COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SHERRY REGISTERS IN OTTOMAN LEGAL SYSTEM

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TII 5146 SHERRY REGISTERS IN OTTOMAN LEGAL SYSTEM ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR HÜSEYIN YAŞAR

Offered to

ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE

Course Objective

Having knowledge about sharia sicils which main source of Ottoman law and to use them in researches

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Student recognizes that Ottoman Turkish-Islamic legal system;
2   Recognizes the source of Ottoman legal system;
3   Understand the operation of Ottoman law;
5   Can make use of sharia sicils in legal history researches

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is the court registers (sharia sicils) Their importance for legal history, economic history, social history and military history.
2 The Organization structure of the Ottoman court
3 The Qadis: Their appoints, tasks and degrees
4 Other court employees
5 The documents involved in sharia sicils (The documents written by judge)
6 Sicils
7 Mahdars
8 Huccets
9 Ilams
10 Ma'ruzs and Murasalahs
11 The documents written by other institutions
12 Emirs and Fermans
13 Buyrultus, tazkarahs, tamassuks
14 Genaral Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Ahmet Akgündüz, Şer'iye Sicilleri, I-II, Türk Dünyası Araştırmaları Vakfı, 1988
Hadi SOFUOĞLU, Islam Hukukunun Uygulanması Açısından Manisa Şer'iye Sicilleri,
(Basılmamış Doktora Tezi), DEU SBE, Izmir 2010.
Manisa Şer'iye Sicilleri, 90 nolu defter.
www.kadisicilleri.org

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, research, analyzing the texts and terms, questioning, assignments.

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 * 0.10 + FIN* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.10 + RST* 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The students will be assessed based on success in their mid-term and final exams along with their performance during the classes and their discussion and contribution abilities throughout the semester

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hadi.sofuoglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Midterm 1 5 5
Final 1 5 5
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 88

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.1333
LO.2323
LO.3333
LO.4