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UNIVERSITY OF LONDON LA3028

DIPLOMA IN THE COMMON LAW

LLB

ALL SCHEMES AND ROUTES

BSc DEGREES WITH LAW

Introduction to Islamic Law

Thursday 28 May 2015: 14.30 – 17.45

Candidates will have fifteen minutes during which they may read the paper
and make rough notes ONLY in their answer books. They then have the
remaining THREE HOURS in which to answer the questions.

Candidates should answer FOUR of the following EIGHT questions.

Candidates should answer all parts of a question unless otherwise stated.

Permitted materials
None.

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1. Discuss the role played by the Qu’ran itself in effecting reforms in the
family law of Tunisia and Pakistan.

2. Discuss the duty of the husband who repudiates his wife to continue to
maintain her in traditional Sunni and Shi’i law and the current law of
Egypt, Iran and Saudi Arabia.

3. Compare and contrast the rights possessed by a wife in a misyar and

in a mut’a marriage.

4. “A daughter’s right to inherit is more extensive under Shi’i than under

Sunni law.”

Discuss.

5. “The mother of a child can never make decisions regarding its

upbringing. This is the responsibility of the father.”

Discuss.

6. Explain and discuss why too many women are choosing to divorce
their husbands by a judicial khula when a divorce of faskh would have
been available.

7. “There is no right to freedom of contract under Islamic law.”

Discuss.

8. “Islamic law treats homicide as a tort rather than a crime.”

Discuss.

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