SCHOOL OF ADVANCED LEGAL & SYARI’AH STUDIES

IIUM ACADEMY
BACHELOR OF LAWS (HONOURS)
LEGAL METHOD LAW1030

ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS

Instructions:

 Please prepare the answers on the following questions.

 Use computer generated format for your written answers.
 This is an individual assignment.
 It suffices for you to use the Internet sources.
 ASSIGNMENT

BACHELOR OF LAWS (HONOURS)

LEGAL METHOD LAW 1030

BY

MOHD HAZIM BIN CHE MAHDI

International Islamic University

Malaysia
1. State the definitions of the term ‘law’ by at least seven (7) of the names listed below.

a) Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC):

b) Cicero (106 BC – 43BC):
c) St Thomas Aquinas: (1225-1274):
d) Blackstone (1723 – 1780):
e) John Salmond (1862 -1924):
f) Hans Kelsen (1881-1973):
g) John Austin (1790-1859):
h) Karl Marx (1818 – 1883) and Marxism:
i) Max Weber (1864-1920):
j) Harlan F. Stone (1872 – 1946):
k) John Chipman Gray (1839 – 1915):
l) Feminism:
m) Critical legal Studies Movement:

2. State the reason/s why it is not possible to give one complete definition to the term ‘law’.
3. Jurists have referred to the term ‘law’ differently from different point of views. Match the
columns by writing the relevant alphabet against the number in ‘Answer’ column. (The
number refers to the ‘Legal System’ and the alphabet indicates the term used to refer to the
word ‘law’).

NO LEGAL SYSTEM LIST TERMS ANSWERS

1 The term used for law in Hindu A Jus 1
jurisprudence. ………

2 The terms used for law in Islamic B Recht 2

system. ………

3 The term was used by the Romans C Droit 3 ………

to refer to law.
4 The term used in Germany to refer D Dharma 4 ………
to law.
5 The term used in France to refer to E “Hukum” 5 ………
law.