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3 Short Introductory Readings

TERM 2 LECTURE NOTES

Seminars Term 1

TERM 2 SEMINAR SHEETS

MODERN ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW CODES

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AS1

15PLAC121 EX1 early summer re-sit 2021

15PLAC121-A19/20 EX1 2021 Resubmission

15PLAC121 Islamic Law: Coursework SUMMER RE-SUBMISSION and Exam-Replacement-Essay Questions SUMMER RE-SIT

EX1 SUMMER RE-SIT QUESTIONS - 15PLAC121

Exam Replacement Essay Questions (EX1)

15PLAC121 Islamic Law

Topic 1: - Introduction: The Nature of Islamic Law

- Weiss, ‘The Formation of Islamic Law’ in Weiss, The Spirit of Islamic Law (UGP, 1998)

LECTURE ONE

Topic 2: - Revelation as Legislation: Law in the Qur’an

- Coulson, Quranic Legislation, in Coulson, A History of Islamic Law (EUP, 1964) p.9-20

Hallaq, Origins and Evolution of Islamic Law, (on Qur'anic Legislation)

- Abou el-Fadl, “Induction” in Abou el-Fadl, Speaking in God’s Name: Islamic Law, Authority and Women (Oneworld Publications, 2001), pp.1-7

- Stowasser, ‘Gender Issues and Contemporary Qur’an Interpretations’ in Haddad &amp; Esposito, Islam, Gender and Social Change (OUP, 1998) p.30.

Lecture 2

Topic 3: - The Jurists and the Law: Early Days

- Dutton, “Introduction” in Dutton, The Origins of Islamic Law (Curzon Press, 1999) pp.1-5

Hallaq, 'The Formative Period'

- Burton, ‘Introduction’ in Burton, An Introduction to the Hadith (EUP, 1994) p.ix-xxv.

Lecture 3

Topic 4: - Text and Reasoning: Classical Theories of the Law

- Melchert, ‘Conclusion’ in Melchert, The Formation of the Sunni Schools of Law: 9th -10th Centuries CE (Brill, 1997) pp.198-203.

- Coulson, ‘Unity and Diversity’ in Coulson, Conflicts and Tensions in Islamic Jurisprudence (UCP, 1969) p.20-39.

Lecture 4

Topic 5: - Fatwās and Qānūn: Post-Classical Law and Legal Systems

- Imber, ‘The Law: Shari’a and Qānūn’ in Imber, Ebu’s-Su`ud: The Islamic Legal Tradition (EUP, 1997) p.24.

- Tucker, ‘Law as History’ in Tucker, In the House of the Law (UCP, 1998) pp.11-22.

Baderin_Who Speaks for Islam?

Lecture 5

Topic 6: - Pre-Modern Developments & Early Codification

- Masud, ‘Apostasy and Judicial Separation in British India’ in Masud, et al, Islamic Legal Interpretation (HUP, 1996) p.193

Edge, ‘Panacea or Chimaera: Islamic Law Reform over the Last Fifty Years’ in Edge, Comparative Law in Global Perspective (Transnational, 2000) pp.325-341.

- Onar, ‘The Majalla’ in Khadduri &amp; Liebesny, Law in the Middle East, Vol 1., (1955) p.292.

Hallaq Quote_Islamic Law and the State

Baderin_"But Who speaks for Islam" In Griffith-Jones, R., Islam and English Law: Rights, Responsibilities and the Place of Shari'a (CUP, 2013) p.88)

Zanki_Codification in Islamic Law

Lecture 6

Topic 7: - Modern Legal Theory and Legislation

A History of Islamic Legal Theories An Introduction to Sunni Usul al-fiqh

- Krawietz, ‘Darūra in Modern Islamic Law: The Case of Organ Transplantation’ in Gleave, Islamic Law in Theory and Practice (IB Taurus, 1997) pp.185-191.

Abduh, M_Laws Should Change in Accordance with the Conditions of Nations

Rida_Renewal, Renewing and Renewers

Lecture 7

Topic 8: - State, Shari`ah and Society: Contemporary Issues

- Welchman, ‘Islamic Law: Stuck with the State?’ in Huxley, Religion, Law and Tradition (Routledge, 2001) pp.61-82

Balz, ‘The Secular Reconstruction of Islamic Law: The Egyptian Supreme Constitutional Court and the “Battle over the Veil” in State-Run Schools’ in Dupret, et al, Legal Pluralism in the Arab World (Kluwer, 1999), pp.229-243.

Islamic Law in the Constitution of Modern Muslim States

Lecture 8

Topic 9: - Islamic Criminal Law and Punishments

Lecture 9

Topic 10: - Courts and Procedure

- Anderson, ‘Muslim Procedure and Evidence’ (1949) 1 Journal of African Administration, Nos. 3&amp;4, pp.3-16.

Saudi Law of Procedure before Shari'ah Courts

Saudi Law of Criminal Procedure 2001

Women as Judges in Saudi Arabia_Saudi Gazette_16-8-2016

Saudi Arabia could soon appoint women judges_GULF NEWS_6-8-2018

Lecture 10

Topic 11: - Islamic Family Law: An Introduction

Moors, Debating Islamic Family Law

- Extract on ‘The Book of Nikāh (Marriage)’ from Bidayat al-Mujtahid, translated by Imran Nyazee as The Distinguished Primer, Vol. II (Garnet Publishing, 1996).

Cheema, S.A., "The Concept of Qawama: A Study of Interpretive Tensions

Surrogacy Case_ Farooq Siddique v Farzana Naheed (2017)

MWL_Fatwa on Mandatory Medical Test

Topic 12: - The Marriage Contract: Capacity & Guardianship

The Independent Review in the Application of Sharia Law in England and Wales

- Stowasser, ‘Gender Issues and Contemporary Qur’an Interpretations’ in Haddad & Esposito, Islam, Gender and Social Change (OUP, 1998) p.30.

- Onar, ‘The Majalla’ in Khadduri & Liebesny, Law in the Middle East, Vol 1., (1955) p.292.

- Anderson, ‘Muslim Procedure and Evidence’ (1949) 1 Journal of African Administration, Nos. 3&4, pp.3-16.

KC& Anor v. City of Westminster

El-Alami & Hinchcliffe