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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

CML 510 PHILOSOPHY OF LAW
Credits: 3(3-0-0)
The course aims to focus on the philosophy of law pertaining to various
schools of jurisprudence such as: analytical, philosophical, historical,
sociological, and natural schools. It will consider the modern approaches
of contemporary legal movements like the American and Scandinavian
realism, and women jurisprudence. A comparative analysis between Islamic
and western legal philosophy will be made which includes the theories of
punishment, purposes of law, sources of legal rights and obligations and so
on. Beside western philosophy of law, the course will also deal with some
legal principles which are applied by various jurists of Islamic law such as:
Principle of Istihsān, Maslahah mursalah and Sadd al-dharā’i‘.

CML 511 ADVANCED COMMERCIAL CONTRACT
Credits: 3(3-0-0)

This course is for students who wish to gain a deeper and contextual
understanding of commercial contracts, namely, sale of goods, agency and
hire-purchase/sale by installments. It is designed to look into greater depth
and a more detailed and critical study of the law relating to these types
of commercial contracts. This course will adopt a comparative approach
by looking at the various jurisdictions, namely America, England and to a
certain extent under the Saudi law. The objectives of the course are to
inculcate specialized and advanced knowledge and skills to the students
on the commercial contracts, which are currently demanded by the
industry. This course is also aimed at developing the students’ ability to
communicate ideas, theories and legal principles and also to identify the
legal issues and apply the legal principles in any given facts situation.

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