Prof. Azizat Omotoyosi Amoloye-Adebayo

Prof. Azizat Omotoyosi Amoloye-Adebayo

Professor
ISLAMIC LAW
University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria

Azizat Omotoyosi Amoloye-Adebayo is a Professor and the Head of Department, Department of Islamic Law, Faculty of Law, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria. She is also a former Departmental Postgraduate Programmes Coordinator, Acting Postgraduate Programmes Representative at the Faculty of Law, University of Ilorin and a Deputy Director at the University of Ilorin Consultancy Services Unit. She is a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria; a Commonwealth Scholar, an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Nigeria, and the United Kingdom; a Non-Resident Visiting Fellow of the ICLARS (2019 – 2020), Utah, USA; an African Humanities Program Fellow, American Council of Learned Societies (2021) and a Non-Resident Research Fellow, the Research Institute for Theology and Religion, University of South Africa (2022 -2025).

Qualifications

  • PhD, Shari'ah and International Human Rights Law, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, 2012.
  • LLM, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, 2006.
  • BL, Nigerian Law School, (Lagos Campus), 2003.
  • LL.B. (Hons.) Common and Islamic Law, Usman Dan Fodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria, 2001.
  • Certificate in Inter Faculty Arabic Stage 2A and B, Stage 3A and B (Post GCSE), The Language Centre, University of Nottingham, UK, 2009 and 2011.

Professional Affiliations

  • Associate, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Nigeria, and United Kingdom.
  • Member, Nigerian Bar Association, National and Ilorin Branch.
  • Member, National Association of Law Teachers.
  • Member, National Association of Islamic Law Teachers.
  • Member, Federacione Internationale D’ Abogadas (FIDA) International Federation of Women Lawyers, National and Ilorin Branch.

Teaching & Research Areas

Islamic Law; International Human Rights Law; Human Rights violations, Rights of Persons with Disabilities; Islamic Law and Legal History;Islamic Law of Inheritance; Islamic Family Law; Islamic Law in Constitutional Contexts; Islamic Law in Pre and Post Independence Constitutions of Nigeria; Issues in Law and Religion; Gender Issues in Law; Feminist theories and Islam; and Agency in the application of Islamic Law.

Undergraduate Teaching

  • Introduction to Islamic Law
  • Principles of Islamic Law
  • Islamic Family Law
  • Islamic Law of Inheritance and Wills
  • Usul-al-Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence)
  • Islamic Constitutional Law
  • Murafa'at (Islamic Law of Evidence)

Postgraduate Teaching

  • Legal Research Methodology
  • Ayat-al-Ahkam wa Ahadith At-Tashriyyah
  • Usul-al-Fiqh

Get in Touch

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Office Address
Room 001, Department of Islamic Law, Faculty of Law, University of Ilorin