B.A. degree program in Law
The College of Law awards a B.A. degree in Law. Students wishing to obtain a B.A. degree in Law must successfully complete 140 credit hours. These include university and college requirements: compulsory, elective and “free” courses.
 

                     College requirements (30 credits)

 

 

Course descriptions
LAW111101 Introduction to Law
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to law, its nature, historical development, how its bases are drafted, the objectives, characteristics and sources of these objectives; division of legal bases, their application and interpretation. Further, students will learn about theory right in terms of definition of right, illustration of its types, parties, subjects, sources, legal protection of this right and means of its protection.

LAW111102 History of Law
This course provides a historical view of the development of law since the days of Hammurabi, the Pharaohs and the Romans. The course traces the development of these laws, their most important foundations, the hows of their applications and circumstances leading to their development. The course will also explain the impact of these ancient laws, particularly the Roman Law, on modern laws. Then the course will move to the development of laws as a result of society development and its political and economic changes as well as the mutual influence among these factors. The course will finally introduce the student to the status of law in modern age starting from Napoleon’s Law in the 19th century.

LAW111103 Principles of Commercial Law
This course teaches students the nature of commercial law, its goals & development, theory of merchandise, and commercial businesses and all other things pertinent to their properties and types.

LAW111104 Civil Law I (Sources of Obligation)
This course introduces the foundation and definition of civil law. It particularly defines individual right, right in rem and pecuniary right, sources of obligation. The course also defines contract, its conditions, condition for validity, types of contracts, contracting responsibility, individual will, detrimental act (illegal work) responsibility for individual acts on money or person. The course dwells also on responsibility for another’s actions, responsibility for materials and affiliation, unjustified enrichment and prescriptions governing them.

LAW111105 Research Methodology
This course aims at teaching students how to use the library, how to document sources and references when they write academic papers. The course also teaches students how to collect data, analyze and classify them. In addition, the course introduces methods of research and technological resources used in research.

LAW111106 Principles of Islamic Shari'a I
Topics covered the course are the meaning of Islamic shari'a, its sources, definition of shari'a, religion, fiqh of ijtihad (individual interpretation), difference between shari'a and religion, major fiqh schools, general idea about ownership and contracts in terms of validity, void, illegibility, custodianship, role of custom, and fiqh bases.

LAW112104 Principles of General International Law
In this course, students will learn about the general theory of international law in terms of definition, development, people behind this law, its sources, main divisions particularly during times of peace and times of war. However, the course will emphasize international law during times of peace. Students will also learn about right and duties of countries, international disputes and means of solving these disputes peacefully.

LAW112105 Law of Penalty (Public Law Dept. )
This section of Law of Penalty illustrates the common general rules for all crimes and its pillars without prejudice. This section mainly focuses on regional, self, and personal authorities (powers) for the Law of Penalty. Then it dwells on the reasons for allowing it, types of responsibility in terms of culprit, instigator and accomplice.

LAW112106 Constitutional Law
This course provides a definition of constitutional law, its different meanings, controlling process of the constitutionality of laws in all their types. The course also introduces different constitutional systems, ways of granting authority or power, elections, rights, individuals, public freedoms. The course also focuses on the state’s three authorities, legislative, judiciary and the executive, separation among them, extent of each authority and its limits.