Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
DKA-S336COMPARATIVE ISLAMIC LAWElective363
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
Comparative examination of some disagreements among Islamic legal schools in consideration with the methods and data of the modern positive law.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1Analyzes the contemporary issues of comparative Islamic law
2Makes comparisions between the approaches of different schools of Islamic law
3Knows the legal opinions of Muslim jurists from different legal schools
4Recognizes the schools of Islamic law
5Recognizes Islamic legal system
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Comparative law and Comparative Islamic law Division of public and private law Public law - An overview Sample cases from comparative bankruptcy law Sample cases from comparative personal law Sample cases from comparative family law Sample cases from comparative family law Sample cases from comparative property law Sample cases from comparative property law Sample cases from comparative property law Sample cases from comparative contract law Sample cases from comparative contract law Sample cases from comparative contract law
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Comparative law and Comparative Islamic law
2Division of public and private law
3Public law - An overview
4Sample cases from comparative bankruptcy law
5Sample cases from comparative personal law
6Sample cases from comparative family law
7Sample cases from comparative family law
8Midterm Exam
9Sample cases from comparative property law
10Sample cases from comparative property law
11Sample cases from comparative property law
12Sample cases from comparative contract law
13Sample cases from comparative contract law
14Sample cases from comparative contract law
15General evaluation
16Final Exam
Recommended or Required Reading
1. Buti, Said Ramadan, Muhadarat fi al-fiqh al-muqaran, Dar al-Fikr, Dimashq, 2002 2. Karaman, Hayrettin, Mukayeseli İslam Hukuku, İstanbul 1986. 3. Bakhtiar, Laleh, Encyclopedia of Islamic Law: A Compendium of the Major Schools, Chicago, IL, 1996 4. Watson, Alan, Legal Transplants: An Approach to Comparative Law, University of Georgia Press, 1993. 5. Özsunay, Ergün, Karşılaştırmalı Hukuka Giriş, İstanbul, 1976
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination11010
Final Examination11515
Attending Lectures14228
Self Study14228
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)81
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