 |
| 11 | The Local Order of the Ottoman State and the Legal Order in the Cities | |
| 12 | The Development of Turkish Law after Tanzimat and the Legal and Innovative Quality of the Edicts of Tanzimat and Islahat | Suna Kili, The Paradigm of Modernisation, p. 57-61 |
| 13 | Ottoman Law in the Tanzimat Period-Public Law-Private Law | Ahmet MUMCU/Coşkun ÜÇOK; History Of Turkish Law, 2010, p:310-340 |
| 14 | Evaluation of the Judicial Organization and Tanzimat Period in the Tanzimat Period | Ahmet MUMCU/Coşkun ÜÇOK; History Of Turkish Law, 2010, p: 342 |
| 15 | Basic principles of the modern secular legal system developed in the light of the post-Republican legal revolutions | Bernard Lewis, Rebirth Of Modern Turkey, p: 323-393 |
| 16 | Final Exam |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Ahmet MUMCU/Coşkun ÜÇOK; Türk Hukuk Tarihi, Turhan Kitabevi, 2010. |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Mehmet Akif AYDIN; Türk Hukuk Tarihi, İstanbul 2009. |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | ||
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | 2 | 25 |
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | ||
| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | 1 | 35 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 40 |
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 3 | 60 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 40 |
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 0 | ||
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | 2 | 15 | |
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | |||
| Presentation / Jury | |||
| Project | |||
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | 1 | 16 | |
| Final Exams | 1 | 26 | |
| Total | 120 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able to possess the knowledge in legal terminology, concepts and principles. | X | ||||
| 2 | Solves the legal problems with an analytic and integral point of view. | X | ||||
| 3 | Evaluates the legal knowledge and abilities obtained with a critical approach. | X | ||||
| 4 | Evaluates the developments in legal theory and practice by monitoring local, international and interdisciplinary dimensions. | X | ||||
| 5 | Is conscious of social, professional and scientific principles of ethic behaviour. | X | ||||
| 6 | Takes responsibility in solving problems by creative and innovative thinking. | X | ||||
| 7 | Interprets the sources of law by ways of legal methodology. | X | ||||
| 8 | To be able to interpret the legal norms with a sense of justice respectful to human rights and in the light of principles of democratic, secular and social state of law. | |||||
| 9 | To be able to use the daily scientific sources and court judgments in the framework of life time learning approach. | |||||
| 10 | Informs the related persons and institutions about legal matters both verbally and in written. | |||||
| 11 | Monitors the daily legal information/court decisions and interacts with the colleagues in a foreign language (“European Language Portfolio Global Scale” Level B1). | |||||
| 12 | Uses the information and communication technology together with the computer programs in a level required by the area of law (“European Computer Driving Licence, Advanced Level”). | |||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest
