Seminar Programme
Week |
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Seminar Topic |
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| Autumn Term | 1 |
Introduction: |
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| 2 |
What is shari'a law? - Sources and methods of the Muslim jurists |
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| 3 |
More medieval legal theory: taqlid (precedent) and the madhhab (school of law) |
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| 4 | |||
| 5 | Law in the Ottoman Empire |
Law in the Ottoman Empire: shari'a law, dynastic law, legal institutions |
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| 6 | Reading Week - no seminar | ||
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| 9 |
Property and philanthropy: the waqf (trust) in the Ottoman Empire |
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| 10 | |||
| Spring Term | 1 | Law Reform in Ottoman and Colonial Contexts |
Nineteenth-century legal reform in the Ottoman Empire and Egypt |
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| 3 | Islamic Modernism II: Women's rights |
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| 4 | The abolition of slavery |
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| 5 | Shari'a Law, Secular Modernity, and the Islamist Response |
Shari'a law in the secular state: the modern Egyptian legal system |
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| 6 | Reading Week - no seminar | ||
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| 8 |
Shari'a law and Islamic government in the Iranian Revolution |
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| 10 | |||
| Summer Term | 3 |
Revision | Revision Class |