Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
1HUK 107ROMAN LAW I3+0+03402.11.2026
Course Details
Language of Instruction Turkish
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program Law
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Compulsory
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course To provide the ability to make comparative analysis with modern legal systems by teaching the sources, institutions and conceptual development of Roman law, which is the basis of Turkish private law.
Course Content Historical periods and sources of Roman law; concepts of rights, acts and rights; constitutive, validity elements and disabilities of legal transactions; torts and private and non-systemic judicial systems in Roman procedural law.
Course Methods and Techniques Explanation, question-and-answer, examination of legislation, case study resolution, and discussion of judicial decisions.
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers Prof.Dr. Murat ORUÇ
Assistants Research Assist. Betül KORKMAZ
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Özlem Söğütlü; Roma Özel Hukuku Ders Kitabı,4.Baskı, Seçkin Yayıncılık, 2025.
Course Notes The main and supplementary textbooks, case study texts, and sample court decisions suggested by the instructor.

Course Category
Social Sciences %100
Field %100

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 40
Final examination 1 % 60
Total
2
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 14 3 42
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 14 5 70
Mid-terms 1 2 2
Final examination 1 2 2
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 4 116

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Bilgi 
1 Can explain the historical development processes of Rome ` s political periods and legal sources.
2 One can distinguish the limitations on rights and capacity to act in Roman law from modern legal principles.
Beceri 
3 Can analyze the elements of validity in legal transactions, defects of will, and tort liability.
Yetkinlik 
4 They can evaluate the judicial systems in Roman procedural law by comparing them with the institutions of contemporary procedural law.

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 The Subject and Importance of Roman Law
2 Sources and Development of Roman Law
3 The Historical Development of Roman Law and Codification Movements
4 Basic Concepts of Roman Law
5 Law of Persons: Legal Capacity, Statuses and Slavery
6 Law of Persons: Capacity to Act and States of Incapacity
7 The Concept of Legal Transactions, Their Types and Constituent Elements
8 MidTerm
9 Conditions of Validity and Formal Requirements in Legal Transactions
10 Frauds in Legal Transactions: Invalidity of Expressions of Will (Error, Fraud, Coercion)
11 Invalidity of Legal Transactions and the Legal Consequences of Invalidity
12 Torts in Roman Law
13 Trial Procedure in Roman Law - Special Trial System (Legis Actio and Formula Procedures)
14 Trial Procedure in Roman Law - Extraordinary Trial (Cognitio Extraordinem)
15 Traces of Roman Law Institutions in Contemporary Turkish Code of Obligations and Civil Code: Case Study Analysis and Practical Exercise

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10
All 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 5 4 3
In1 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 5 3
In2 5 4 5 5 4 4 3 5 4 3
Sk3 5 5 5 5 3 5 3 4 4 3
Co4 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 5 4 3

  Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant