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VERVIEW

For this assignment, we analyze the Islamic legal tradition. This tradition has many different

interpretations in our world, but like most legal traditions it is unique in its history and traditions.

This tradition, referred to by our textbook author as the law of later revelation, has connections to

the other legal traditions you have already studied. Considering what we learned about the Civil

Law tradition last module; we will compare the two legal traditions. This assignment hones your

research and writing and sharpens your analytical skills by requiring you to identify similarities

between two legal traditions that seem vastly different.

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NSTRUCTIONS

Over the past two Modules: Weeks you have examined two different legal traditions: Civil and

Islamic. The Civil legal tradition focuses on the individual while Islamic legal tradition focuses

on the revelation. At first glance, these two systems may seem vastly different. However, there

are some similarities. In this essay, explain 3 areas where these two systems are similar. The

essay should be structured as follows:

Similarity #1 between the Civil legal tradition and the Islamic legal tradition.

Similarity #2 between the Civil legal tradition and the Islamic legal tradition.

Similarity #3 between the Civil legal tradition and the Islamic legal tradition.

Your essay must be 5-6 in current Bluebook format and contain at least 5 scholarly

sources in addition to/other than the course textbook and the Bible. Wikipedia does not count as

a scholarly source. Include headings for clear organization. will not count toward

the page total, and your citations should be in-text citations (not footnotes, endnotes, reference