Crime and punishment in the Ottoman Empire
fgkaragoz@gsu.edu.tr
Content
Objective
This course aims to analyse the evolution of Ottoman criminal law from the early centuries till the end of the empire. The evolution of a criminal act and the concept of punishing in different centuries will be discussed in the course.
Course Content
Ottoman criminal law in theory and practice in the early modern and modern age
Course Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course the student can
-Criticize the description of crime in Ottoman Empire before the age of modernization.
- Analyse the relation between legal thinking and morality in early modern age.
-Evaluate the impact of modernization in the definition of crime.
-Analyse the process of the reception of “western law” in Turkey in the context of criminal law
Teaching and Learning Methods
Article discussion, basic lecture, presentation
References
Rudolph Peters, Crime and Punishment in Islamic Law: Theory & Practice from the Sixteenth to the Twenty-first Century (Cambridge University Press, 2005).Uriel Heyd, Studies in Old Ottoman Criminal Law, ed. V. L. Menage, (Oxford University Press, 1973).
Weekly Contents
| Week | Weekly Contents |
|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction |
| 2 | The basics of crime and punishment in Islam |
| 3 | Ottoman criminal codes in early modern period |
| 4 | Nature of the bureaucratic reform |
| 5 | Ottoman criminal system during modernization |
| 6 | Article discussion |
| 7 | Article discussion |
| 8 | Article discussion |
| 9 | Article discussion |
| 10 | Article discussion |
| 11 | Presentation |
| 12 | Presentation |
| 13 | Presentation |
| 14 | Presentation |
Assessment System
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade | 3 | 55 |
| Contribution of final exam to overall grade | 1 | 45 |
| Total | 4 | 100 |
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 1 | 15 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 25 |
| 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 | 1 | 15 |
| Make-up | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 3 | 55 |
ECTS
| Activities | Number | Period | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class Hours | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Working Hours out of Class | 14 | 5 | 70 |
| Assignments | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Presentation | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| 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 | 35 | 35 |
| 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 | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Make-up | 1 | 35 | 35 |
| Total Workload | 238 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 | 9.52 | ||
| Credits ECTS | 10 | ||