JURISPRUDENCE- GLUP4074TUTORIAL QUESTIONS FOR WEEK 1- SEMESTER I, 2014/2015

QUESTION ONE

(a) Define the term ‘jurisprudence’. Support your answer with some specific juristic views. (b) Explain briefly the reasons why we study jurisprudence.

QUESTION TWO

‘For those who study jurisprudence today, it is nothing but a troubling mass of conflicting ideas’: Arnold.

Why, then, study the subject?

QUESTION THREE

‘Jurisprudence is as big as law and bigger’. (Karl Llewellyn)

Discuss.

QUESTION FOUR

Discuss the arguments that ‘jurisprudence’ as a subject should be considered as a social science or philosophy. Illustrate your answer with examples.

QUESTION FIVE

The issue of whether ‘jurisprudence’ is a science or a philosophy is a contentious one amongst jurists. Discuss.

QUESTION SIX

Discuss TWO (2) sources of Islamic law and critically examine the idea of whether the Sunnah of the Prophet (Pbuh) should be treated as an independent source of law from al-Qur’an. Support your answer with examples.

NOTE: Students are reminded to come for the tutorial sessions/classes while they are prepared or at least able to answer all the questions.

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