Islamic Law and Society (Reading Seminar) - ABV100068

• Title: Islamic Law and Society (Reading Seminar)
• Guaranteed by: Department of Middle Eastern Studies (21-KBV)
• Faculty: Faculty of Arts
• Actual: from 2020
• Semester: winter
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/2, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (10)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
• Guarantor: PhDr. Josef Ženka, Ph.D.

Annotation

Last update: PhDr. Josef Ženka, Ph.D. (20.09.2019)

Reading seminar in Islamic Law and Society complements the course Introduction to Islamic Law. Based on a great variety of readings from different collection of fatwas (legal opinions of qualified Muslim Jurists), real legal documents, and handbooks this course will examine the connection between the Islamic legal doctrine and Islamic society. Additional readings will help students learn about family law, ritual purity, inheritance law, law of war and commercial law. The students will learn how to analyze a legal document or a fatwa and will practice the necessary vocabulary to grasp fully the Islamic Legal Terminology. <br>
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The seminar will introduce some unpublished archival material (Legal documents from the 15th century western Islamic Society)

Course completion requirements

Last update: PhDr. Josef Ženka, Ph.D. (20.09.2019)

Course Requirements:

This course is run in a seminar format every other week (First class: October 8, 2019). This means that it is vital and imperative that you read carefully, and complete, all assigned texts on time, as well as participate fully in class discussion. Class preparedness will count significantly towards final grades; absences will count against final grades. Students will be expected to outline or respond in writing to a number of the readings, or produce short response papers, and may also be required make occasional short in-class presentations related to the readings. In addition, students will write an approximately 10-page paper analyzing a fatwa (formal legal opinion by a Muslim jurist) or a legal document.

Literature

Last update: PhDr. Josef Ženka, Ph.D. (20.09.2019)

Shaham, Ron. The Expert Witness in Islamic Courts: Medicine and Crafts in the Service of Law. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2010.

Hallaq, Wael. Islamic Law: Theory, Practice, Transformations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Vikor, Knut S. Between God and Sultan. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.

 

Additional course readings will be available on the first class. 

Requirements to the exam

Last update: PhDr. Josef Ženka, Ph.D. (20.09.2019)

Grading:

Grades will be based on a combination of class participation (including attendance and preparation), assignments (quality and timeliness of submission), the research paper (timeliness of submission and thoughtfulness of analysis).

Class participation 40 %

Assignments 20 %

The research paper 40%

 

100-86 1

85-75    2

74-61 3

Less than 60 - Fail

 

Entry requirements

Last update: PhDr. Josef Ženka, Ph.D. (20.09.2019)

No previous background in Arabic is required for this course.