COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CODIFICATION MOVEMENTS IN THE HISTORY OF TURKIH-ISLAMIC LAW AND AL-MAJALLA AL-AHKâM AL-ADLIYYAH

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TIS 6567 CODIFICATION MOVEMENTS IN THE HISTORY OF TURKIH-ISLAMIC LAW AND AL-MAJALLA AL-AHKâM AL-ADLIYYAH ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Basic Islamic Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR HADI SOFUOĞLU

Offered to

Basic Islamic Sciences

Course Objective

To inform that the legalization efforts in the Ottoman period and al-Majalla al-Ahkâm al-Adliyyah.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Having information about the legalization efforts in the Islamic world
2   Recognition of basic fiqh resources that are used in the Codification
3   To compare the Mecelle and other legalization efforts
4   To understand the methodology In the preparation of mecelle
5   Having knowledge about the contents of the Mecelle

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Codification Efforts In The History Of Islamic Law
2 The Ottomans Codification efforts and its reasons
3 National laws (Criminal, Land, Canonical, Family)
4 Main features of national law in the Ottoman period.
5 The translation laws (commercial, criminal, maritime law, etc.)
6 The Causes for the preparation of al-Majallah
7 The content of al-Majallah, its system and method.
8 Al-Majallah comission.
9 The implementation and effects of al-Majallah
10 Basic sources of al-Majallah
11 the revision efforts to al-Majallah.
12 The commentaries and translations of al-Majallah
13 Al-Majallah and its sections
14 General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Ömer Nasuhi Bilmen, Istılahat-ı Fıkhıyye Kamusu, Istanbul 1967
M. Akif Aydın, Mecelle-i Ahkam-ı Adliye, DIA, Ankara 2003
Ali Haydar, Düreru'l-Hukkam Şerhu Mecelleti'l-Ahkam, Istanbul 1330
Ali Haydar, Şerhu Mecelle, I-IV, Istanbul 1330
Osman Öztürk, Türk Hukuk Tarihinde Mecelle, Istanbul 1973

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures and review of some academic text

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + RST* 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Students achievements are calculated from the results of mid-term exam, final exam and active participation to the lecture.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 1 13
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 10 130
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 5 5
Final 1 5 5
Final Assignment 1 10 10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 183

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51