Unit PUBLIC LAW OF ISLAMIC COUNTRIES
- Course
- Law
- Study-unit Code
- A000048
- Location
- PERUGIA
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Maurizio Oliviero
- Teachers
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- Maurizio Oliviero
- Hours
- 36 ore - Maurizio Oliviero
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2017
- Offered
- 2018/19
- Learning activities
- Affini o integrative d.m.270/04
- Area
- Attività formative in ambiti disciplinari affini o integrativi a quelli di base e caratterizzanti, anche con riguardo alle culture di contesto e alla formazione interdisciplinare
- Academic discipline
- IUS/21
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- The four stages of constitutionalism in the Arab countries and the current trends of constitutional law in the Arab world. Islam and positive law. The sources of Islamic law: basic notions.
- Reference texts
- - M. Oliviero, Il costituzionalismo dei Paesi arabi I - Le Costituzioni del Maghreb, Giappicheli, Torino, 2003; ¿- F. Castro, Il modello islamico, Giappichelli, Torino, 2007.
- Educational objectives
- Learning the basic notions regarding the sources of Islamic law and the evolution of constitutionalism in the Arab world, in order to understand the current political and constitutional dynamics.
- Prerequisites
- No specific pre-requisites
- Teaching methods
- Face-to-face lessons
- Other information
- --
- Learning verification modality
- oral exam
- Extended program
- Introduction to Constitutionalism in the Arab World: relationship between the autochthonous legal tradition and European constitutional systems; the Ummah and the State: a comparison; traditional Islamic institutions: Caliphate and Sultanate; the rise of nation states in the Arab world; the four stages of Aarab constitutionalism; the recognition of Islam as a source of law; Islam and positive law: the role of judges; current trends of constitutional law in Arab countries. ¿The Sources of Islamic Law: the notion of shari'ah, fiqh and usul al - fiqh; the four schools of law; the usul al - fiqh in al - Shafi'I's Risala; the characters of fiqh; the role of ijtihad in the organization of fiqh; the Koran; the Sunnah of the Prophet; the ijma; the qiyas; subsidiary sources of law; customs.