TURKISH LEGAL HISTORY

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Learning Outcomes

explain the importance of the history of Turkish Law, and state its sources.
determine the importance of the history of Turkish Law.
list the sources of the history of Turkish Law.
indicate the sources of pre-Islamic Turkish Law, explain the common and civil codes in pre-Islamic Turkish states.
list the sources of pre-Islamic Turkish Law.
list the religions of Turks in pre-Islamic times and explain their doctrines.
know the state administrative systems and penal codes of pre-Islamic Turkish states.
explain the civil codes of pre-Islamic Turkish states.
explain the basic sources of Islamic Law and Islam’s doctrinal schools.
know the position of the Qur’an, the sunnah, the idjma, comparison, imitation and fatwas within Islamic Law.
know and explain the sects of Islam and their doctrines.
know Islamic Common Law.
explain the institution of the caliphate.
define the concept of dhimmi and list the legal statuses of dhimmis.
list the taxes in Islamic Law.
know the Islamic Penal Code.
know the Islamic judicial system and its trial procedures.
know Islamic Civil Law.
define the concept of legal person in Islamic Law.
define the concept of marriage within Islamic Family Law, know the ways to terminate marriage, explain the concepts of ancestry and parental guardianship.
know Islamic Inheritance Law.
define the concept of foundation, list and explain the kinds of foundations.
explain the kinds of contracts in Islamic Debt Law.
define the concept of property in Islamic Law, list the elements making up property.
know Ottoman Common Law up to the Tanzimat Period.
know the Islamic and Turkish Islamic states, which influenced the Ottoman State as far as common law is concerned.
list and explain the elements making up the Ottoman State.
know the central administration of the Ottoman State.
know the nature and way of functioning of the Ottoman land holding system.
explain the administrative organisation of the Ottoman provinces.
analyse the way Turkish Law evolved after the Tanzimat reforms.
know the roots of the Tanzimat movement.
explain the legal aspects of the Tanzimat and Reform decrees.
explain the changes in Ottoman Common Law during the Tanzimat period.
know the Ottoman Civil Law during the Tanzimat period.
list the characteristics of the judiciary organisation during the Tanzimat period.
evaluate the effects of the legal changes that happened during the Tanzimat period on the laws of the Republic of Turkey.