| Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology of Islamic Law | ISH104 | Elective | Doctorate degree | 1 | Spring | 7 |
Name of Lecturer(s)
Associate Prof. Dr. Hüseyin OKUR
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) Defines the processes that determine and influence the development of Islamic legal sociology
2) Interpret the relationship between specific social-historical conditions and the production of legal-sociological knowledge
3) Analyzes the relationship between sociology and Islamic jurisprudence.
4) He questions the organic relationship between the institutions, actors and social-cultural structures in which Islamic law has been effective in history.
5) Analyzes a sociological problem or phenomenon in Islamic legal literature based on theoretical approaches.
6) Collects sociological data from literary texts using appropriate qualitative methodological techniques
7) Understands the causes of law and social change.
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation
| Program Competencies | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| 1 | No relation | Middle | High | High | High | Middle | High | High | |
| 2 | High | High | High | High | High | Middle | High | High | |
| 3 | High | High | High | High | High | High | Middle | High | |
| 4 | High | High | Middle | High | High | High | High | High | |
| 5 | Middle | High | High | High | High | High | High | Middle | |
| 6 | High | High | Middle | High | High | High | High | High | |
| 7 | High | High | High | High | High | Middle | High | High | |
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Discussion of the field, aims and problems of sociology of Islamic Law. Basic sociological approaches. Formation and historical development of Islamic Law sociology. The relationship between society and law. Social change and law. Sociological factors in the formation of Islamic law schools. The effect of social changes on the rules of law. The reflections of social change and interaction on law in the examples of Umayyad, Abbasid and Ottoman periods.
Weekly Schedule
1) Aims and objectives of sociological science. Aims and objectives of sociology of law2) The character of sociology of Islamic jurisprudence
3) The relationship between social change and law
4) Legal developments that are indicative of social change in the first period Islamic legal texts
5) The effect of society on the systematisation of sects
6) The influence of faqihs on society
7) Influence of society on jurisprudence
8) Causes of opposition to the founding leader (faqih) and social change
9) The effect of social change on the change of Imam Shafii's views
10) The effect of social change on the differentiation of the views of Abu Hanifa's students
11) Studies on the reasons for the differentiation of Iraqi and Maveraunnehir Hanafism
12) Traces of legal and social change in the Maliki sect
13) The effect of social structure on law and customary law
14) Customary law relationship
15) Final Examination
Recommended or Required Reading
1- Salih Kumaş, İslam Hukuk Sosyolojisi, Ensar Yay.
2- Vecdi Bilgin, Fakih ve Toplum, İz Yayıncılık
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Drill and Practice
5) Group Study
6) Brain Storming
7) Self Study
8) Problem Solving
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Number |
Percentage |
|
|---|---|---|
Contribution of Quiz to Course Grade |
2 |
40% |
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade |
1 |
60% |
Total |
100% |
|
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Not Required