Academic Program Core Requirements
LAW1101 ( Law principles )
Credit Hours: 3
| 1) Providing legal knowledge.
2) Providing novice students with the basics of legal knowledge.
Developing the faculty of meditation & the ability of deduction |
| NO pre-requisite |
LAW1113 ( Introduction into Islamic jurisprudence )
Credit Hours: 3
| Demonstrating the Islamic law & jurisprudence and its sources and comparing it to ordinances, various juristic schools over Islamic ages, celebrities of Islamic doctrines & approved books, the juristic rules and their sources & kinds, study of some juristic rules, and brief study of some models of contemporary financial transactions in Islamic jurisprudence. |
| NO pre-requisite |
LAW1103 ( Criminology & Penology )
Credit Hours: 3
| • Introducing criminology.
• Concept of crime & criminal in criminology.
• The research means used by criminology.
• Theories that are related to criminal behavior interpretation.
• Criminal factors
• Punitive schools
• Forms of criminal penalty.
• Methods of penalty implementation and developing them.
• Manners of treatment inside punishment associations
Means of care after penalty implementation. |
| NO pre-requisite |
LAW1112 ( History of law )
Credit Hours: 3
| The course contains historical study of the social and legal systems by introducing the general development of law and applying that on the history of legal systems in the ancient Near East region including pre-Islam Araba in order to determine the historical basics of the legal system in kingdom of Saudi Arabia. |
| No pre-requisite |
LAW1114 ( Sources of Obligation )
Credit Hours: 3
| - Knowing the essence of obligation & its voluntary sources (contract & single will)
- Knowing kinds of contracts and their different classifications.
- knowing the legal formation of contracts and their forms according to Islamic jurisprudence and ordinances.
- Knowing the basics of interpreting & adapting legal contracts and the principles which govern their effects, ways of termination, and expiration.
- The legal action with single will.. |
| pre-requisite : LAW1101 |
LAW1115 ( Basics OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH )
Credit Hours: 3
| Knowledge of the origins of scientific research.
- Ability to select the subject of the research and prepare the plan.
- Ability to identify scientific references and how to collect them. |
| No pre-requisite |
LAW1117 ( Family provisions )
Credit Hours: 3
| This course aims at enabling the student of being acquainted with the provisions of family relations in Islam by studying & discussing these provisions in the marriage contract and demonstrating its basic elements, conditions, and preventives, and knowing the marital rights of both parties, and how this contract is terminated by divorce from the side of husband and by termination from the side of legitimate ruler. Therefore, the student ability of researching these issues and demonstrating his opinion about them is achieved. |
| No pre-requisite |
LAW1135 ( The public international law (1) )
Credit Hours: 3
| -Learning essence of the public international law and its development, branches, and persons.
- Learning the sources of public international law while focusing on the international treaties & international practice as two main sources.
- The ability of determining the way of applying the public international law within the country.
- Knowing the international responsibility conditions and the diplomatic protection claim.
- Knowing the concept of international organization and its kinds & domestic and international legal character.
- Knowing the legal system of international employees. |
| pre-requisite : LAW1101 |
LAW1136 ( The constitutional law )
Credit Hours: 3
| -Learning the principles of the constitutional law & its development.
- The rules which govern the country & their objectives.
- Understanding how the country authorities are organized & progressed.
- The ability if understanding the constitutional mechanisms which govern the constitutional life in the community. |
| pre-requisite : LAW1101 |
LAW1138 ( The administrative law )
Credit Hours: 3
| -Learning the concept of administration activity and the term of administrative law.
- Learning the main pivots addressed by the administrative law.
- Learning the general administration means when it interferes in fulfilling public needs.
- Highlighting the main guarantees which protect rights of individuals in the face of misuse of power. |
| pre-requisite : LAW1101 |
LAW1212 ( The Provisions of Obligations )
Credit Hours: 3
| - Learning the kinds of legal obligations.
- Learning the methods of implementing legal obligations.
- Learning the methods of rights & obligations transmission.
- Learning the methods of legal obligations cessation.
- Learning the legal means related to legal obligations protection |
| pre-requisite : LAW1114 |
LAW1214 ( Law of Pleadings )
Credit Hours: 3
| • Having ability to establish a methodology for the objective legal analysis.
• Understanding the general principles of the judicial regulation.
• Identifying the conditions pertaining appointment of the judges and their associates.
• Identifying types of the jurisdiction.
• Being familiar with procedures of civil pleadings and principles thereof as well as rights and duties of the litigants.
Being aware of elements of the judicial ruling, remedies and procedures thereof. |
| pre-requisite : LAW1101 |
LAW1233 ( Contracts and administrative decisions )
Credit Hours: 3
| -Knowing the means of general administration.
- Basics of administrative decision and administrative contract.
- Defining the basic elements of administrative decision.
- Introducing concept of administrative contracts and their criteria.
- Knowing the mechanisms of choosing the party contracting with the administration & the rights and obligations of contract parties. |
| pre-requisite : LAW1138 |
LAW1239 ( The public international law (2) )
Credit Hours: 3
| -Learning the concept of international conflict and kinds of international conflicts.
- Learning the peaceful ways of settling international conflicts.
- The ability of defining the way of settling the international conflict in the domain of international collective security system.
- Knowing the different international maritime zones.
- Learning the rights & obligations of the coastal countries in different maritime zones.
- Being acquainted with the legal system of international crimes committed in seas. |
| pre-requisite : LAW1135 |
LAW1245 ( The Provisions of Obligations )
Credit Hours: 3
| - Learning the kinds of legal obligations.
- Learning the methods of implementing legal obligations.
- Learning the methods of rights & obligations transmission.
- Learning the methods of legal obligations cessation.
- Learning the legal means related to legal obligations protection |
| pre-requisite : LAW1101 |
LAW1215 ( Civil Contracts )
Credit Hours: 3
| Being acquainted with the provisions of lease contract conclusion and its effects and applications in kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
- Being acquainted with the provisions of agency contract conclusion and its effects and applications in kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
- Being acquainted with the way of applying the legal & legislative acquired knowledge on the raised practical issues. |
| pre-requisite : LAW1212 |
LAW1226 ( The commercial law )
Credit Hours: 3
| -Learning concepts of information technology, its basics, and effect in the social life.
- The ability of using the operational & applied programs.
- Understanding the objective analysis operations and the headings applications.
- The ability of analyzing the content of any information package.
- The ability of using the worldwide web for the purposes of scientific research & communications |
| pre-requisite : LAW1101 |
LAW1227 ( Provisions of inheritances, wills, and endowment (waqf) )
Credit Hours: 3
| The course aims at studying in details the legislative provisions related to inheritances as it reviews study of inheritance basic elements, components, preventives, people deserving heritage, as well provisions of abolishment & dissociation. In addition, it reviews the provisions of wills in terms of will conditions, legislative provisions, and the rules related to its implementation. The course studies the provisions of endowment in terms of its kinds, conditions, management, and replacement. |
| pre-requisite : LAW1101 |
LAW1238 ( Administrative jurisdiction )
Credit Hours: 3
| -Learning the general administration means.
- Basics of administrative decision and administrative contract.
- Defining the basic elements of administrative decision
- Introducing the concept of administrative contracts and their standards.
- Knowing the mechanisms of choosing the contracting party with the administration and the rights & obligations of contract parties. |
| pre-requisite : LAW1233 |
LAW1311 ( Labor law )
Credit Hours: 3
| -Learning the general principles governing the labor law according to the requirements of Islamic law principles and the codes from which they are derived at kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
- Learning the way of concluding legal provisions from the current system.
- Learning the way of applying the gained knowledge on the raised practical cases.
- Paying attention to labor cases, knowing their nature and provisions, and trying to solve them |
| pre-requisite : LAW1101 |
LAW1312 ( Provisions of property )
Credit Hours: 3
| - Knowing the original corporative rights and the reasons of acquiring them.
- Knowing the Saudi codes which regulate property & assets.
- Knowing the way of concluding legal provisions from the current law.
- Knowing the way of applying the acquired knowledge on practical cases related to real estate property. |
| pre-requisite : LAW1114 |
LAW1323 ( Commercial contracts and banking operations )
Credit Hours: 3
| Differentiating between commercial & non-commercial contract & demonstrating the result of that.
- Demonstrating the legal system which governs the commercial obligations in these contracts and the legal relation which governs the banking operations related to different kinds of accounts, Letters of Credit, and other banking products which are governed by special contracts |
| pre-requisite : LAW1226 |
LAW1325 ( Maritime law )
Credit Hours: 3
| -This course aims at enabling the student of knowing the legal rules which are applied on ships and maritime navigation personnel at the head of them the shipmaster as well as the legal system which govern the maritime navigation, assistant navigation, maritime commercial contracts, maritime accidents, common less, and maritime insurance in the light of Saudi Arabia systems, international maritime agreements, and comparative legal systems |
| pre-requisite : LAW1114 |
LAW1316 ( Methods of attestation & implementation )
Credit Hours: 3
| The course contains study of the rules of attestation according to the regulations and Islamic jurisprudence in terms of demonstrating methods and procedures of attestation. It includes also demonstration of the substantive and procedural rules in attestation in front of jurisdiction authorities at the kingdom. |
| pre-requisite : LAW1214 |
LAW1317 ( The provisions of the Evidence )
Credit Hours: 3
| - Knowing the means of evidence before Judiciary and courts.
- Knowing the proceedings of providing the means of evidence.
- Knowing the judge's and litigants role in evidence. |
| pre-requisite : LAW1214 |
LAW1318 ( Basics of jurisprudence )
Credit Hours: 3
| - This course focuses on providing the student with knowledge about the topics of “Islamic jurisprudence basics” and demonstrating its subject, the way of listing legislative provisions & their sources, and studying the agreed upon primary sources which are: holy Quran, Sunnah, consensus, and comparison. Then the course discusses the secondary sources which are: commendation, public interest, conventions, laws of those came before us, fatwas of prophet’s companions, Abiding to other revealed injunctions, and finally prohibition of what may lead to sins. By knowing these topics, the student will gain the ability of applying these sources and the rules of this science in what he faces of legal & legislative problems and cases. |
| pre-requisite : LAW1113 |
LAW1319 ( Laws of insurances & social security )
Credit Hours: 3
| Being acquainted with the general principles which govern the systems of social insurance, cooperative health insurance, and social security according to the Islamic law principles and the regulation derived from them in kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
- Learning how to extract the legal provisions from the current systems.
- Learning how to apply the gained knowledge on the raised practical cases. |
| pre-requisite : LAW1311 |
LAW1320 ( Arbitration Law )
Credit Hours: 3
| • Knowledge of arbitration, its types and advantages.
• Know the arbitration agreement, its structure and its effects.
• Know the composition of the arbitral tribunal.
• Ability to comment on arbitral award.
• Learn how to implement arbitral award. |
| pre-requisite : LAW1214 |
LAW1327 ( Commercial papers & bankruptcy )
Credit Hours: 3
| -Learning the main concepts and basics of the commercial papers rules.
-The applications of the provisions of commercial papers trading in the commercial activity.
- Learning the provisions related to facilities & traders refraining of fulfilling their obligations and the provisions of bankruptcy & tripped projects. |
| pre-requisite : 1226 |
LAW1411 ( Provisions of personal guarantee & real estate guarantee )
Credit Hours: 3
| Differentiating between public guarantee on one hand and personal & real estate guarantee on the other hand.
- Defining the collateral and knowing its basic elements and the conditions of concluding it.
- Defining the effects of collateral and the ways of its expiration.
- Differentiating between possessory lien and trust or official mortgage, knowing the conditions of concluding them, and defining their effects and ways of termination.
- Defining the franchises and differentiating between their kinds. |
| pre-requisite : LAW1212 |
LAW1412 ( Private International Law )
Credit Hours: 3
| • Recognize private international law terminologies along with its main topics.
• Recognize mechanism of concluding legal provisions and applying the same on international private relations.
• Train on Legal Consultations system.
• Train on teamwork.
Link the educational process with the civil community institutions. |
| pre-requisite : LAW1101 |
LAW1413 ( Provisions of intellectual property )
Credit Hours: 3
| Knowledge of the concept of author rights.
- Learn how to register patents.
- Concept of industrial drawings & models and the ways of protecting them. |
| pre-requisite : LAW1101- 1226 |
LAW1435 ( Zakat & taxes Laws )
Credit Hours: 3
| Knowing The definition of zakat, taxes, and Knowing zakat and tax purposes, their respective characteristics, the legal basis of each, the rules governing the taxes and their types, and their distinction from other financial costs. The statement of those subject to zakat, and collection, those subject to income tax, objecting and collection, the definition of value added tax, the definition of selective goods tax and Definition of customs tax in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia laws. |
| pre-requisite : LAW1101 - 1226 |
LAW1444 ( Criminal procedures law )
Credit Hours: 3
| • Learning the concept of criminal procedures system and its relation with the other criminal & procedural systems.
• Knowing the different criminal procedures and the ability of applying them through practical examples.
• Learning the concept of general criminal action and its characteristics, parties, and limitations.
• Knowing the rules which govern the phase of gathering information.
• Knowing the principles which govern primary investigation.
• Knowing the principles which govern trials.
The ability of applying acquired knowledge on the assumptions and cases raised by practical reality. |
| pre-requisite : LAW1245 |
LAW1445 ( Practical Training )
Credit Hours: 3
| - Know how to write a legal memorandum and provide legal advice.
- Able to write contract.
- Able to comment on judgments and judicial decisions.
- Able to plead verbally.
- Know the types of courts and how to plead before them.
- Know about the practice of law and the judicial profession. |
| pre-requisite : 107 hours + 1215 -1238 -1317- 1344- 1326 |
LAW1433 ( Environment law )
Credit Hours: 3
| -Defining the concept of environment.
- Being acquainted with components of environment.
- Demonstrating the national & international regulations which govern environment.
- Defining mechanisms for protection of environment. |
| pre-requisite : None |
LAW1419 ( Comparative law )
Credit Hours: 3
| a- Being acquainted with the importance of studying comparative law and its relation to legal science.
b- Being acquainted with the comparative legal systems adopted by the countries to facilitate understanding their issues & applications.
c- Knowing the principles and basics upon which the comparative legal studies are based.
d- Being acquainted with the different legislative solutions of different legal families and demonstrating the way of making use of the.
Promoting the comparative legal knowledge of Saudi students. |
| pre-requisite : NOne |
