In December 2011the School of Law at the University of Exeter decided to develop three new modules around the topic of Islamic law. Thanks to an HEA grant Anicee Van Engeland conducted an extensive consultation exercise with colleagues in academia practitioners from law firms and barristers in order to produce new materials for lecturers and students.
The intention was to develop a new way of teaching Islamic law to law students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The purpose was to enable law students to become familiar with and trained in Islamic law in a way that meets the expectations of a university legal education and the professional legal community without losing the cultural and philosophical elements that underpin Islamic law.
