Subjects 2007
Current Issues in Islamic Law 730794
- Credited Courses: Graduate Diploma in Asian Law 726; Graduate Diploma in Asian Law 726; Graduate Diploma in International Law 323; Graduate Diploma in International Law 323; Graduate Diploma in International Law 323; Graduate Diploma in Islamic Legal Studies 892; Graduate Diploma in Islamic Legal Studies 892; Graduate Diploma in Transnational Law 333; Graduate Diploma in Transnational Law 333; Graduate Diploma in Transnational Law 333; Master of Law and Development 635; Master of Law and Development 635; Master of Law and Development 635; Master of Laws (LLM) 502; Master of Laws (LLM) 502; Master of Laws by Coursework (LLM) 502; Master of Laws by Coursework (LLM) 502; Master of Laws by Coursework and Minor Thesis 502; Master of Legal Systems 890; Master of Legal Systems 890; Master of Legal Systems 890; Master of Public and International Law 511; Master of Public and International Law 511; Master of Public and International Law 511
Objectives
A candidate who has successfully completed the subject should be able to:
- Demonstrate a firm grasp of the history and development of Islam and Islamic law and especially the basic sources of Islamic jurisprudence
- Describe recent developments in Islamic legal thought and identify key intellectual debates among Muslim scholars
- Explain the Islamic legal arguments for and against a series of controversial issues relevant to contemporary Australian society
- Apply Islamic jurisprudential method to common modern problems.
Syllabus
Principal topics will include:
- The origins of Islam and Islamic law
- The principal sources of Islamic law: Qur’an and Sunna
- Islam, the modern nation state and constitutionalism
- Shura, Islam and ‘democracy’
- Islam and human rights
- Islam, corporal punishment and hudud
- Islamic costume: veiling and headscarfs
- Jihad and terrorism
- Islam and religious minorities.
