Unit PUBLIC LAW OF ISLAMIC COUNTRIES
- Course
- Law
- Study-unit Code
- A000048
- Location
- PERUGIA
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Maria Chiara Locchi
- Teachers
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- Maria Chiara Locchi
- Hours
- 36 ore - Maria Chiara Locchi
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2022
- Offered
- 2023/24
- 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 different stages of constitutionalism in the Arab countries and the
current trends of constitutional law in the Arab world. Islam and positive
law: islamic law and the law of Islamic countries. The sources of Islamic
law: basic notions. - Reference texts
- - F. Castro, Il modello islamico, Giappichelli, Torino, 2007 - limitatamente
ai Cap. 1, 5 e 6.
- M. Oliviero, I Paesi del mondo islamico, in P. Carrozza, A. Di Giovine, G.
F. Ferrari, Diritto Costituzionale Comparato, Laterza, Roma-Bari, ult. ed.
- C. Sbailò, Diritto pubblico dell'Islam mediterraneo. Linee evolutive degli
ordinamenti nordafricani contemporanei: Marocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libia,
Egitto, Wolters Kluwer- Cedam, Milano, seconda ed., 2022
* Attending students will be provided by the teacher with materials relating to specific topics addressed during the course, which will be the subject of group or individual) classroom presentations. - Educational objectives
- Learning the basic notions regarding the sources of Islamic law and the
evolution of constitutionalism in the Arab and Islamic world, in order to
understand the current political and constitutional dynamics. - Prerequisites
- In order to understand the topics addressed during the course, students must first have a general knowledge of public and constitutional law.
- Teaching methods
- The prevailing teaching method involves classroom lectures with the use of slides. In-depth seminars are also planned with the involvement of scholars from other Italian and international universities.
- Other information
- Prof. Locchi is available to attending students, before and after class, for requests for clarification and information. She receives students in her room (no. 39 ex Dept. of Public Law) every Monday from 11.00 to 13.00. It is in any case possible to arrange an appointment by contacting Prof. Locchi by email: maria.locchi@unipg.it.
- Learning verification modality
- The exam includes a final oral test, both for attending and non-attending students, which consists of a discussion-colloquium relating to the topics covered in the reference texts.
For attending students, participation in (group or individual) classroom presentations related to specific texts provided by the teacher will be considered for the purposes of the final exam.
The test is designed to ascertain students' level of knowledge, comprehension and synthesis skills, as well as their ability to properly communicate the contents acquired.
The duration of the exam and the number of questions asked by the teacher vary depending on the progress of the test.
For information on support services for students with disabilities and/or DSA visit http://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa - Extended program
- Introduction to Constitutionalism in the Arab-Islamic 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
Programma esteso Introduzione al costituzionalismo arabo-islamico: la dialettica tra la
tradizione giuridica autoctona e i modelli costituzionali europei; Ummah e
Stato: concetti a confronto; Le istituzioni tradizionali dell'Islam: Califfato e
Sultanato; Dal crollo dell'Impero ottomano all'indipendenza: la nascita
degli Stati nazionali nel mondo arabo; Le tappe del costituzionalismo
arabo: traslazione e ricezione del modello liberale e del modello
socialista; Elementi tradizionali nella topografia delle Costituzioni
contemporanee: il riconoscimento dell'Islam come religione dello Stato;
l'incorporazione della shari'ah nel sistema delle fonti negli ordinamenti
giuridici dei paesi islamici contemporanei e il controllo di sciaraiticità da
parte delle corti costituzionali; orientamenti attuali del diritto
costituzionale arabo; L'Islam in Europa. Le fonti del diritto islamico:
Definizione dei concetti di shari'ah, fiqh e usul al - fiqh; Le quattro scuole
giuridiche sunnite e la diversa sistematizzazione delle fonti; gli usul al -
fiqh nel Risala di al - Shafi'i; I caratteri del fiqh: personalità e
confessionalità del diritto; Evidenza normativa e origine divina come
parametri giuridici del fiqh; I cinque attributi del fiqh; Il ruolo dell'ijtihad
Obiettivi per lo sviluppo sostenibile
Codice Descrizione
world; the different stages of Arab constitutionalism; the recognition of
Islam as a source of law; the incorporation of shari'ah as a source of law
in contemporary Islamic countries' legal systems and Islamic judicial
review; 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. - Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
- Goal 5: Gender equality; goal 16: peace, justice and strong institutions.