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Contemporary Issues in Medical Jurisprudence

Course Description: The student will be introduced to contemporary issues related to medical jurisprudence.

Credits: 2

Objectives of the course :

- Introducing students to contemporary jurisprudential issues in medical jurisprudence. .
To equip the student with the skill of jurisprudential derivation for contemporary issues in medical jurisprudence, and how to frame them and seek their ruling in light of Islamic legal principles.
- Weighing different scholarly opinions on jurisprudential issues where there is disagreement.

Course outputs :

Knowledge and understanding:
1- The student should thoroughly explain contemporary jurisprudential issues in medical jurisprudence.
2. The student understands the concept of cloning, its types, and its rulings in detail.
3. The student classifies cosmetic surgeries, their fields, controls, and provisions in detail.
Skills:
1. The student will deeply analyze the research methodology in contemporary medical jurisprudence issues.
2- The student will discuss in detail various contemporary issues in medical jurisprudence.
3. The student accurately draws out issues of medical jurisprudence from the texts of early jurists.
Values, autonomy and responsibility:
It embodies an advanced level of integrity, values, and professional and human ethics in dealing with contemporary issues.
2. To participate in academic strategic decision-making for task management and specialized research on contemporary jurisprudential issues with a high degree of autonomy.
3. Collaborates effectively in projects or research groups, taking the initiative to lead and assume responsibility, and contributing to enhancing the quality of life for the community.

Additional information:

Course Topics:
Gene therapy, its concept, controls, and its legitimacy
Genetic engineering, its concept, forms, and rulings
Artificial insemination: its image and rulings.
Milk Banks: Concept and Ruling
Cloning: its concept, method, types, and rulings
– Cosmetic surgery, its fields, regulations, types, and rulings.
- Control of the baby's sex.
– Remove life support
Blood and organ donation
Refusal to assist and treat the sick
-Medical experiments
Quarantine
Mummification and preservation of dead bodies
– Autopsy of dead bodies
Disposal of sperm and embryos
Stem cells
Brain death
Abortion
– Selling and donating blood and organs
Hymen repair.
Gender transition
Important Note: The course instructor will select at least 12 cases to teach from the cases mentioned. The instructor may also select other emerging cases. The cases mentioned here are illustrative and not exhaustive.

Last updated: 2026-04-15