TEXT PREPARATION 4
Assignment due in class on November 16* from some students *Since part of the value of the text summary assignment is that it will prepare you to be an active participant in class, it may only be submitted in class on the day it is due. If you have to miss that day's class, please contact the instructor to make alternate arrangements. Please read:
1. What does Rowan Williams mean by "plural jurisdiction," and how does he view this concept as key to developing a renewed understanding of the relationship between civil and religious law? 2. According to Janice Gross Stein, why or how are women's rights especially affected in decisions about the rights that are due to religious groups? (Feel free to also comment on the bearing of Bakht's article on this question.) 3. What does Anver Emon see as the potential for "accommodation of Islamic law within national rule of law frameworks," and how does his view relate to the positions argued for by Rowan Williams? (You might also comment on how the positions of Emon and/or Williams are rooted in their characterizations of what shariah/Islamic law is.)
As in your Text Summaries, please follow the guidelines in: Gordon Harvey, Writing with Sources, pp. 1-3, 6,
10-19, 22-23, 50-51 [purchase book / selection in Coursepack 1 / book
on reserve] For parenthetical references to Williams, please use "Williams, para." plus the paragraph number. For parenthetical references to the other texts, please use author name + page number. |
**Please print your assignment double-spaced and with one-inch margins, using a 10-12-point font. Please number and staple the pages you hand in.
Please keep a copy of your summary to refer to in our class discussions.
posted November 11, 2011