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LAW 340: CRIMINAL LAW III
Credits: 3 (3-0-0) Prerequisite: LAW263
This course represents the procedural or formal aspect of criminal law. CRIMINAL LAW &
CRIMINAL LAW II are prerequisite courses. This course aims to provide the students with
knowledge, skills and values necessary to understand the general principles and detailed
provisions of criminal procedures and apply them to the various cases related to this system.
This includes the system of criminal procedures and its relationship with other criminal and
procedural laws, the main system of judgment and procedural penalties, criminal cases, the
inference and the exceptional competencies of criminal police, the preliminary investigation
stage, the trial stage, judgments objections and their implementation.

LAW 342: COMPANY LAW
Credits: 3 (3-1-0) Prerequisite: LAW243
This course considers the legal regulation of business organizations, concentrating on
commercial companies. It discusses the types of business organizations and the fundamental
principles of corporate personality /limited liability which underpin company law. The whole
cycle from incorporation to liquidation, bankruptcy regulations of a company’s operations and
examined corporate governance, shareholder’s rights, and corporate finances.

LAW 352: LAW OF CONTRACTS II
Credits: 3 (3-0-0) Prerequisite: LAW243
This in an advanced course on contract law that follows up on previous courses on commercial
and contract law. The course deals with three important areas of commercial contracts, namely,
sale of goods, agency and hire-purchase from an international and comparative law perspective.
The course is intended to cover the origins and nature of these contracts, how these contracts
may be created, the terms and conditions included in the contracts, possible problems related to
the performance of the contracts, the relationship between the parties and the rights and
liabilities of the parties.

LAW 357: ZAKAT AND TAXATION SYSTEM
Credits: 3 (3-0-0) Prerequisite: LAW243
This course is practical, and it is one of the compulsory Law courses. Commercial Law I is a
prerequisite course. This course deals with the definition of Zakat, its characteristics, objectives,
and conditions, which assets are subject to Zakat, estimating it in accordance with Saudi law.
This course also deals with the tax system in terms of its definition, characteristics, and
objectives, types, estimating it, the mechanism of their collection, disputes and objections to
assessments assessed by the tax administration.

LAW 359: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW III
Credits: 3 (3-0-0) Prerequisite: LAW150
This course focuses on legal conflicts with government agencies or one of the country’s
institutions, departments and authorities. It also explains the principle of legality and judicial
control over the administrative authority, the types of lawsuits before the administrative
judiciary and the organization of the administrative judiciary in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. By
completing the three courses on administrative law, the students will acquire plenty of skills,
including, the analysis and criticism, research writing, and commenting on administrative judicial
law.