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LAW435 Evidence Law (Language of Instruction: Arabic)
Credits: 3 (3,0,0) Prerequisite: LAW221
This course covers the objective and procedural rules of proof, the different doctrines of proof,
methods of proof: documentary material, testimony, circumstantial evidence, admission, oaths,
expertise, court inspection, the procedures and authoritative methods of proof, the role of the
judge in Islamic jurisprudence and comparative systems, the practical importance of the burden
of proof, and judgments issued for proof and their characteristics.

LAW436 Criminology (Language of Instruction: Arabic)
Credits: 3 (3,0,0) Prerequisite: LAW340
This course is taught within the course of advanced Saudi Law. It covers many important topics
such as identifying the criminal phenomenon in terms of its research problems, starting with
defining the concept of criminology, the content of crime and the criminal. Then, the research
methods that criminology uses to investigate the facts of this phenomenon. It introduces the
students to the factors that may affect a person and push him to social deviation and criminal
behavior, and the punitive schools and philosophies. In addition, the forms of the criminal penalty,
the methods of punitive execution, the methods of treatment within the penal institutions, and
the means of aftercare for that punitive implementation.

LAW437 Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence (Language of Instruction: Arabic)
Credits: 3 (3,0,0) Prerequisite: LAW172
This course is one of the courses of the advanced Saudi Law course. It covers many topics related
to the jurisprudence, such as the definition of jurisprudence rules, the difference between them
and the fundamentalism, the stages of codification of the science of jurisprudence, its most
important sources, literature and sections, the major general jurisprudence rules, and the minor
jurisprudence rules.

LAW461 International Trade Law
Credits: 3 (3,0,0) Prerequisite: LAW243
The course aims to provide an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the laws relating to
international trade. It provides a deep overview over the laws, rules and conventions on
international sale of goods, trade in goods and service, carriage of goods by air, sea, and road,
instruments used in various international business contract, dispute resolution etc. This course
examines the distinctive issues, current relevant principles, concepts and problems involved in
international trade. The course helps the student to understand the basic principles of
international business and their impact on the world's economy and to learn the operational
mechanism of international trade.

LAW462 International Environment Law
Credits: 3 (3,0,0) Prerequisite: LAW255
The course of Environmental Law is an advanced course that provides the basis of international
environmental law by identifying its sources, regulations, procedures and actors. The course
examines both international and national protection of the environment and offers an overview
of global environmental challenges and core legal principles.

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