HISTORY OF TURKISH LAW

LAWG257

Course Code: LAWG257
Semester: Third Term (Fall)
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 3

Course Type

Compulsory Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

Third Term (Fall)

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Assistant Professor Derya Doğru

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Will be able to examine of social, politic, economic, religious, moral, philosophic factors which provide evolutions and developments underlying rules and institutions of law,
Will be able to comprehend law reforms which were done in the Republic period
Will be able to learn an additive for solving foundation, land and heritage law?s cases which are pendent at the present time with history of law knowledge.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Description

Students of the faculty of law must know the essence of the law, the development and the characteristics of the institutions formed which come to this development. It is of great importance to know the legal development of Turks in this general atmosphere. Because the feature that is not seen in science in any other way is the foundation of law: the forms of understanding which come directly from history to the rules of law give manner. In this respect, it is possible to see the weaknesses of the Turkish law in today's world by knowing the history of Turkish law.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	The subject, section and importance of legal history./Periods of Turkish History and Turkish Law
2^nd Week	Importance of Turkish Law History/Problem of Source in Legal History
3^rd Week	Sources and Institutions of Turkish Law before Islamic Law/Geographical Situation of Turkish Regions and General Characteristics of Turkish States
4^th Week	Information about the Hun State and Law of this State in Mete?s Period/Gokturk State and their law
5^th Week	Uighurs and their law/Religions of Turks before Islam
6^th Week	Turkish Law and Islamic Law after Islam/Islamic Criminal Law/ Diyah (blood money), Hadd and Ta?zir
7^th Week	Islamic Private Law/Islamic Heritage Law/Foundation
8^th Week	Midterm Exam
9^th Week	The Public Law and Organization of the Ottoman Empire/The Central Organization of the State/Central Military Organization
10^th Week	The Dirlik (Grooming) System as a Foundation of the State Organization/Provincial Management Organization
11^th Week	Development of European Law/Development of European Law
12^th Week	Development of Turkish Law after Tanzimat/Ottoman Law in the Tanzimat Period - Public Law/Ottoman Law in the Tanzimat Period - Private Law
13^th Week	Comparative Information on Western - Islamic - Far East Law/Comparative Information on Western - Islamic - Far East Law
14^th Week	Final Exam

Recommended or Required Reading

Prof. Dr. Ahmet Mumcu, Prof. Dr. Coşkun Üçok, Prof. Dr. Gülnihal Bozkurt, Türk Hukuk Tarihi, Turhan Yayınları, Ankara.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Questions/Answers

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	40
Total(%)		40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		60
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	1	1
Preparation for Quiz	0	0	0
Individual or group work	14	1	14
Preparation for Final exam	1	15	15
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	14	14
Laboratory (including preparation)	0	0	0
Final exam	1	2	2
Homework	2	1	2
Total Work Load			90
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			3
ECTS Credit of the Course			3

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3
K1	X	X	X
K2
K3
K4	X	X	X
K5
K6			X
K7	X	X
K8
K9
K10
K11	X	X	X
K12