Course: Winter School - State, Religion and Law in the Middle East

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Course title Winter School - State, Religion and Law in the Middle East
Course code KÚP/ZSZIP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Pezl Tomáš, JUDr. Ph.D.
  • Bezoušková Lenka, JUDr. Ph.D., LL.M.
  • Knoll Vilém, Doc. JUDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Historical overview from first settlements till establishment of State of Israel 2. Sightseeing of the biblical and post-biblical sites and study of historical events 3. Elementary terms of Jewish Law from the period of Temple 4. Elementary terms of Islamic Law 5. Elementary terms of Law of Crusaders States 6. Jewish Law after destruction of Second Temple and its impact on everyday life in present Israel 7. Impact of Islamic Law on everyday life of Muslim Community in present Israel 8. Legal system of State of Israel 9. Position of religious Law in present Israel 10. Relationship between state and religious communities, especially as for relationship between state and religious law 11. Jewish history and its impact on development on the territory of today's Israel

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion, One-to-One tutorial, Lecture
  • Contact hours - 16 hours per semester
  • Attendance on a field trip (number of real hours - maximum 8h/day) - 40 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 30 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
No particular prerequisites specified.
learning outcomes
The students will be able to: - apprise and discuss life of the religious communities in Israel - analyze selected cases from the position of religious law rules application in contrast to possible differences in the state law - apprise with methods of application of religious law, in the legal system, where religious law has the same authority as state law - point out possible problematic issues in the relationship between state and religious law - outline the legal practice with special respect to specialties of Jewish and Islamic Law
teaching methods
Lecture
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
One-to-One tutorial
assessment methods
Oral exam
Recommended literature
  • An-Naim, A. Islamic Family Law in a changing World, London: Zed Books Ltd, 2002.
  • Hallaq, Wael B. Sharí'a : theory, practice, transformations. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-521-67874-2.
  • 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.
  • Hrochová, V.; Hroch, M. Křižáci ve Svaté zemi. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1996.
  • Hruškovič, Ivan. Islamský právny systém a proces jeho formovania. Bratislava : Vydavateľské oddelenie PF UK, 1997. ISBN 80-7160-0881.
  • Kamali, Mohammad Hashim. Principles of Islamic jurisprudence. 3rd rev. and enlarged ed. Cambridge : Islamic Texts Society, 2003. ISBN 978-0-946621-82-8.
  • Knapp, Viktor. Velké právní systémy : úvod do srovnávací právní vědy. Praha : C.H. Beck, 1996. ISBN 80-7179-089-3.
  • Kropáček, Luboš. Duchovní cesty islámu. Praha : Vyšehrad, 2003. ISBN 80-7021-613-1.
  • 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,.


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