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Fall 2013 Middle East W3923 section 001
CNTRL QUESTIONS IN ISLAMIC LAW

Call Number 18523
Day & Time
Location
T 6:10pm-8:00pm
To be announced
Points 3
Approvals Required None
Instructor Wael Hallaq
Type SEMINAR
Course Description Through detailed discussions of certain landmarks in Islamic legal history (e.g., origins; early formation; sources of law; intellectual make-up; the workings of court; legal change; women in the law; legal effects of colonialism; modernity and legal reform, etc.), the course aims at providing an introductory but integrated view of Islamic law, a definition, so to speak, of what it was/is.
Web Site CourseWorks
Department Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
Enrollment 30 students (30 max) as of 11:27PM Friday, May 24, 2013
Status Full
Subject Middle East
Number W3923
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
Open To Columbia College, Engineering and Applied Science, General Studies, School of Continuing Education, Graduate School of Arts and Science, School of the Arts, International and Public Affairs, Barnard, Engineering and Applied Science: Graduate
Campus Morningside
Section key 20133MDES3923W001

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