Bayburt University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
Tİ105	Legalization Activities in History of Islmic Law	Elective	1	1	6

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle

Objectives of the Course

To enable students to have a comprehensive idea about the legalization activities, which gained momentum in Islamic countries since the nineteenth century and are considered a concrete indicator of the effort to harmonize classical Islamic fiqh with modern needs.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Doç. Dr. Yusuf ŞEN

Learning Outcomes

1	Summarize the historical course of the codification tradition in the history of law.
2	Explain the importance of the Tanzimat period in terms of codification.
3	Explain the preparation, content and importance of the Ottoman Land Code.
4	Explain the preparation, content and importance of the Mecelle.

Mode of Delivery

Normal Education

Prerequisites and co-requisities

none

Recommended Optional Programme Components

none

Course Contents

After giving general information about the tradition of codification in different legal systems and Islamic law, codification activities and main examples of codification in the Ottoman Period and contemporary Islamic countries will be discussed.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Overview of the tradition of codification in the history of law
2	The tradition of codification in the history of Islamic law
3	The reasons that prepared the legalization movements in the Tanzimat period
4	Legislation activities in the Tanzimat period
5	land code
6	Mecelle-i Ahkam-i Adliye: Its preparation and implementation
7	Mecelle-i Ahkam-i Adliye: Its content, systematics and literature
8	Family Law Decree
9	Other codification efforts in the Ottoman period: Works of Kadri Pasha
10	Other codification efforts in the Ottoman period: Codification activities in Egypt and Tunisia
11	Codification activities in contemporary Islamic countries: Indian Subcontinent
12	Codification activities in contemporary Islamic countries: Egypt and Syria
13	Codification activity in contemporary Islamic countries: Iraq and Jordan
14	Legislation activities in contemporary Islamic countries: Tunisia, Morocco and Gulf countries

Recommended or Required Reading

[1] Hıfzı Veldet Velidedeoğlu, Kanunlaştırma Hareketleri ve Tanzimat, Tanzimat- I, İstanbul 1940. mç 139-209 [2] Osman Öztürk, Osmanlı Hukuk Tarihinde Mecelle, İstanbul 1973 [3] Vehbe ez-Zuhayli, Cuhûdu taknînil-fıkhil-islâmî, Beyrut 1987 [4] Gülnihâl Bozkurt, Batı Hukukunun Türkiye´de Benimsenmesi, Türk Tarih Kurumu, Ankara 1996

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Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	100
SUM		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Final Examination	1	100
SUM		100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities		30
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities		70
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Work Placement(s)

none

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	1	1
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	89	1	89
Individual Study for Final Examination	89	1	89
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			180

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