HISU-248 : Islam Juris & Am Constitution

The goal of the course is to equip students with a deeper understanding of Islamic law in historical and contemporary forms. It is designed to give students a firm grounding in the principles, concepts and terminology of Islamic law and enhances team effectiveness as well as hands-on-experiences. This includes a critical analysis of the legal history, jurisprudential development, and the schools of Islamic law, evolution of the law up to the present, and its contemporary applications. Case studies relate to family, commercial, criminal law and other key issues of social responsibility will be examined. Guest speakers including judges, Professors of law and lawyers will be invited to explain important principles and concepts of the American constitution and beyond. No previous familiarity with the field is necessary and there are no course prerequisites. All readings will be in English. The instructional method combines lecture-discussion with actual case studies, guest speaker, attending events, site visitation, multimedia instruction and interactive student presentations.