Course: Selected legal topics in Jewish and Islamic Law

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Course title Selected legal topics in Jewish and Islamic Law
Course code KTP/VKZIP
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Bezoušková Lenka, JUDr. Ph.D., LL.M.
  • Pezl Tomáš, JUDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Course is divided into two parts: Jewish Law and Islamic Law. PART ONE - Jewish Law 1. Introduction - general characteristic of Jewish Law, its origins and evaluation and medieval schools 2. Sources of Jewish Law, relationship to state law of other countries, application of Jewish Law in Diaspora 3. Law of personal status 4. Law of personal status 5. Dietary law (kashrut) 6. Beit Din as an arbitration institution PART TWO - Islamic Law 1. Introduction - general characteristic of Islamic Law, its origin and evaluation and schools of law 2. Sources of Islamic Law and relationship to state law 3. The lawful and prohibited in Islam 4. Law of personal status (ahwal ash-shahsiya) 5. Law of personal status (ahwal ash-shahsiya) 6. Law of personal status (ahwal ash-shahsiya)

Learning activities and teaching methods
Seminar classes, Textual studies, Seminar
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 54 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Not specified
pochopení charakteristických rysů židovského práva a jeho prameny charakteristika islámského práva a jeho prameny
Skills
znalost pramenů židovského práva, vztah k právním řádům jiných zemí, aplikace židovského práva v rámci diaspory. Prameny islámského práva. Vztah islámského práva a práva islámských zemí
Competences
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
Students have to gain knowledge of the selected legal topics of Jewish and Islamic Law.
základní charakteristika židovského práva, eho vznik a jeho historický vývoj, jednotlivé starověké školy
Skills
charakteristika a odlišnosti islámského práva. odlišnosti od ostatních právních systémů
Competences
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Seminar
Textual studies
Seminar classes
assessment methods
Combined exam
Recommended literature
  • An-Naim, A. Islamic Family Law in a changing World, London: Zed Books Ltd, 2002.
  • El Alami, D. a Hinchcliffe, D. Islamic Marriage and Divorce Laws of the Arab World. London: Kluwer Law International, 1996.
  • Hecht N.S., Jackson B.S., Passamaneck S.M., Piattelli D., Rabello A. An Introduction to the History and Sources of Jewish Law. Clarendon Press 1996.
  • Kamali, M. H. Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence, Cambridge, 1991.
  • Knapp, Viktor. Velké právní systémy : úvod do srovnávací právní vědy. Praha : C.H. Beck, 1996. ISBN 80-7179-089-3.
  • Kropáček, J. Duchovní cesty islámu. Praha, Vyšehrad, 1993.
  • Levy B.B. Fixing God's Torah: The Accuracy of the Hebrew Bible Text in Jewish Law , Oxford University Press 2001.
  • Nasir J. The Islamic Law of Personal Status. London: Kluwer Law International, 1986.
  • Neusner J. Performing Israel's Faith: Narrative and Law in Rabbinic Theology, Baylor University Press, 2005.
  • Newman, Ja'akov; Sivan, Gavri'el; Nosek, Bedřich; Ziss, Daniel; Pavlát, Leo. Judaismus od A do Z : slovník pojmů a termínů. Praha : Sefer, 1992. ISBN 80-900895-3-4.
  • Shahak I. Jewish History, Jewish Religion: The Weight of Three Thousand Years (Pluto Middle Eastern Studies), Pluto Press 1997.
  • Tucker, J. Woman, Family, and Gender in Islamic Law. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
  • Weiss Halivni D., Midrash, Mishnah, and Gemara. The Jewish Predilection for Justified Law, Harvard University Press, 1986,.


Study plans that include the course
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