Course Descriptions

This course covers the following topics: rules and principles for preparing scientific legal research; legal research methods, their functions and objectives; legal research techniques; practical legal writing; the strategy required to achieve it; the principles to be observed in writing it in terms of form and content; drawing conclusions and presenting recommendations. The course also trains students in how to use sources and references, and to consult the most important legal websites on the World Wide Web (Internet) to extract information from them, in addition to following up on practical application.

General curriculum: This course covers some important topics relating to the introduction of private law and its distinction from public law; the definition of civil law and its sources; the binding force of the contract; provisions of contractual liability; the elements and provisions of tortious liability; and provisions on the compulsory enforcement of obligations (specific performance and enforcement by way of compensation). Specific curriculum: includes an in-depth study of one or more topics of civil law, the choice of which is subject to the course instructor, such as: compensation for variable damage in civil liability, compensation for moral damage, the liability of the principal for the acts of his subordinates, joint ownership, or liability insurance and compulsory motor vehicle insurance.

Course description: This course covers the following topics. General curriculum: deals with recent topics in the field of commercial law (commercial companies, commercial bankruptcy, banking operations, documentary credit, investment legislation, and securities traded on the stock exchange (shares and bonds)). Specific curriculum: study in depth of one or more of the following issues: 2- mechanisms for protecting failing commercial projects from bankruptcy pursuant to Federal Decree-Law No. 51 of 2023; 3- the legal system for the conversion of companies; 4- oversight of the work of company boards of directors; 5- listing of company shares, obligations borne by companies listed on the market and the special conditions for listing, listed securities such as bonds, shares, sukuk and financial securities, distinguishing the transactions on them, and the provisions for their trading, transfer, suspension and transfer of ownership; 6- documentary credit (30% of the course content is taught in English).

General section, which covers: the definition of civil procedure law, its importance, sources, characteristics and legal nature; rules of judicial organisation; courts, their formations, levels and degrees; rules of jurisdiction and venue; the theory of the judicial action, its rules, effects and procedures; the establishment of proceedings; litigation by petition; the distinction between judgments and orders, how they are issued, their authority, the methods of appeal (ordinary and extraordinary), and the rules for their enforcement, etc. Specific section: focuses in particular on an in-depth study of one or more topics of the general section, such as the theory of nullity of procedural acts, forfeiture of procedural rights, procedural non-existence according to the opinions of jurisprudence and UAE case law; the theory of the action and the rules of jurisdiction for hearing it, its procedures, its registration (traditionally or electronically), its hearing, pleadings and incidental legal issues; the issuing of judicial rulings, their effects and appeals against them, and their enforcement under the rules of compulsory enforcement; the theory of judicial service of proceedings, its rules, effects and procedures; objections (defences) and their legal framework; enforceable instruments and the rules governing them; and enforcement disputes and their rulings.

General section: studies the principles and legal foundations of the commercial arbitration system and other alternative means, explaining their elements, their importance and their role in resolving civil and commercial disputes at both domestic and international levels. Specific section: an in-depth study of one or more topics of arbitration and other alternative means, such as: the arbitration agreement; the law applicable in arbitration; arbitration in intellectual property disputes; nullity of an arbitral award; enforcement of foreign arbitral awards; arbitration in Islamic financial transactions; arbitration in construction contracts; arbitration in maritime transport contracts and petroleum disputes; arbitration in stock exchange and securities transaction disputes; arbitration in e-commerce disputes; in addition to the legal system of other alternative means such as conciliation, mediation and amicable settlement, etc.

This course offers an in-depth study of private international law. The general curriculum covers the most important aspects of the general theory of the conflict of laws problem and how it is resolved, the UAE conflict-of-laws rules, the rules of international jurisdiction, UAE nationality, and the enforcement of foreign judgments. The specific curriculum covers one of the previous topics in greater depth, or any of the following: substantive rules; the theory of conflict of laws in Islamic jurisprudence; determining the law applicable to obligations arising from tortious acts under UAE law and international instruments; the law applicable to, and jurisdiction over, relationships conducted online; the law applicable to international trade contracts; and the law applicable to sports disputes or personal status matters.

General curriculum: introduces the student to the concept of contract theory and its rules, including its definition, types, characteristics, formation, accompanying conditions, its effects and the rules for its termination. Specific curriculum: an in-depth study within a theoretical framework of one of the course topics and its contemporary developments and applications, such as real estate construction contracts. This involves studying the contract of works (muqawala) in accordance with the UAE Federal Civil Transactions Law, and then studying two of the most important and most modern forms of contemporary contracting: the Build-Operate-Transfer contract (BOT), as well as the FIDIC contract and the employment contract, and their applications in the United Arab Emirates.

This course covers the following topics. General curriculum: deals with the study of international trade law in terms of its definition, its characteristics, its distinction from similar branches of law, and its sources; the unification of international trade law rules and the importance of such unification; global organisations related to international trade, including the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). Specific curriculum: the course focuses on one or more of the following topics: 1- negotiations in international trade contracts; 2- drafting international trade contracts; 3- foreign direct investment, its international regulation, and the procedural and substantive guarantees for protecting foreign investment, and the settlement of foreign investment disputes.

First: General curriculum: includes the importance of comparative study, the different legal schools, the impact of comparative study on national legislation, a study of Arab legal systems in terms of the legal family to which they belong and the extent to which they have been influenced by Islamic jurisprudence and foreign laws, and whether unified Arab laws exist at the regional level, especially among the GCC states, or at the level of the League of Arab States. Second: Specific curriculum: a comparative study of one or more contemporary legal systems, such as: defects of consent, the theory of liability for tortious acts, the theory of unjust enrichment, and other theories.

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Course description: This course covers the following topics. Note: 30% of this course is taught in English. General curriculum: deals with the general rules for protecting intellectual property in its various aspects, whether copyright or neighbouring rights, trademarks and trade names, patents, industrial designs and models, and new plant varieties, and the means of protecting them in national legislation and international treaties. Specific curriculum: study in depth of one or more of the following topics: 1- the role of UAE customs in protecting intellectual property rights; 2- the legal protection of copyright and neighbouring rights in the digital environment, derivative works in the digital medium, and the legal protection of trademarks in the digital environment; 3- international organisations relevant to intellectual property rights (the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the World Trade Organization, and the World Intellectual Property Organization).