Spring 2027

Introduction to Islamic Law & Jurisprudence

Introduction to Islamic Law & Jurisprudence explores the theoretical roots of Islamic law, analyzing methodologies in legal literature and their modern manifestations.

offering recorded2–3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Asifa Quraishi-Landes

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2020: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.25 GPA, 25.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.00 GPA, 0.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades).

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Prerequisites

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Declared in Law JD

  • Declared in Law JD
LAW 785

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  • Declared in Law JD

Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2020: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.25 GPA, 25.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.00 GPA, 0.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ASIFA QURAISHI-LANDES is recorded teaching in Spring 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2023, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2020: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.25 GPA, 25.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.00 GPA, 0.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Theoretical roots of Islamic law
  • Methodologies in Islamic legal literature
  • Islamic family law and criminal law
  • Governmental and constitutional structures from classical period to present

Skills

  • Understanding the internal workings of Islamic law at its theoretical roots
  • Analyzing methodologies in Islamic legal literature and identifying their modern manifestations
  • Contextualizing Islamic law within governmental and constitutional structures from the classical period to the present

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LAW 785 · Spring 2027

Introduction to Islamic Law & Jurisprudence

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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