Course Descriptions

This course contains a range of grammatical and morphological concepts reinforced by exercises that develop the student's ability to write correctly, whether functional or creative writing. It also introduces the student to the basics of written expression, its patterns, and the rules of correct spelling. On the grammar and morphology side, the course covers the following topics: the concept of the word and the sentence and their types; the verb and its types in terms of inflection and indeclinability, regularity and irregularity (derived forms and root forms), soundness and weakness, transitivity and intransitivity, the active and passive voice; the study of objects (maf'ul) and the circumstantial accusative (hal); the types of noun in terms of number and of definiteness; the followers (tawabi'); the abrogators of the nominal sentence; the inflection of the five nouns, of numbers, and of diptotes; and derivatives. On the side of written composition, the course covers the elements of text construction (words, sentence, paragraph, style, linking particles), exercises in writing patterns (administrative letters, reports, CVs), summarising and expression skills, and essay writing, concluding with an explanation of the rules of spelling.

This course is designed to develop students' fundamental English communication skills for academic, professional and everyday contexts. It focuses on improving students' ability to communicate effectively and confidently in English through integrated practice in listening, speaking, reading and writing. The course introduces the essential vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation and communication strategies needed for effective interaction. Students will take part in individual, pair and group activities, discussions, presentations, role-plays and practical communication tasks. Emphasis is placed on building confidence, fluency, accuracy, active listening and the appropriate use of English in different social and academic situations.

This course contains the following topics: definition of economics and clarification of its concept; the subject of economics and its relationship with other sciences; economic laws; political economy; utility and value; the economic problem; economic systems and their development in ancient and medieval times; the capitalist system; the socialist system; production and its factors; factors of production; trade in services for economic activities; analysis of consumer behaviour, the characteristics of the producer and the movement of consumer markets; the concept of national income and the statement of its elements; a comparison between those systems and Islamic economic theory; and the important values in Islamic economics with regard to ownership, economic freedom, intervention and production.

This course covers the most important aspects of the United Arab Emirates, introducing the student to the historical development of the State, its geographical characteristics, its political system, its domestic and foreign policies, the foundations of comprehensive development, the social and cultural characteristics of Emirati society, the demographic structure, the role of the Emirati citizen in sustainable development and in strengthening social responsibility, the empowerment of women and youth, economic developments, the transition towards a knowledge economy, clean energy and sustainability, and the UAE's standing in global competitiveness indicators. The course also reviews the national future orientations and visions, foremost among them "We are the UAE 2031" and the UAE Centennial 2071, and the development opportunities and challenges associated with them, in a way that contributes to strengthening national identity, developing the student's analytical thinking, and understanding the UAE's experience in building the State and achieving sustainable development.

This course contains a range of rhetorical terms, concepts and arts, supported by exercises based on Quranic evidence, the language of the noble hadith and literary works, contributing to the development of the student's literary taste and the refinement of their expression. Alongside this, the course studies a number of texts from the Holy Quran, the Prophetic Sunnah and Arabic literature, which strengthen the student's grasp of linguistic rules and their ability to analyse texts linguistically and rhetorically and to understand their purposes. The course contains the following topics: the concepts of eloquence (fasaha) and rhetoric (balagha) and the science of meanings (ma'ani) and its divisions; together with important rhetorical issues such as preposing and postposing (taqdim and ta'khir), separation and connection (fasl and wasl), mention and omission (dhikr and hadhf), brevity, prolixity and equivalence (ijaz, itnab and musawah); then the science of figurative expression (bayan), with its arts of simile (tashbih), metaphor (isti'ara) and metonymy (kinaya). This is followed by successive linguistic and rhetorical studies of Surat Al-Bayyina, of the advice of Luqman to his son, of the hadith "Actions are only by intentions", as well as the study of a poetic text (the poem "Khilal Karima" by the poet Hafiz Ibrahim) and a prose text (the essay "Al-Rahma" by Mustafa Lutfi al-Manfaluti).

This course aims to introduce students of Sharia and law to the fundamentals and main concepts of artificial intelligence, and to its applications in legal and Sharia fields. The course covers the definition of artificial intelligence, its historical development, the types of intelligent systems, and the components of artificial intelligence programmes. It focuses on the practical applications of artificial intelligence in the fields of the judiciary, fatwa, the analysis of legal and Sharia texts, and smart contracts. The course also discusses the ethical and legal dimensions of using artificial intelligence, and the challenges associated with privacy and human rights, thereby preparing students to understand the role of technology in the future of legal and Sharia professions.

This course covers the origin and development of sociology, its definition, its fields, and the early pioneers who founded it, such as Ibn Khaldun, Auguste Comte, Durkheim, Karl Marx and Max Weber. It also covers the relationship between sociology and other sciences, and the social processes arising from social relations, such as cooperation, conflict, integration, competition and accommodation. The course seeks to clarify the classical theoretical and methodological orientations in sociology, explains the topics of social class, social stratification and social mobility, and gives attention to the social systems that make up the social structure, such as the value, economic, political and religious systems.

This course covers basic topics in mathematics. It includes the nature of mathematics and the infrastructure of Euclidean geometry, together with basic concepts of the Pythagorean theorem and its related proof. The course also covers the angle, the measurement of angles, the units of angle measurement and some important theorems on the subject with their proofs. It also addresses the circle, the circular arc, polygons, the triangle and quadrilaterals.

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The General Psychology course covers the basic concepts and principles of psychology, as a science concerned with the study of human behaviour and of mental and emotional processes. It introduces students to the history, origin and development of psychology, its most important schools and theoretical orientations, and the research methods used in it. It also covers basic topics including: motives and needs, emotions, perception and sensation, learning, memory, thinking and intelligence, personality, psychological development, individual differences and mental health. The course focuses on applying psychological concepts and theories to understanding and interpreting individual behaviour, and linking them to life, academic and social situations, thereby contributing to developing students' awareness of themselves and others and improving their skills in dealing and communicating with them.

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The detailed description of this course is not currently available.

This course covers the concepts and basic principles of sustainable development. It introduces the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their environmental, economic and social dimensions, and their role in achieving balanced development and enhancing quality of life. The course covers topics including: ecosystems and the factors affecting their sustainability, the management of natural resources, food security, water and energy, the sustainable economy, indicators and measurement of sustainability, governance and policies supporting sustainable development, as well as the analysis of national and international initiatives and a review of the efforts of the United Arab Emirates in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. It also builds students' capacity to analyse sustainability issues and to propose practical solutions that contribute to supporting sustainable development at local and global levels.

This course covers the basic principles and concepts of public administration as a framework for organising and managing public sector institutions and achieving the public interest efficiently and effectively. It introduces students to the development of administrative thought, the foundations of public administration, its relationship with the political, legal and economic sciences, and its role in supporting national development and improving the quality of public services. The course also reviews modern trends in public administration, including governance, public policy-making, government leadership, performance management, institutional innovation, digital transformation and the ethics of public service, highlighting the role of these concepts in developing government institutions and strengthening transparency, accountability and responsiveness to the needs of society. The course focuses on developing students' ability to analyse administrative issues, study government practices and apply the principles of public administration to understand and evaluate institutional challenges, through applications and case studies drawn from government experience, with a focus on the UAE's experience in developing government administration and institutional excellence.

This course aims to develop students' creative and innovative thinking, and to enable them to apply these skills to solving problems and developing initiatives and entrepreneurial projects in various fields of life and work. The course focuses on the basic concepts and theories of innovation and creativity in the modern age, the stages of generating ideas, developing them and turning them into realistic, feasible solutions, highlighting the role of creativity in achieving growth, excellence and effective leadership in today's dynamic environments. The course also covers practical applications in design thinking, the management of innovative projects, and the use of tools for organising creative work, thereby strengthening students' skills in critical thinking, collaboration, decision-making and experiential learning. The course contributes to the personal and intellectual development of students and prepares them for a future working environment based on innovation, digital transformation and entrepreneurship.

This course introduces Sharia and fiqh, the characteristics of each, the need for legislation, and the relationship of Sharia with earlier laws and with law. It covers the history of Islamic fiqh from the time of the Prophet, peace be upon him, to our present age, highlighting the efforts made to serve it and the challenges it faces; the fiqh schools, their definition, their methods and their terminology; and the sources of Islamic legislation, both those agreed upon and those disputed, with a brief overview of the general rules of fiqh.

This course covers two main sections: Theory of Law: this section covers the general theory of law, namely the definition of law, the characteristics of the legal rule, its classifications, its relationship with other social rules, the branches of law, its formal and interpretive sources, the application of law and its scope of application in terms of place and time, the interpretation of law, and practical solutions for overcoming the problem of conflict of laws. Theory of Right: this section covers the general theory of right, namely the definition of right, its relationship to law, the types and classifications of rights, their sources, the elements of a right in terms of its subjects (natural person and legal person), its object, how it is exercised, the means of protecting and proving it, and the ways in which it is extinguished.

The student memorises the thirtieth part (Juz' 'Amma) of the Holy Quran, and masters the rules of recitation in theory, covering: an introductory presentation of the reading (qira'a) in which the student recites and of its transmitter; the types of errors in recitation and their rules; the silent nun and tanween; the silent meem; the doubled nun and meem; the rules of madd (elongation); qalqala; the topic of tafkheem (heavy articulation) and tarqeeq (light articulation) and its degrees; and waqf (pausing) and its types. The student applies these rules to audible recitations.

This course sets out: scientific research, its conditions, rules and characteristics; the determinants of scientific research methods; the scientific research methods adopted in university research; the relationship between scientific research methods and logic; the qualities of the researcher; the tools and stages of preparing methodical scientific research; drawing up the research outline; ways of expanding sources and references; encyclopaedias and science indexes; online research; preparing a file to collect material and identify quotations; the controls and elements of writing a research draft; revising the draft and free reading; the elements of writing an introduction and a conclusion; types of indexes; editing and the study of heritage texts; and practical applications.

This course covers the introductions to the science of creed, including: the names of this science, its legitimacy, the ruling on learning it and its founder; the definition of creed and of the science of creed and the differences between them; the reasons for the expansion of the topics of this science and the requirements for renewing it; then the topics of faith, the conditions of its obligation, the ruling on rational argument concerning it, and the disagreement of scholars over its definition, its reality, and its increase and decrease. It then presents the first section (Divinity, al-Ilahiyyat), in which the student reviews the traditional and contemporary proofs of the existence of the Truth, the foundations of knowing Him based on knowledge of His names and attributes, the divisions of the attributes and the disagreement of the theological schools on them, with the views of scholars on this. The course concludes with the topics of predestination, divine decree and the vision of God.

This course contains the following topics: the importance of the family, and the preliminaries of marriage, from betrothal, its rulings, conditions and effects; marriage, its pillars and conditions, and the women who are forbidden to marry; the effects arising from it in terms of rights, and the rights and rulings of the guardian (wali) in marriage; equality (kafa'a) in marriage; rulings on disputes between spouses, polygamy and the division of time between wives, and what relates to them; the role of family reform and guidance in bringing spouses together and limiting the phenomenon of divorce; the separation of spouses, including divorce, its definition, pillars and conditions, its types, the ruling for each type, the rulings on reconciliation (raj'a), witnessing the divorce, the consolation payment (mut'a) due upon it, khul' and judicial separation, separation by the ruling of Sharia, the waiting period ('idda) and its rulings, and the rights of children; and comparing all of this with the UAE Personal Status Law.

This course covers the following topics. Part One: Inheritance, which includes: what the science of inheritance is, its principles, its importance and its terminology; the pillars of inheritance and its conditions, causes and impediments; the estate and the rights relating to it; knowledge of the holders of fixed shares (fard) and their circumstances; the inheritance of the agnatic heirs (asaba) and its rules; the types and divisions of agnates; exclusion (hajb), 'awl (increase of shares) and radd (return of surplus); inheritance by estimation, such as the inheritance of the unborn child (hamil) and of the missing person (mafqud), the inheritance of a child born of unlawful union and of li'an, the inheritance of distant kindred (dhawu al-arham), mutual release of shares (takharruj) and successive inheritances (munasakhat). Part Two: Bequests, which covers: the definition of bequest, its legitimacy, the wisdom behind its legislation, the types of bequest, its pillars, and the obligatory bequest, together with the provisions of the UAE Personal Status Law No. 28 of 2005 governing inheritance and bequests.

This course contains the following topics: introducing the student to the general theory of constitutional law, its sources and its relationship with the other branches of legal science; the types of written and customary constitutions and the methods of their emergence, with greater focus on the role of constitutional custom under the Constitution of the United Arab Emirates issued in 1971; the principle of the supremacy of the Constitution; rigid and flexible constitutions; constitutional guarantees and judicial review of the constitutionality of laws. The course then defines the concept of political systems and the development of political thought; the idea of the State and how it arose and developed through history; the definition of the State and its essential and secondary elements; the characteristics of the State; the legal State; the functions of the State; forms and types of States; the definition of government and its forms; the means of allocating powers; representative bodies; concentration of powers; separation of powers; the presidential system, the parliamentary system and the semi-parliamentary system; the political system of the United Arab Emirates; and the organisation of individual rights under contemporary political systems and the UAE system.

This course contains the following topics: the definition of the science of Usul al-Fiqh, its importance, the statement of the Sharia ruling and its definitions, the divisions of the Sharia ruling, the provisions and questions of the Sharia ruling, the pillars of the Sharia ruling and the questions relating to them, questions and issues of legal obligation (taklif) in Islamic legislation, the definition of the agreed-upon sources of Islamic legislation (the Quran, the Sunnah, consensus (ijma') and analogy (qiyas)), and the disputed sources of Islamic legislation: juristic preference (istihsan), public interest (maslaha mursala), custom ('urf), blocking the means (sadd al-dhara'i), presumption of continuity (istishab), the opinion of a companion (qawl al-sahabi), the practice of the people of Madina, and the law of earlier communities (shar' man qablana), together with their contemporary applications in Sharia and law; and an introduction to semantics (dalalat), the way a word is used to convey a meaning, and the divisions of words according to the form that indicates the ruling.

This course covers the voluntary sources of obligation under the UAE Civil Transactions Law, namely: First: The Contract: its definition and types, the elements of the contract, the conditions for its validity, the effects of the contract with respect to the contracting parties and third parties, as well as its subject matter; the civil liability arising from breach of contractual obligations, the exclusion of liability, and the causes of dissolution of the contract. Second: The Unilateral Act: through setting out the general provisions of the unilateral act, and the study of the provisions on the promise of a reward as one of its applications.

This course contains the following topics: the definition of administrative law, its origin, its sources and its characteristics; the general foundations of administrative organisation; methods of administrative organisation; administrative centralisation and decentralisation; administrative concentration and non-concentration; the delegation of administrative authority; the administrative organisation of the United Arab Emirates; the powers of the Federal Supreme Council; the powers of the Council of Ministers; the powers of the Emirate governments; public service law; the public employee; the activity of the administrative authority; administrative policing; public utilities; administrative decisions; the administrative contract; termination of the contract; and public property and its provisions.

This course contains the following topics: an introduction to the involuntary sources of obligation: 1. The harmful act and its applications: the definition of liability for a harmful act (tort liability, al-mas'uliyya al-taqsiriyya) and its distinction from contractual liability; the combination of and choice between the two liabilities; the elements of tort liability (the harmful act, the damage, and the causal link) and its forms: liability for one's own act, liability for the act of another, and liability for things; and the study of the tort liability claim and the effect of its establishment. 2. The beneficial act (enrichment without cause) and its applications: negotiorum gestio (fudala), and the receipt of what is not due (qabd ghayr al-mustahiqq) and its effect. 3. Law as a direct source of obligation.

This course will provide students with a broad overview of the definition, necessity, characteristics and divisions of law. Students will also be taught the legal and judicial systems of the world and the UAE, including basic outlines of cases where applicable.

The aim of this course is to provide students with an introduction to the concepts, principles, sources and institutions that define public international law in today's world. The module gives an overview of the current international legal system, explaining how international law is made and its relationship with the national legal systems of States. These topics include the sources of international law, the law of treaties, and the subjects of international law such as the law of State jurisdiction, immunities and responsibility. The module addresses other critical areas of international law, such as the theory of international responsibility, methods of resolving international disputes, the scope for pursuing those who violate international law, and the position of the individual in international law. Finally, the module gives students an understanding of the law of war, with a focus on the conduct of the warring parties, occupation and prisoners of war.

This course covers the provisions of obligation, namely the study of the effects arising from an obligation under the UAE Civil Transactions Law from its creation until its extinction. It studies the natural obligation and the civil obligation, sets out the provisions on compulsory specific performance and performance by way of compensation, and identifies the methods of security and the lawful means guaranteed by the UAE Civil Transactions Law to ensure that the creditor obtains his right from the debtor. It also studies the attributes of the obligation, its transfer, and the methods of its extinction.

This course covers private international law within the framework of defining its concept and sources, and some of its topics, by addressing nationality and clarifying the general principles that govern it, as well as setting out the provisions of UAE nationality, such as the causes of acquiring, losing and recovering it, the disputes relating to it, and the authorities with jurisdiction over nationality matters. The course also addresses the conflict of laws in private international relations, clarifying the general principles on conflict of laws in private relations and cases with a foreign element, as well as the mechanism for resolving them through conflict rules (the indirect method) in UAE law, with reference to the direct method of determining the law applicable to such private international relations.

This course contains the following topics: defining commercial law, its characteristics and its scope of application; defining the concept of commercial business and civil business, and describing the relationship between commercial law and civil law; business by nature, commercial business by extension and mixed business; the concept of the trader, the conditions for acquiring the status of trader, the practice of trade and the conditions of commercial capacity; the professional obligations of the trader, namely the obligations of professional trade and registration in the commercial register; the rules governing the commercial register and the penalty for violating its provisions; commercial property and commercial and industrial ownership, and how they are organised and protected; the commercial asset, its elements, nature and characteristics; the sale of the commercial asset, its conditions and effects; nullity of the sale of the commercial asset; the obligations of the seller and of the buyer in the commercial shop; the pledge of the commercial asset and of the commercial shop, its conditions and effects; the protection of the commercial shop from competition, its conditions and effects; the contribution of the commercial asset, its conditions and effects; and applications to commercial business and the commercial shop, all in accordance with the Federal Commercial Transactions Law of the United Arab Emirates.

This course contains the following vocabulary: defining commercial law, its characteristics and scope of application, defining the concept of commercial business and civil works, describing the relationship between commercial and civil law, business by nature and commercial business by extension, and mixed business, the concept of the trader in terms of conditions for acquiring the status of a trader, professionalism of trade and conditions of commercial eligibility, professional obligations of the trader and represented concerning professional obligations for trade and registration in the commercial register, the rules governing the commercial registry and the penalty resulting from violating its provisions. Commercial funds and commercial and industrial property in terms of how they are organized and protected, the commercial asset is its elements, nature and characteristics, the sale of the commercial asset and its conditions and effects, the invalidity of the sale of the commercial asset, the obligations of the seller and the obligations of the buyer in the commercial shop, the mortgage of the commercial asset and the commercial place, the conditions and effects of the mortgage, the protection of the business from competition, terms and effects, contribution to the commercial asset, its terms and effects, applications to businesses and to the commercial shop, all in accordance with the Federal Commercial Transactions Law of the United Arab Emirates.

This course contains the following topics: an introduction to the general criminal law, its systems and its application in terms of time and place; then the general theory of crime, namely the definition of crime, its nature, elements, pillars and circumstances; classifications of crimes by their gravity, by their material element and by their mental element; classifications of crimes in Islamic criminal legislation; the material element of the crime; the causal relationship; the principle of attempt, its definition and elements; the mental element of the crime, criminal intent, its elements, forms and proof; fault, its forms and methods of proof; criminal participation, original participation, the perpetrator by proxy, accessorial participation, the elements of the offence of the accomplice by causation and its mental element; unintentional crimes; justification and its causes; the exercise of a right and its conditions; the performance of a duty in relation to justification; legitimate defence and its conditions, limits and methods of proof; grounds excluding criminal responsibility: insanity and mental disabilities, the effect of loss of mental discernment, unconsciousness arising from narcotics or intoxicants, the state of necessity, duress and its provisions, and minority and its provisions.

This course consists of two sections. The first covers labour law and the provisions of the employment contract, and the second covers social legislation. The first section deals with the general principles of labour law: its definition, its importance, its characteristics, its sources and its scope of application. It also covers the definition and characteristics of the employment contract, its distinction from other contracts with which it may be confused, how it is formed and proved, and its effects in terms of the obligations it places on the worker and the employer, as well as the suspension and termination of the employment contract. The second section deals with social legislation: the subject of social insurance and its financing (insurance contributions), the insurable events that give rise to an insurance entitlement, the conditions for entitlement in cases of old age, disability, need and calamities, and the rights established in respect of them.

This course covers the provisions of evidence in civil and commercial transactions, giving the student a general overview of the rules of evidence, its types and its basic principles, and the means of proof: writing, whether traditional or electronic and its probative authority; testimony, its conditions and its probative authority. It also highlights other rules of evidence: custom, judicial presumptions, admission and oath.

This course covers the contracts of sale, lease and contracting, as follows: 1. Contract of sale: includes the definition of the contract of sale and an explanation of its characteristics; its formation in terms of its elements and conditions of validity; and its legal effects, in terms of the seller's obligation to transfer ownership of the sold item and deliver it to the buyer, the guarantee against eviction and the guarantee against hidden defects, and in terms of the buyer's obligation to pay the price, take delivery of the sold item and bear the expenses of the contract. The course also covers some types of sale, such as the sale of another's property, the sale by an agent to himself, and sale during terminal illness. 2. Contract of lease: includes the definition of the contract of lease and an explanation of its characteristics; its formation in terms of its elements and conditions of validity; and its legal effects, in terms of the lessor's obligation to deliver the leased property to the tenant and enable him to benefit from it, his obligation to maintain it, and the guarantees against eviction and hidden defects, and the tenant's obligations to pay rent, take delivery of the leased property, preserve it and return it at the end of the lease term; as well as the special provisions on the causes of termination of the lease and its effects. 3. Contract of contracting (works contract): includes the definition of the works contract and an explanation of its characteristics; its formation in terms of its elements and conditions of validity; and its legal effects, in terms of the contractor's obligations and the provisions on his ten-year liability, and the obligations of the employer; and the special provisions on the termination of the works contract.

This course contains the following topics: an introduction to the Civil Procedure Law of the United Arab Emirates, through the basic principles of the judiciary, the independence of the judiciary and its relationship with the other authorities of the State, the rules of judicial organisation, the judge and his guarantees, the courts, their levels and their composition, the foundations of litigation, the rules of jurisdiction and judicial competence, and the procedures of litigation and trial; litigation by petition (al-'arida) and the special rules and procedures relating to it; the theory of the claim (al-da'wa) and its distinction from other related terms, its characteristics and its legal effects, and the rules and methods for serving it by traditional or technological means; its hearing, investigation, and its temporary and permanent legal incidents; the legal objections (dafu') relating to it, to the proceedings in it, or to the disputed right; the judgment in it and the rules and procedures necessary for its validity; and the methods of appeal against judgments, whether ordinary, such as appeal (istinaf), or extraordinary, such as application for review (iltimas), cassation (naqd), and the newly introduced system of recourse (al-ruju').

This course covers the general theory of criminal sanction (penalties and penal measures), and contains the following topics: the definition of criminal sanction and an explanation of its essence and characteristics; the classification of sanctions by their gravity; the procedures for crimes of retaliation (qisas) and blood money (diya) in the criminal legislation of the UAE; penalties: principal penalties and subsidiary penalties (accessory and supplementary penalties); suspension of the execution of the penalty; judicial pardon; conditional release; legal excuses and the mitigating and aggravating discretionary circumstances; general and specific recidivism and its cases; plurality of penalties; extinction of the penalty; general and special pardon; rehabilitation; penal measures, including measures restricting liberty, measures depriving of rights, and material measures; social defence and its cases (mental or psychological illness, habitual criminality, social dangerousness); social defence measures; and the measures prescribed for juveniles, delinquents and vagrants.

This course contains the following topics: Part One: Companies: the concept of the commercial company; the origin and development of the idea of the company; the legislative organisation of companies in the UAE; the legal nature of the commercial company; types of companies; the formation of the company, its elements, the conditions for its formation and effectiveness; the legal personality of the company; the dissolution of the company; partnership companies, their elements and the conditions for their formation and effectiveness (general partnership, simple limited partnership and joint venture (muhasa)); the dissolution of partnership companies; and the limited liability company. Part Two: Bankruptcy: bankruptcy administration; preventive settlement; restructuring; financial reorganisation; the declaration of bankruptcy; and the judgment of bankruptcy and its effects.

This course contains the following topics: Literary and artistic property, in terms of: the definition of intellectual property rights and the history of their emergence; copyright and related rights; the subject matter of copyright and related rights; the legal nature of copyright; the elements of copyright; the legal protection of copyright and related rights; the duration of legal protection of works; the protection of copyright and related rights under UAE law; and the international conventions governing copyright. Patents, industrial designs and models; trademarks; and commercial data. The operating mechanism of the legal system for protecting intellectual property rights; the basic principles of the TRIPS Agreement; and the elements of the mechanism for protecting intellectual property rights (the general obligations imposed on States to ensure the effective implementation of the protection system; the preventive system to limit infringement of intellectual property rights; and the penal system for protecting intellectual property).

The science of public finance: public needs and private needs; public services; public finance and private finance; the elements of public finance; the development of the scope of public needs; public finance and economic systems; public revenues, their concept, classification and elements; the general concept of tax and the development of the concept of tax, its characteristics, the rules for imposing taxes, tax objectives, the legal basis of tax, the technical organisation of tax, the economic effects of taxes, double taxation and tax evasion; public loans and their technical organisation; public expenditure, its concept and classifications; the phenomenon of growing expenditure and its economic effects; the State budget, its methods, and its deficit; the economics of local debt; and the concept and methods of fiscal policy.

This course contains the following topics: an introduction to the special part of the Crimes and Penalties Law, followed by the study of offences against property: the legislative policy on offences against property, the types of offences against property, the crime of theft, its elements, the penalty for theft, and related offences; fraud offences, the material and mental elements of fraud, and related offences; offences of financial breach of trust, its elements and related offences; and then the study of offences against persons, including homicide (intentional and unintentional killing) and offences affecting the right to bodily integrity.

This course contains the following topics: the general principles of compulsory enforcement, its basic elements and its procedures, through the study of the following parts: Part One: The pillars of enforcement, including the types of enforceable instruments; the elements constituting an enforceable instrument; the parties to enforcement procedures; the authority that carries out compulsory enforcement; and the object of enforcement and its legal controls. Part Two: Preliminaries and procedures of enforcement, including precautionary attachment; executory attachment; enforcement procedures against the debtor's movable property; procedures for attaching what is owed to the debtor by third parties; enforcement procedures against immovable property; and the distribution of the proceeds of enforcement and its procedures. Account is taken of digital transformation in civil procedure in general and in the rules of compulsory enforcement in particular. Part Three: Disputes and incidents of compulsory enforcement, including the general rules governing enforcement disputes; the types of these disputes, in particular substantive incidents in enforcement and urgent disputes and the rules governing them; and their procedures and legal effects.

This course defines criminal procedure law, its nature and its relationship with other laws, and the principles that govern procedural law. It then sets out the general framework of the criminal case before the criminal courts, beginning with the initiation of the case by the Public Prosecution and the restrictions on its powers to initiate the criminal case, and identifies the causes of extinction of the criminal case. The second section deals with the investigation of crimes and the collection and examination of their evidence. The third section defines the preliminary investigation. The fourth section covers the rules governing the trial before the criminal courts. The fifth section covers the methods of appeal against judgments, beginning with objection (mu'arada), then appeal (istinaf), cassation (naqd) and its procedures, and retrial (i'adat al-nazar), and the judgments in which retrial is permitted.

This course covers two main sections: a. Principal real rights: the right of ownership in general, its elements, its characteristics and the rights branching from it, its scope, the means of protecting it, and the restrictions imposed on it; the types of ownership (divided and undivided); how joint property is managed and disposed of, and the termination of co-ownership by partition. It also covers in detail the causes of acquiring ownership. b. Real and personal security: real security such as the security mortgage (rahn ta'mini) and the possessory pledge (rahn hiyazi), and privileges, on the one hand; and personal security (suretyship, kafala) on the other.

This course contains an introduction to the nature and legitimacy of arbitration, and its importance as an alternative means of resolving commercial and civil disputes and other disputes in which arbitration is permitted; a study of its advantages and disadvantages, and its distinction from similar systems; its types; the determination of its legal nature; its basic elements, foremost among them the arbitration agreement, its forms, the conditions for its formation and validity, and its legal effects; the subject matter of arbitration; the arbitral tribunal, how it is constituted and the rules governing its work; the parties to arbitral proceedings and the principles governing them; arbitral awards, their time limits and elements; and their enforcement in light of the law and the treaties to which the UAE is a party.

This course contains the following topics: the definition of negotiable instruments and an explanation of their characteristics and functions; the unified international regulation of negotiable instruments; the bill of exchange, its creation, circulation, payment and guarantees; the promissory note and the note to order; the cheque, its creation, its objective and formal conditions, its circulation, the payment of its value and its guarantees, the stop-payment order (mu'arada fi al-wafa'), and some of the most important types of cheques. The course also aims to study the operations of banks through the most important banking operations, such as opening bank accounts, renting safe deposit boxes, documentary credit, letters of guarantee, bank transfers, bank loans, and the collection and discounting of negotiable instruments.

This course is designed to prepare the student to enter postgraduate studies with distinction. The student's right to graduate and to obtain the Bachelor of Law is not guaranteed unless the graduation research project is completed in the final semester and accepted by the discussion committee. A faculty member supervises the student and helps them to choose their research topic, guides them through the steps of research, and organises the supervision work in preparation for its completion and subsequent discussion in accordance with the regulations.

This course provides the student with internal practical training in dealing with legal cases of all kinds, civil, commercial, criminal and personal status, by developing their skills in drafting statements of claim, memoranda and minutes, in addition to training in methods of filing claims and litigation procedures through mock courts.

The Practical Training, Career Guidance and Labour Market Unit of the College organises the practical training of students in coordination with the relevant head of the academic department and the competent faculty member. To this end, the Unit carries out, in accordance with the approved procedures, all necessary communications with the competent bodies inside and outside the College, and prepares all forms, statistics and reports in accordance with the regulations. Practical training is a compulsory requirement for the graduation of students of the Law Department.

This course contains the following topics: a study of the most important modern and emerging economic legislation in the UAE and an explanation of its rules and effects (legislation and laws regulating free zones, customs laws, laws relating to international agreements concluded in international trade and cross-border investment, laws regulating the work of the central bank and commercial banks, laws regulating the performance of financial markets, and anti-monopoly laws); the concept of the ordinary consumer and the electronic consumer; price and consumer protection laws; and aspects of protection under general and special economic legislation.

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This course covers the nature of criminology, the subject and objectives of criminology, the branches of criminology, research methods in criminology, the concept of the criminal phenomenon, the scientific theories explaining the criminal phenomenon, and the various factors that may drive the commission of crimes. It also defines penology and the forms of criminal sanction (penalties and non-penal measures), methods of penal treatment in penal institutions, and the penal treatment of convicted persons in modern criminal thought.

This course contains the following topics: the definition of international criminal law; the general provisions of criminal proceedings and their procedures in the context of international criminal law; the elements of international crimes; grounds for justification and grounds for exclusion of punishment and their forms in international criminal law; the definition of the International Criminal Court and the crimes within its jurisdiction, namely war crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity and crimes of aggression, with an explanation of their elements and the legal provisions relating to them; the categories of persons over whom the Court has jurisdiction; and the rules on referral and the issuance of judgments.

This course contains the following topics. Part One: Maritime Law, which covers: an introduction to maritime law, its origin, characteristics and effects; the elements of maritime navigation (the ship and the persons engaged in maritime navigation); the rules governing maritime exploitation (the ship charter contract, the contract of maritime carriage, the action for liability in maritime carriage, maritime sales, and the contract for the maritime carriage of passengers); and maritime accidents (maritime collision, maritime assistance and salvage, and general average losses). Part Two: Air Law, which covers: an introduction to air law, its origin, characteristics and effects; the elements of air navigation (the aircraft, the crew and persons engaged in air navigation, and airports); the scope of application of the rules of air navigation (freedom of flight and the right of individual ownership over the surface; freedom of flight and State sovereignty over its airspace); the rules governing air exploitation and the scope of application of the Warsaw Convention on international air carriage (the commercial character of air carriage; the international character of air carriage subject to the Warsaw Convention; air carriage falling outside the scope of the Warsaw Convention; the legal nature of the air carriage contract and its parties; the formation and proof of the air carriage contract; and the performance of the international air carriage contract); and the liability of the international air carrier (the legal nature of the international carrier's liability; the conditions for establishing that liability; the means of exonerating the international carrier from liability; the legal limitation of liability; and the liability action, its parties, the competent court, and the forfeiture of the right to bring it).

This course defines terrorist crimes and explains their elements, in accordance with what the student has studied in the General Part of the Crimes and Penalties Law, and then addresses the forms of these crimes in accordance with the rules established in special penal legislation, including Federal Law No. (7) of 2014 on combating terrorist crimes, Federal Decree-Law No. (20) of 2018 on combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism and the financing of illegal organisations, and the amendments relating thereto.

This course contains the following topics: the definition of the public administration concerned with litigation before the courts, the definition of an administrative dispute, its types, and its distinction from non-administrative disputes; the definition of administrative judiciary, its characteristics and its history; the body competent to hear administrative disputes in the Emirates (the federal judge and the local judge, or annulment judge); the principle of administrative legality, its definition, sources and limits; the action for annulment, which includes: the administrative judicial action, its formalities and procedures, the administrative decision subject to an action for annulment, and the grounds for challenging an administrative decision for annulment on grounds of internal legality and external legality; administrative liability disputes, which include: the principle of administrative liability, the distinction between personal fault and service fault, and the action for compensation and the procedures for bringing it; and the court judgment issued in administrative matters, and the problem of enforcement against the administration.

This module covers the following areas: an introduction to the UAE Federal Law on the Protection and Development of the Environment; the concepts of environment and pollution; the importance of environmental protection; environmental agencies; standards related to environmental protection; administrative law and environmental protection; environmental criminal law; the protection of the marine environment; the protection of air quality; the protection of wildlife; the protection of food; laws on noise pollution and the protection of public tranquillity; and penalties for breaching environmental law.

This module addresses the legal and policy issues relating to the development and functioning of international organisations. It covers the following topics: an introduction to international organisations, the historical development of international organisations, international legal personality, the character and environment of international organisations, international organisations and institutional power, the legal status of the personnel of international organisations, and an introduction to key international and regional organisations in the world today, including the United Nations and its specialised agencies, the Commonwealth of Nations, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, the European Union, the League of Arab States and the Gulf Cooperation Council.

The aim of this course is to provide students with an introduction to International Humanitarian Law, including its definition, its historical developments and its sources. The module gives an overview of the current international legal system, explaining how International Humanitarian Law applies in armed conflicts and its relationship with the national legal systems of States. These topics include the protection of civilians, means and methods of warfare, prisoners of war, the basic fundamental principles of International Humanitarian Law, rules of occupation, the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, and grave breaches under International Humanitarian Law.

This course covers the rulings on purification and prayer in Maliki fiqh, using a method that combines the doctrinal foundations with practical application. The student studies pure and impure substances, the removal of impurity, the rulings on water, ablution, ghusl, tayammum and wiping, menstruation and postpartum bleeding; then the rulings on prayer: the prayer times, the adhan, the conditions, the pillars, the sunnahs, prostration of forgetfulness, congregational prayer, shortening the prayer, Friday prayer, the two Eid prayers, the eclipse prayers, rain prayer (istisqa') and funeral rites, with the rulings applied to contemporary developments and practical training in the correct performance of worship.

This course covers the rulings on zakat, fasting, Hajj and Umrah in Maliki fiqh, using a method that combines the doctrinal foundations with contemporary application. The student studies zakatable wealth, its thresholds, partnership (khulta), the recipients of zakat, zakat on debt, and zakat al-fitr (the zakat of fast-breaking), and the investment of zakat funds; then the rulings on fasting: its establishment, its conditions, its pillars, its etiquette, its invalidators, making up and expiation (kaffara), and i'tikaf; then the rulings on Hajj and Umrah: the pillars, obligatory acts, the miqat boundaries and times, ihram, tawaf, sa'i, standing at Arafat, sacrificial offerings (dima'), the fidya (ransom), and being prevented from completing the rites (ihsar). The course also covers contemporary cases (nawazil) and practical applications that strengthen mutual solidarity and the correct practice of worship.

This course covers the rulings on contracts and financial transactions in the Maliki school, using a method that combines jurisprudential foundations with contemporary application. It focuses on the rulings of sale and its pillars and conditions, usury (riba) and its types, prohibited sales, forward sale (salam), hire (ijara), loan (qard), agency (wakala) and acknowledgement (iqrar), with the student trained to read Maliki texts, analyse opinions and evidence, and characterise and evaluate emerging transactions according to the rules and controls of the school.

This course covers the rulings on contracts and financial transactions in Maliki fiqh, with a focus on partnership and gratuitous contracts and some chapters on rights and obligations. It covers partnership of all types (sharika), qirad, insolvency and bankruptcy (iflas and taflis), settlement (sulh), deposit (wadi'a), guarantee (daman), agency (wakala), loan for use ('ariya), gift (hiba), charity (sadaqa) and life-tenancy gift ('umra), using a method that combines doctrinal foundations with contemporary application. It trains the student to analyse Maliki texts, characterise emerging contracts, and evaluate them according to the principles and controls of the school.