History of Law(HUK265)
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theory | Practice | Lab | Credit | ECTS |
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HUK265 | History of Law | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Prerequisites | |
Admission Requirements |
Language of Instruction | Turkish |
Course Type | Compulsory |
Course Level | Bachelor Degree |
Course Instructor(s) | İLBER ORTAYLI iortayli@gsu.edu.tr (Email) Fatma Gül KARAGÖZ fgkaragoz@gmail.com (Email) |
Assistant | |
Objective | The aim of the cours is to study the different juridical systems and philosophes which influence the formation of the turkish contemporary law |
Content |
1. Introduction 2. The Antiquity 3. Leibniz and legal history 4. Jewish Law: Sources, historical evolution 5. Jewish Law: Talmud 6. Christianity: Origins, Rome and Church 7. Introduction to Islamic Law 8. Midterms 9. Introduction to Ottoman Law 10. Structure of "Public law": Ottoman Code, Land and tax system 11. The relation between Ottoman and Islamic Criminal Law 12. Waqfs- Ottoman foundation 13. The period of Tanzimat 14. The period of Tanzimat |
Course Learning Outcomes |
In this course, the students: - Gain a comparative perspective within historical and universal dimension. - Can analyse the historical background of Turkish law. |
Teaching and Learning Methods |
Comparison of different legal systems The analyze and the evaluation of the literature about turkish legal history |
References |
ORTAYLI İlber, İmparatorluğun En Uzun Yüzyılı, Istanbul 2006 ÜÇOK Coşkun, MUMCU Ahmet, BOZKURT Gülnihal, Türk Hukuk Tarihi, Ankara 2006 AYDIN Mehmet Akif, Türk Hukuk Tarihi, Vakıflar ile ilgili bölüm IMBER Colin “Why should you poison your husband: A Note on Liability in Hanafi Law in the Ottoman period” İNALCIK Halil “Osmanlı Hukukuna Giriş”, Köy, Köylü, İmparatorluk”, “Osmanlılarda Raiyyet Rüsumu” HEYD Uriel “Eski Osmanlı Hukuku’nda Kanun ve Şeriat” MILLER Ruth, “The Legal History of the Ottoman Empire” MANDAVILLE John, “Faizli Dindarlık” |
Theory Topics
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Practice Topics
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Contribution to Overall Grade
Number | Contribution | |
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Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade | 1 | 40 |
Contribution of final exam to overall grade | 1 | 60 |
Toplam | 2 | 100 |
In-Term Studies
Number | Contribution | |
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Assignments | 0 | 0 |
Presentation | 0 | 0 |
Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 40 |
Project | 0 | 0 |
Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
Other Applications | 0 | 0 |
Quiz | 0 | 0 |
Term Paper/ Project | 0 | 0 |
Portfolio Study | 0 | 0 |
Reports | 0 | 0 |
Learning Diary | 0 | 0 |
Thesis/ Project | 0 | 0 |
Seminar | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 |
Make-up | 0 | 0 |
Toplam | 1 | 40 |
No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | Recognizing fundamental legal concepts, defining, interpreting and using them. | X | ||||
2 | Recognizing fundamental disciplines of law and their content, including legislation, case-law and the doctrine in the relevant discipline. | X | ||||
3 | Recognizing positive norms in the legislation and being able to define and explain the principals of methodology. | X | ||||
4 | Being able to determine, identify and restate legal problems. | X | ||||
5 | Being able to use legal interpretation principals in an efficient manner in order to analyse and resolve a legal problem and in order to develop a strategy. | X | ||||
6 | Being able to conduct academic researches on legal problems and to propose solutions. | X | ||||
7 | Assuming responsibility individually or collectively for resolving complicated legal problems. | X | ||||
8 | Being able to criticise positive norms of the law system. | X | ||||
9 | Being able to explain technical legal knowledge in Turkish, French and English verbally or in writing, being able to report personal opinion concerning a legal problem verbally or in writing in a persuasive manner. | X | ||||
10 | Being able to follow up the local and international legal literature, to update technical legal knowledge permanently, to use information technology in an efficient manner in order to achieve these goals. | X | ||||
11 | Being able to conduct comparative academic researches between different law systems. | X | ||||
12 | Respecting human rights and universal principals and notions of law. | X | ||||
13 | Respecting the ethical standarts, good faith, fairness and equity principals. | X | ||||
14 | Being sensitive to social problems, democracy, laicism and rule of law principal. | X |
Activities | Number | Period | Total Workload |
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Class Hours | 14 | 2 | 28 |
Working Hours out of Class | 14 | 1 | 14 |
Assignments | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Presentation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 12 | 12 |
Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other Applications | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Final Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 14 | 14 |
Quiz | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Term Paper/ Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Portfolio Study | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Reports | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Learning Diary | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Thesis/ Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Seminar | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Make-up | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Workload | 68 | ||
Total Workload / 25 | 2.72 | ||
Credits ECTS | 3 |