Bachelor of Law
- Objectives and Outcomes of the Bachelor of Law Program
| Objectives | Outcomes | Five Domains of Learning Outcomes in the National Qualifications Framework |
|---|---|---|
| 1- Enable the student to understand the characteristics of legal legislation and the rules and forms of its operation in deriving rulings and resolving contemporary problems. | 1- Identifies the various legal legislations from their sources, with knowledge of their principles and basic theories. | 1- Knowledge 2- Skill |
| 2- Discusses advanced and complex legal provisions, using research methods based on novelty, creativity and problem-solving. | 2- Skills 3- Autonomy and responsibility | |
| 2- Develop the student's ability to reason and critically evaluate legal rulings by measuring them against reality. | 3- Reasons innovatively about legal cases and questions through proofs relating to the field of law. | 3- Autonomy and responsibility 4- Role in context |
| 4- Analyzes the various laws critically in the context of their application to contemporary facts and cases. | 2- Skill 3- Autonomy and responsibility | |
| 3- Develop the student's ability to analyze legal texts and compare them with jurisprudential texts. | 5- Compares the principles of law with the principles of Islamic Fiqh in their most important foundations and the prevailing legislative bases of each. | 3- Autonomy and responsibility 4- Role in context |
| 4- Provide the student with methods for measuring emerging contemporary issues against the rules governing the operation of law in all its specialized branches. | 6- Expresses their personal point of view through various practical legal applications. | 2- Skills 3- Autonomy and responsibility |
| 7- Strives to write legal research and formulate its outputs with full independence and minimal guidance, using diverse learning resources, particularly digital resources and information databases. | 4- Role in context 5- Self-development | |
| 5- Refine the student's skills sufficiently to prepare individual and collaborative systematic scholarly research. | 8- Works, as a supervisor or participant, in a research team or research group to formulate collaborative research outputs. | 3- Autonomy and responsibility 4- Role in context |
| 9- Develops their legal knowledge, skills and research independently, in the context of self-directed learning and professional practice. | 4- Role in context 5- Self-development | |
| 6- Enable the student to understand the spirit of the age and instill in them the ethics of the profession. | 10- Adheres to the ethics of the legal profession and promotes a culture of legal commitment in their professional practice after graduation. | 1- Knowledge 4- Role in context |
- Graduation requirements:
Students must fulfill the following requirements in order to obtain the Bachelor of Law:
1- Successful completion of all the program's courses and credit hours.
2- Obtaining a cumulative grade point average of at least (2) out of (4) upon completion of their studies.
3- Spending the minimum period in the program, estimated at (6) regular semesters, and not exceeding the maximum period in the program, estimated at (14) semesters.
- Components of the Bachelor of Law program:
| Bachelor of Law | Compulsory | Elective | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| General college requirements | 14 | 4 | 18 |
| Common college requirements | 18 | - | 18 |
| Program specialization requirements | 79 | 9 | 88 |
| Total credit hours | 111 | 13 | 124 |
| These credit hours include internal and external practical training and the graduation research project (final) |
* Components of the minor specialization (Minors) (Sharia, Maliki Fiqh) and number of credit hours
| Minor Specialization (Sharia) | Compulsory | Elective | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minor specialization requirements (Sharia, Maliki Fiqh) | 12 | - | 12 |
| Total credit hours | 12 | - | 12 |
* Components of the minor specialization (Minors) (Sharia, Shafi'i Fiqh) and number of credit hours
| Minor Specialization (Sharia) | Compulsory | Elective | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minor specialization requirements (Sharia, Shafi'i Fiqh) | 12 | - | 12 |
| Total credit hours | 12 | - | 12 |
- List of courses:
A – Compulsory general college requirements
| Course No. | Course Name | Prerequisite | Credit Hours | Course Offered: Level | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1110102 | Arabic Language (1) | - | 3 | First | First |
| 1110204 | English Communication Skills | - | 2 | First | First |
| 1110903 | Introduction to Economics | - | 2 | First | First |
| 1210105 | Emirati Studies | - | 3 | Second | First |
| 1220102 | Arabic Language (2) | Arabic Language (1) | 2 | Second | Second |
| 1220207 | Innovation and Creativity Skills | - | 2 | Second | Second |
| Total credit hours | 14 |
B – Elective general college requirements (college students select 4 credit hours from 18 credit hours)
| Course No. | Course Name | Prerequisite | Credit Hours | Course Offered: Level | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1110309 | Sociology | - | 2 | First | First |
| 1210308 | Fundamentals of Modern Mathematics | - | 2 | First | First |
| 1120403 | Information Technologies | - | 2-2 : 2 | First | Second |
| 1120309 | Psychology | - | 2 | First | Second |
| 1120508 | Principles of Nutrition Science | - | 2 | First | Second |
| 1210508 | Human Rights in Islam and International Covenants | - | 2 | Second | First |
| 1220511 | Principles of Sustainable Development | - | 2 | Second | First |
| 1210602 | Principles of Public Administration | - | 2 | Second | Second |
| 1220410 | Principles of Artificial Intelligence | Information Technologies | 2 | Second | Second |
| Total credit hours | 4 |
C – Compulsory common college requirements
| Course No. | Course Name | Prerequisite | Credit Hours | Course Offered: Level | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3110306 | Introduction to Islamic Legislation | - | 3 | First | First |
| 4110107 | Introduction to Legal Science | - | 3 | First | First |
| 3110708 | Rules of Recitation and Memorization (1) | - | 1-1: 1 | First | First |
| 1210605 | Research Methods | After completing 30 credit hours | 2-2 : 2 | Second | First |
| 3220907 | Islamic Creed (1) | - | 3 | Second | Second |
| 3310103 | Comparative Personal Status Fiqh | Introduction to Legislation | 3 | Third | First |
| 3320104 | Comparative Fiqh of Inheritance and Bequests | Personal Status Fiqh | 3 | Third | Second |
| Total credit hours | 18 |
D – Compulsory specialization requirements
| Course No. | Course Name | Prerequisite | Credit Hours | Course Offered: Level | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4120707 | Constitutional Law and Political Systems | - | 3 | First | Second |
| 3120405 | Principles of Islamic Fiqh | Introduction to Legislation | 3 | First | Second |
| 4210210 | Voluntary Sources of Obligation | Introduction to Law | 2 | Second | First |
| 4220608 | Administrative Law | Introduction to Law | 3 | Second | First |
| 4220211 | Non-Voluntary Sources of Obligation | Voluntary Sources of Obligation | 2 | Second | Second |
| 4221009 | Legal Studies in English | Introduction to Law; English Skills | 3 | Second | Second |
| 4320509 | Public International Law (E) | Legal Studies in English (E) | 3 | Third | First |
| 4310212 | Law of Obligations | Non-Voluntary Sources of Obligation | 3 | Third | First |
| 4310505 | Private International Law | Voluntary Sources of Obligation | 3 | Third | First |
| 4310407 | Principles of Commercial Law (E) | Voluntary Sources of Obligation | 3 | Third | First |
| 4310805 | General Penal Law 1: General Theory of Crime | Introduction to Law | 3 | Third | First |
| 4310205 | Labor Law and Social Legislation | Voluntary Sources of Obligation | 3 | Third | Second |
| 4320213 | Law of Evidence in Civil and Commercial Transactions | Law of Obligations | 2 | Third | Second |
| 4320214 | Nominate Contracts (Sale, Lease and Contracting) | Law of Obligations | 3 | Third | Second |
| 4320306 | Civil Procedure Law | Voluntary Sources of Obligation | 2-2 : 3 | Third | Second |
| 4320806 | General Penal Law 2: General Theory of Sanction | General Penal Law 1 | 3 | Third | Second |
| 4410408 | Commercial Companies and Bankruptcy | Principles of Commercial Law (E) | 3 | Fourth | First |
| 4410216 | Intellectual Property Law | Non-Voluntary Sources of Obligation | 3 | Fourth | First |
| 4410603 | Public Finance and Tax Legislation | Administrative Law | 3 | Fourth | First |
| 4410807 | Special Penal Law | General Penal Law 2 | 3 | Fourth | First |
| 4420307 | Compulsory Enforcement | Civil Procedure Law | 1-2 : 2 | Fourth | Second |
| 4420308 | Criminal Procedure Law | General Penal Law 2 | 2-2 : 3 | Fourth | Second |
| 4420215 | Real Rights | Nominate Contracts | 3 | Fourth | Second |
| 4420417 | Arbitration Law | Civil Procedure Law | 3 | Fourth | Second |
| 4420409 | Commercial Papers and Banking Operations | Commercial Companies and Bankruptcy | 3 | Fourth | Second |
| 4411210 | Graduation Research | Research Methods; after completing 100 credit hours | 2 | Fourth | First |
| 4321111 | Internal Practical Training | Civil Procedure Law; Criminal Procedure Law | 3 | After completing at least 90 credit hours | |
| 4411112 | External Practical Training | Civil Procedure Law; Criminal Procedure Law | 3 | After completing at least 90 credit hours | |
| Total credit hours | 79 |
E – Elective specialization requirements, Group 1 (students select two courses from this group, 6 credit hours)
| Course No. | Course Name | Prerequisite | Credit Hours | Course Offered: Level | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4410810 | Criminology and Penology | General Penal Law 2 | 3 | Third | Second |
| 4220909 | Economic Legislation and Consumer Protection Laws | Voluntary Sources of Obligation | 3 | Third | Second |
| 4420811 | International Criminal Law | Public International Law; General Penal Law 2 | 3 | Fourth | First |
| 4320410 | Maritime and Air Law | Principles of Commercial Law | 3 | Fourth | First |
| 4420812 | Special Penal Legislation | General Penal Law 2 | 3 | Fourth | Second |
| 4320611 | Administrative Judiciary | Administrative Law | 3 | Fourth | Second |
| Total credit hours | 6 |
F – Elective specialization requirements, Group 2 (students select one course from this group, 3 credit hours)
| Course No. | Course Name | Prerequisite | Credit Hours | Course Offered: Level | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4210812 | Environmental Protection Law (E) | Introduction to Law | 3 | Second | First |
| 4310510 | International Organizations (E) | Public International Law | 3 | Third | First |
| 4420511 | International Humanitarian Law (E) | Public International Law | 3 | Third | Second |
| Total credit hours | 3 |
| Total credit hours for the Bachelor of Law | 124 |
|---|
G – Minor specialization requirements (Sharia, Maliki Fiqh) (Minors)
| Course No. | Course Name | Prerequisite | Credit Hours | Course Offered: Level | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3110104 | Maliki Fiqh of Worship (1) | Introduction to Legislation | 3 | First | First |
| 3120104 | Maliki Fiqh of Worship (2) | Maliki Fiqh of Worship (1) | 3 | First | Second |
| 3210105 | Maliki Fiqh of Transactions (1) | Maliki Fiqh of Worship (2) | 3 | Second | First |
| 3220105 | Maliki Fiqh of Transactions (2) | Maliki Fiqh of Transactions (1) | 3 | Second | Second |
| Total credit hours for the minor specialization (Sharia, Maliki Fiqh) | 12 |
H – Minor specialization requirements (Sharia, Shafi'i Fiqh) (Minors)
| Course No. | Course Name | Prerequisite | Credit Hours | Course Offered: Level | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3110105 | Shafi'i Fiqh of Worship (1) | Introduction to Legislation | 3 | First | First |
| 3120105 | Shafi'i Fiqh of Worship (2) | Shafi'i Fiqh of Worship (1) | 3 | First | Second |
| 3210106 | Shafi'i Fiqh of Transactions (1) | Shafi'i Fiqh of Worship (2) | 3 | Second | First |
| 3220106 | Shafi'i Fiqh of Transactions (2) | Shafi'i Fiqh of Transactions (1) | 3 | Second | Second |
| Total credit hours for the minor specialization (Sharia, Shafi'i Fiqh) | 12 |
- Course descriptions:
Compulsory specialization courses:
| Course Name | Introduction to Legal Science |
| Course No. | 4110107 |
| This course covers two main sections: 1- Theory of law: this section covers the general theory of law, including 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. 2- Theory of rights: this section covers the general theory of rights, including the definition of a right; its relationship to law; the types and classifications of rights; their sources; the elements of a right in terms of its subjects (natural persons and legal persons) and its object; how it is exercised; the means of protecting and proving it; and the methods of its extinction. |
| Course Name | Constitutional Law and Political Systems |
| Course No. | 4120707 |
| This course contains the following topics: an introduction to the general theory of constitutional law, its sources and its relationship to the other branches of legal science; the types of written constitutions 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; the guarantees of the constitution and judicial review of the constitutionality of laws; the concept of political systems and the development of political thought; the idea of the State and how it emerged 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; the forms and types of States; the definition of government and its forms; the means of allocating powers; representative bodies; the concentration of powers; the separation of powers; the presidential system, the parliamentary system and the semi-parliamentary system; the political system of the United Arab Emirates; and the regulation of individual rights under contemporary political systems and the UAE system. |
| Course Name | Administrative Law |
| Course No. | 4220608 |
| This course contains the following topics: the definition of administrative law, its origin, sources and characteristics; the general foundations of administrative organization and the methods of administrative organization; administrative centralization and decentralization; administrative concentration and deconcentration; the delegation of administrative authority; the administrative organization of the United Arab Emirates; the competences of the Federal Supreme Council, the Council of Ministers and the governments of the Emirates; the law of public service, the public employee and the activity of the administrative authority; administrative policing; public utilities; administrative decisions; the administrative contract and its termination; and public property and its provisions. |
| Course Name | Voluntary Sources of Obligation |
| Course No. | 4210210 |
| This course addresses the study of voluntary sources of obligation in the UAE Civil Transactions Law, namely: First: the contract, in terms of its definition and types, the elements of the contract and the conditions of its validity, the effects of the contract with respect to the contracting parties, third parties and the subject matter, the civil liability arising from breach of contractual obligations, the grounds for exoneration from liability, and the causes of dissolution of the contract. Second: the unilateral act, through a statement of the general provisions of the unilateral act and a study of the provisions on the promise of a reward as one of its applications. |
| Course Name | Non-Voluntary Sources of Obligation |
| Course No. | 4220211 |
| This course contains the following topics: an introduction to the non-voluntary sources of obligation: 1. Harmful acts and their applications: the definition of liability for harmful acts (tortious liability) and its distinction from contractual liability; the cumulation and choice between the two types of liability; the elements of tortious 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; the study of the tortious liability action and the effects of its establishment. 2. Beneficial acts (unjust enrichment) and their applications: agency of necessity (negotiorum gestio) and the receipt of what is not due, and its effect. 3. Law as a direct source of obligation. |
| Course Name | Law of Obligations |
| Course No. | 4310206 |
| This course studies the effects of obligations under the UAE Civil Transactions Law from the moment an obligation arises until it is extinguished. It covers the natural obligation and the civil obligation; the provisions on specific performance and on performance by way of compensation; the methods of guarantee and the lawful means guaranteed by the UAE Civil Transactions Law to secure the creditor's right against the debtor; as well as the attributes of an obligation, its transfer, and the methods of its extinction. |
| Course Name | Law of Evidence in Civil and Commercial Transactions |
| Course No. | 3320209 |
| 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 force; testimony, its conditions and its probative force; as well as other rules of evidence, including custom, judicial presumptions, admission and oath. |
| Course Name | Legal Studies in English |
| Course No. | 4221006 |
| This course will provide students with a broad overview of the definition, necessity, characteristics and divisions of law. In addition, students will be taught the legal and judicial systems in the world and in the UAE, including basic outlines of cases where applicable. |
| Course Name | Public International Law (E) |
| Course No. | 4120509 |
| The aim of this course is to introduce students to the concepts, principles, sources and institutions that define public international law in today's world. The module provides 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 belligerent parties, occupation and prisoners of war. |
| Course Name | Principles of Commercial Law (E) |
| Course No. | 4310407 |
| This course contains the following topics: the definition of commercial law, its characteristics and its scope of application; the definition of commercial and civil acts and the relationship between commercial and civil law; commercial acts by nature, commercial acts by extension, and mixed commercial acts; the concept of the trader, the conditions for acquiring the status of a trader, the practice of trade, and the conditions of commercial capacity; the professional obligations of the trader, namely the obligations of the trade profession 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 property, in terms of how they are organized and protected; the commercial establishment, its elements, nature and characteristics; the sale of the commercial establishment, its conditions and effects, and the nullity of its sale; the obligations of the seller and of the buyer in relation to the commercial shop; the pledge of the commercial establishment and the commercial shop, the conditions and effects of the pledge; the protection of the commercial shop from competition, its conditions and effects; the contribution of the commercial establishment to a company, its conditions and effects; and applications to commercial acts and to the commercial shop, all in accordance with the Federal Commercial Transactions Law of the United Arab Emirates. This course contains the following vocabulary (in English): 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; mixed business; the concept of the trader in terms of the conditions for acquiring the status of a trader; the professionalism of trade and the conditions of commercial eligibility; the professional obligations of the trader and the registration in the commercial register; the rules governing the commercial register 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: 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 shop; the conditions and effects of the mortgage; the protection of the business from competition, its 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. |
| Course Name | Labor Law and Social Legislation |
| Course No. | 4310205 |
| This course consists of two sections. The first covers labor law and the provisions of the employment contract; the second covers social legislation. The first section deals with the general principles of labor law: its definition, importance, characteristics, sources and scope of application. It also addresses the definition of the employment contract and its characteristics, its distinction from other contracts that may be confused with it, how it is concluded and proven, and its effects in terms of the obligations it imposes on the worker and the employer, the suspension of the employment contract, and its termination. The second section deals with social legislation, in terms of the subject of social insurance and its financing (insurance contributions), the insurance events that entitle a person to insurance benefits, the conditions for entitlement in cases of old age, disability, need, and disasters, and the rights established for them. |
| Course Name | General Penal Law 1: General Theory of Crime |
| Course No. | 4310805 |
| This course covers an introduction to the general criminal law, its systems, and its application in terms of time and place. It then sets out the general theory of crime: the definition of crime, its nature, elements, pillars and circumstances; classifications of crimes by gravity, by material element and by mental element; classifications of crimes in Islamic criminal legislation; the material element of the crime; causation; the principle of attempt, its definition and elements; the mental element of the crime; criminal intent, its elements, forms and proof; fault (negligence), its forms and methods of proof; criminal participation: principal participation, the perpetrator by means of another, and accessorial participation; the elements of the crime of accessory by causation and its mental element; non-intentional crimes; justification and its grounds; exercise of a right and its conditions; performance of a duty in relation to justification; legitimate defense, its conditions, limits and methods of proof; grounds excluding criminal liability; insanity and mental disorders; the effect of loss of mental perception; intoxication arising from narcotics or intoxicants; the state of necessity; duress and its provisions; and minority and its provisions. |
| Course Name | General Penal Law 2: General Theory of Sanction |
| Course No. | 4320806 |
| This course covers the general theory of criminal sanction (penalties and penal measures), and contains the following topics: the definition of the criminal sanction, its essence and characteristics; the classification of the sanction by its gravity; the procedures for crimes of qisas (retribution) and diya (blood money) in the criminal legislation of the United Arab Emirates; penalties: principal penalties and accessory penalties (subsidiary and supplementary penalties); suspension of the execution of a sentence; judicial pardon; conditional release; legal excuses and discretionary mitigating and aggravating circumstances; general and specific recidivism and its cases; multiplicity of penalties; extinction of penalties; general and specific pardon; rehabilitation; penal measures: penal measures restricting liberty, measures depriving rights, and material measures; social defense and its cases (mental or psychological illness, habitual criminality, social dangerousness); measures of social defense; and the measures prescribed for juveniles, offenders and vagrants. |
| Course Name | Civil Procedure Law |
| Course No. | 4320306 |
| This course contains the following topics: an introduction to the Civil Procedure Law of the United Arab Emirates, explaining 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 organization; the judge and his guarantees; the courts, their tiers and their composition; the foundations of litigation; the rules of jurisdiction and judicial competence; the procedures of litigation and trial; litigation by petition and the special rules and procedures relating to it; the theory of the action and its distinction from other related terms, its characteristics and legal effects; the rules and methods of serving process by traditional or technological means; its hearing, investigation, and its temporary and permanent incidents; the legal defenses relating to the action, to the procedures of the dispute or to the disputed right; the judgment and the rules and procedures necessary for its validity; and the methods of appeal against it, whether ordinary, such as appeal, or extraordinary, such as retrial (iltimas), cassation, and the newly introduced reconsideration mechanism. |
| Course Name | Private International Law |
| Course No. | 4310505 |
| This course addresses private international law within a framework that defines its concept and sources and covers some of its topics. It deals with the subject of nationality, clarifying the general principles that govern it, and sets out the provisions of UAE nationality law, such as the grounds for acquiring, losing and recovering nationality, disputes relating to it, and the authorities with jurisdiction over nationality matters. The course also addresses conflict of laws in private international relations and clarifies the general principles governing 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 for determining the law applicable to such private international relations. |
| Course Name | Special Penal Law |
| Course No. | 4410802 |
| This course contains the following topics: an introduction to special penal law, followed by the study of crimes against property: the legislative policy on crimes of attack on property; the types of crimes of attack on property; the crime of theft, the elements of theft, the penalty for theft, and crimes ancillary to theft; the crimes of fraud, the material element of fraud, the mental element, and crimes ancillary to fraud; crimes of breach of financial trust, the elements of breach of financial trust, and crimes ancillary to breach of financial trust. It then studies crimes against persons, including the crime of homicide, intentional and unintentional homicide, and crimes affecting the right to bodily integrity. |
| Course Name | Nominate Contracts (Sale, Lease and Contracting) |
| Course No. | 4320209 |
| 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 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 subject matter and to deliver it to the buyer, to guarantee against eviction and hidden defects; and in terms of the buyer's obligation to pay the price, to take delivery of the subject matter and to bear the costs of the contract. The course also addresses some types of sale, such as the sale of property belonging to another, 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 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 lessee and to enable him to benefit from it, the lessor's obligation to maintain it, and the guarantee against eviction and hidden defects; and the lessee's obligations to pay rent, to take delivery of the leased property, to keep it safe and to return it after the lease term ends; and the special provisions on the causes of termination of the lease contract and its effects. 3. Contract of contracting (works contract): includes the definition of the contract for works and 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 of its ten-year liability, and in terms of the employer's obligations; and the special provisions on the termination of the works contract. |
| Course Name | Commercial Companies and Bankruptcy |
| Course No. | 4420408 |
| This course contains the following topics: Section One: Companies. The concept of the commercial company; the origin and development of the idea of the company; the legislative regulation of companies in the United Arab Emirates; the legal nature of the commercial company; types of companies; the formation of a company, its pillars and the conditions for its conclusion and effectiveness; the legal personality of the company; the dissolution of the company; partnership companies, their pillars and the conditions for their conclusion and effectiveness (general partnership, simple limited partnership, and joint venture); the dissolution of partnership companies; and the limited liability company. Section Two: Bankruptcy. Bankruptcy administration; preventive settlement; restructuring; financial reorganization; the declaration of bankruptcy; and the judgment of bankruptcy and its effects. |
| Course Name | Real Rights |
| Course No. | 4420205 |
| This course covers two main sections: A- Principal real rights: this section studies the right of ownership in general, its elements and characteristics, what branches from this right, its scope, the means of protecting it, and the restrictions upon it; the types of ownership (separate and undivided) and how undivided property is managed and disposed of; the termination of undivision through partition; and it addresses in detail the causes of acquiring ownership. B- Security interests (real and personal): this section studies real security interests, such as security pledge, possessory pledge, and privileges (preferential rights) on the one hand, and personal security (suretyship) on the other. |
| Course Name | Commercial Papers and Banking Operations |
| Course No. | 4420409 |
| This course contains the following topics: the definition of commercial papers, and the statement of their characteristics and functions; the unified international regulation of commercial papers; the bill of exchange, its creation, circulation, payment and the guarantees of payment; the promissory note; the cheque, its creation, its objective and formal conditions, the circulation of the cheque, payment of the value of the cheque and its guarantees, opposition to payment, and some of the most important types of cheques. The course also aims to study the operations of banks and financial institutions through the study of 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 commercial papers. |
| Course Name | Public Finance and Tax Legislation |
| Course No. | 4410603 |
| The science of public finance: public needs and private needs, public services, public finance and private finance, elements of public finance, the evolution of the scope of public needs, public finance and economic systems. Public revenues: concept, classification, elements. The general concept of tax, the evolution of the concept of tax, its characteristics, rules for imposing taxes, tax objectives, the legal basis of tax, the technical organization of tax, the economic effects of taxes, double taxation and tax evasion. Public loans and the technical organization of public loans. Public expenditure, its concept and classifications, the phenomenon of growing expenditure and its economic effects. The state budget, methods of the state budget, the deficit of the state budget, the economics of local debt, and the concept and methods of fiscal policy. |
| Course Name | Intellectual Property Law |
| Course No. | 4410205 |
| This course contains the following topics: Literary and artistic property, covering: 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 in the law of the United Arab Emirates; and the international conventions governing copyright. Industrial property, covering: patents, industrial designs and models; trademarks; and commercial indications. The operating mechanism of the legal system for the protection of intellectual property rights, covering: the basic principles of the TRIPS Agreement; 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 the protection of intellectual property. |
| Course Name | Arbitration Law |
| Course No. | 4420407 |
| This course introduces arbitration, its legitimacy, and its importance as an alternative means of resolving commercial and civil disputes and other disputes that may be submitted to arbitration. It studies its advantages and disadvantages, distinguishes it from similar systems, identifies its types, determines its legal nature, and sets out its essential elements, foremost among them the arbitration agreement, its forms, the conditions for its conclusion and validity, and its legal effects. It also covers the subject matter of arbitration, the arbitral tribunal, how it is constituted and the rules governing its work, the parties to arbitral proceedings, the principles governing those proceedings, the arbitral award, its time limits and its elements, and its enforcement in light of the law and of the treaties to which the United Arab Emirates is a party. |
| Course Name | Compulsory Enforcement |
| Course No. | 4420303 |
| This course contains the following topics: the general principles of compulsory enforcement, its basic elements and its procedures, through the study of the following sections: Section One: The pillars of enforcement, including: the types of enforceable instruments, the elements of an enforceable instrument, the parties to enforcement procedures, the authority that carries out compulsory enforcement, and the object of enforcement and its legal controls. Section Two: Preliminaries and procedures of enforcement, including: precautionary attachment, executory attachment, the procedures of enforcement against the debtor's movable property, the procedures for attaching what is owed to the debtor by third parties, the procedures of enforcement against immovable property, and the distribution of the proceeds of enforcement and its procedures. Account is taken of the digital transformation of civil procedures in general and of the rules of compulsory enforcement in particular. Section Three: Disputes and difficulties of compulsory enforcement, including: the general rules governing enforcement disputes, the types of these disputes, in particular substantive difficulties in enforcement and urgent disputes, the rules that govern them, their procedures and their legal effects. |
| Course Name | Criminal Procedure Law |
| Course No. | 4420308 |
| This course defines the 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 action before the criminal courts, beginning with the initiation of the action by the Public Prosecution and the restrictions on its powers to initiate the criminal action, and then identifies the grounds for extinction of the criminal action. Section Two covers the detection of crimes, the collection of their evidence, and their investigation. Section Three defines the preliminary investigation. Section Four covers the rules governing trial before the criminal courts. Section Five covers the methods of appeal against judgments, beginning with objection (opposition), then appeal, cassation and its procedures, retrial (iadat al-nazar), and the judgments in which retrial is permitted. |
| Course Name | Internal Practical Training |
| Course No. | 4411112 |
| This course trains the student in practice internally, 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 bringing actions and litigation procedures through mock courts. |
| Course Name | External Practical Training |
| Course No. | 4321111 |
| The College's Practical Training, Career Guidance and Labor Market Unit organizes the practical training of students, in coordination with the head of the relevant academic department and the faculty member concerned. To complete this task in accordance with the approved procedures, the Unit carries out all necessary communications with the competent authorities inside and outside the College, and prepares all forms, statistics and reports in due form. Practical training is a compulsory requirement for the graduation of students of the Law Department. |
| Course Name | Graduation Research |
| Course No. | 4411210 |
| This course is designed to prepare the student to enter postgraduate studies with merit. The student's right to graduate and obtain the Bachelor's degree in Sharia and Law is not guaranteed unless they complete the graduation research in the final semester and obtain the approval of the examining committee. A faculty member supervises the student and helps them choose their research topic, guides them through the steps of the research, and organizes the supervision work, in preparation for the research's completion and its subsequent discussion in accordance with the regulations. |
Elective specialization courses (Arabic basket):
| Course Name | Economic Legislation and Consumer Protection Laws |
| Course No. | 4220909 |
| This course covers the most important modern and emerging economic legislation in the United Arab Emirates, and sets out its rules and effects: the legislation and laws regulating free zones, customs laws, the laws of international agreements concluded in the field of international trade and cross-border investment, the laws regulating the work of the central bank and commercial banks, the laws regulating the functioning of financial markets, and anti-monopoly laws. It also covers the concept of the ordinary consumer and the electronic consumer, price laws and consumer protection, and the aspects of protection under general and special economic legislation. |
| Course Name | Criminology and Penology |
| Course No. | 4310810 |
| This course covers the nature of criminology, its subject matter and objectives, its branches, the methods of research in criminology, the concept of the criminal phenomenon, the scientific theories explaining the criminal phenomenon, and the various factors that may drive a person to commit crimes. It also introduces penology and the forms of criminal sanction (punishment and non-punitive measures), the methods of penal treatment in correctional institutions, and the penal treatment of convicted persons in modern criminal thought. |
| Course Name | Maritime and Air Law |
| Course No. | 4420410 |
| This course contains the following topics: Section One: Maritime law, which includes: the definition of maritime law, its origin, characteristics and effects; the elements of maritime navigation (the ship, and the persons of maritime navigation); the rules of maritime exploitation (the contract of ship lease, the contract of maritime carriage, the action for liability in maritime carriage, maritime sales, and the contract of maritime carriage of passengers); and maritime accidents (maritime collision, maritime assistance and salvage, and general average losses). Section Two: Air law, which includes: the definition of air law, its origin, characteristics and effects; the elements of air navigation (the aircraft, the crew and the persons of air navigation, and airports); the scope of application of the rules of air navigation (freedom of flight and the right of individual ownership of the surface; freedom of flight and the sovereignty of the State over its airspace); the rules of air exploitation and the scope of application of the Warsaw Convention on 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 contract of air carriage and its parties; the formation and proof of the contract of air carriage; and the performance of the international air carriage contract); and the liability of the international air carrier (the legal nature of the carrier's liability; the conditions for establishing the carrier's liability; the means of defense against the carrier's liability; the legal limitation of liability; and the action for liability, its parties, the competent court and the lapse of the right to bring it). |
| Course Name | Administrative Judiciary |
| Course No. | 4420611 |
| This course contains the following topics: - The definition of the public administration involved in litigation before the courts, the definition of administrative disputes, their types, and their distinction from non-administrative disputes. - The definition of administrative judiciary, its characteristics and its history. - The body competent to hear the disputes of the administration in the Emirates (the federal judge and the local judge, or the judge of annulment). - The principle of administrative legality, its definition, its sources and its 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 annulment on account of internal legality and external legality. - Disputes concerning administrative liability, which include: the principle of the administration's liability; the distinction between personal fault and service fault; the action for compensation and the procedures for bringing it. - The judgment issued in administrative matters, and the problem of enforcement against the administration. |
| Course Name | International Criminal Law |
| Course No. | 4420810 |
| This course contains the following topics: an introduction to international criminal law, and the general provisions of criminal proceedings and their procedures within the context of international criminal law; the elements of international crimes; the grounds for justification and the grounds excluding punishment in international criminal law and their forms; an introduction to the International Criminal Court and the crimes within its jurisdiction, namely war crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity and crimes of aggression, with a statement 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. |
| Course Name | Special Penal Legislation |
| Course No. | 4420806 |
| This course introduces the definition of terrorist crimes and explains their elements in accordance with what the student studied in the General Part of the Penal Code. It then covers the forms of these crimes in accordance with the rules set out in special penal legislation, and in accordance with Federal Law No. (7) of 2014 on combating terrorist crimes and Federal Decree-Law No. (20) of 2018 on combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism and the financing of unlawful organizations, and the amendments thereto. |
Elective specialization courses (English basket):
| Course Name | Environmental Protection Law (E) |
| Course No. | 4210812 |
| 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 tranquility; and penalties under environmental law. |
| Course Name | International Humanitarian Law (E) |
| Course No. | 4320511 |
| The aim of this course is to introduce students to International Humanitarian Law through its definition, its historical developments and its sources. The module provides an overview of the current international legal system, explaining how International Humanitarian Law in armed conflicts is made and its relationship with the national legal systems of states. These topics include the protection of civilians, the means and methods of warfare, prisoners of war, the basic fundamental principles of International Humanitarian Law, the rules of occupation, the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, and grave breaches under International Humanitarian Law. |
| Course Name | International Organizations (E) |
| Course No. | 4310510 |
| This module addresses the legal and policy issues relating to the development and functioning of international organizations. It covers the following topics: an introduction to international organizations; their historical development; international legal personality; the character and environment of international organizations; international organizations and institutional power; the legal status of the personnel of international organizations; and finally, an introduction to the key international and regional organizations in the world today, including the United Nations and its specialized agencies, the Commonwealth of Nations, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the European Union, the League of Arab States and the Gulf Cooperation Council. |
Minor specialization courses, Sharia – Maliki Fiqh (Minors):
| Course Name | Maliki Fiqh of Worship (1) |
| Course No. | 3110104 |
| This course contains the following topics: the chapter on purification in all its sections: pure and impure substances, removal of impurity, answering the call of nature, the obligatory elements and nullifiers of ablution, wiping over leather socks, ghusl, tayammum, wiping over a splint, menstruation and postnatal bleeding. The chapter on prayer in all its sections: the times of prayer, the call to prayer, the conditions of prayer, its pillars and its sunnah, making up missed prayers, prostration of forgetfulness, supererogatory prayers, prostration of recitation, congregational prayer, appointment of a substitute imam, shortening the prayer and the prayer of the traveller, Friday prayer, the prayer of fear, the prayers of the two Eids, the eclipse prayers, and funeral rites. |
| Course Name | Maliki Fiqh of Worship (2) |
| Course No. | 3120104 |
| This course contains the following topics: * The chapter on zakat, including the property on which zakat is due, the thresholds (nisab), the zakat of partners in property, the manner of paying zakat, its recipients, zakat on debt, and the investment of zakat funds, and the role of zakat in supporting small enterprises. * The chapter on fasting and matters relating to it: the establishment of its times (ruling on astronomical sighting), the conditions for the obligation of fasting, the pillars, etiquette and reprehensible acts of fasting, making up the fasts of Ramadan, voluntary fasting, reprehensible and forbidden fasting, fasting in regions where the day is very long, and I'tikaf and its rulings. * The chapter on hajj: its ruling and obligation, the difference between the obligatory and the required act and its consequences in the chapter on hajj according to the Malikis, the ruling on proxy hajj in their view, the pillars of hajj and the conditions of each pillar, its sunnahs and recommended acts, the types of ihram and the best of them, the prescribed times and places (with images or video of the places), the types of tawaf, the rules of sa'i, standing at Arafat, the manner of exiting the state of ihram, the supplications of hajj, the things that invalidate hajj and its impediments, the sacrifices in hajj, the aspects of ease in the Prophet's (peace be upon him) hajj, the ruling on visiting the Prophet (peace be upon him), the ruling on one who is prevented, and the rulings of umrah. |
| Course Name | Maliki Fiqh of Transactions (1) |
| Course No. | 3210105 |
| This course studies the rulings on contracts and financial transactions in the Maliki school in a manner that combines authenticity with contemporary relevance, building the students' knowledge base in Islamic financial Fiqh. Through the course, the student comes to understand the wisdom of Islamic legislation in financial transactions by studying sale and its pillars, riba and its types, forbidden sales, the chapters on salam, lease and loan. The course also studies a number of contracts of security, such as pledge, guarantee, suretyship and assignment (hawalah), and what relates to sale, such as restriction (hajr), and insolvency (taflis), among others. |
| Course Name | Maliki Fiqh of Transactions (2) |
| Course No. | 3220105 |
| This course studies the rulings on contracts and financial transactions in the light of the various schools of Fiqh in a manner that combines authenticity with contemporary relevance, building the students' knowledge base in Fiqh of transactions. Through it, the student comes to understand the philosophy of Islamic legislation in financial transactions by studying partnership contracts such as companionship (sharikah) and mudarabah, and some chapters on rights and obligations such as insolvency, settlement and acknowledgement. It also studies gratuitous contracts such as gift, loan for use (ariyah), charity and waqf (endowment). |
Minor specialization courses, Sharia – Shafi'i Fiqh (Minors):
| Course Name | Shafi'i Fiqh of Worship (1) |
| Course No. | 3110105 |
| Course description: This course contains the following topics: the book of purification in all its chapters and sections: pure and impure substances, removal of impurity, answering the call of nature, the obligatory elements and nullifiers of ablution, wiping over leather socks, ghusl, tayammum, wiping over a splint, menstruation and postnatal bleeding. The book of prayer in all its chapters and sections: the call to prayer, the conditions of prayer, its pillars and its sunnah, making up missed prayers, prostration of forgetfulness, supererogatory prayers, prostration of recitation, congregational prayer, appointment of a substitute imam, shortening the prayer and the prayer of the traveller, Friday prayer, the prayer of fear, the prayers of the two Eids, the eclipse prayers, and funeral rites. |
| Course Name | Shafi'i Fiqh of Worship (2) |
| Course No. | 3120105 |
| Course description: This course contains the following topics: The book of zakat in all its chapters, including: zakat, its jurisprudential rulings, its evidences and its wisdom; the ruling on one who withholds zakat; who is liable to pay zakat; the property on which zakat is due, the thresholds and their conditions, and what is due on partners' property; the manner of paying zakat; the recipients of zakat; and zakat on debt. The book of fasting in all its chapters, including: fasting, its jurisprudential rulings, its evidences and its wisdom; its definition and legislation, and its wisdom; the establishment of the month of Ramadan; the conditions for the obligation of fasting and the conditions for its validity; the pillars of fasting; the etiquette of fasting and what is reprehensible in it; making up Ramadan, ransom (fidyah) and expiation (kaffarah); voluntary fasting, reprehensible fasting and forbidden fasting; and I'tikaf. The book of hajj and umrah in all its chapters, including: their jurisprudential rulings, their evidences and their secrets; the definition of each and their legitimacy; their ruling and evidence; the wisdom and benefits of hajj and umrah; who is obliged to perform hajj and umrah; who is valid to perform hajj; ihram; the rites of hajj and umrah; the sunnahs of hajj; the manner of exiting the state of ihram in hajj; the supplications of hajj; invalidation of hajj; the Prophet's (peace be upon him) hajj; and visiting the Mosque of the Messenger of God (peace be upon him) and his noble grave. |
| Course Name | Shafi'i Fiqh of Transactions (1) |
| Course No. | 3210106 |
| Course description: This course covers the contracts in Shafi'i Fiqh that relate to exchanges: sale, its pillars, its conditions and related rulings; permissible sales and sales prohibited on grounds of unlawfulness and those prohibited as reprehensible; the chapter on the sale of roots and fruits; riba; currency exchange; options in sale; salam; loan; lease and related contemporary issues. |
| Course Name | Shafi'i Fiqh of Transactions (2) |
| Course No. | 3220106 |
| Course description: This course deals with the study of the chapters on transactions relating to gratuitous contracts, namely gift, loan for use (ariyah), lost property (luqatah), the foundling (laqit), the reclamation of dead land (ihya al-mawat), the chapters on settlement (sulh), deposit and waqf (endowment), as well as partnership contracts such as companionship (sharikah), agency (wakalah), mudarabah, musaqah, muzara'ah and mukhabarah, and the jurisprudential rulings they contain, together with related rulings such as duress, usurpation, and acknowledgement, with the application of these transactions to contemporary reality, and an explanation of the extent to which Sharia transactions are connected with ethical values. |