ISLAM, LAW AND THE STATE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
LAW5ILS
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
This subject will provide students with an introduction to the contentious relationship between the Islam, law and the state in Southeast Asia. Muslims are the largest community in Southeast Asia, comprising about 45% of the region's population. The discourses surrounding the accommodation of Islamic law are critical to understand political, social and legal developments in this very diverse region. Contemporary issues and debates on Islam and Islamic law will be studied in their social, political and cultural contexts. Selected country studies will include Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei and the Philippines providing a rich contextualisation in very different nation settings. It will cover topics including: Islam and the constitution; bureaucracy and Islam; judicial system and Islam; and b roader issues of Islam, politics and society.
School: La Trobe Law School (Pre 2022)
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Kerstin Steiner
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters
Available as Elective: No
Learning Activities: N/A
Capstone subject: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: Must be enrolled in LMJD or LML or LMLGBL or LMCL or LMLAW or LMLE or have permission of the subject coordinator
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Quota Management Strategy: N/A
Quota-conditions or rules: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Minimum credit point requirement: N/A
Assumed knowledge: N/A
Career Ready
Career-focused: No
Work-based learning: No
Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A
Entire subject or partial subject: N/A
Total hours/days required: N/A
Location of WBL activity (region): N/A
WBL addtional requirements: N/A