Comprehensive Exam Track: Total Credit Hours Required to Finish the Degree ( 36 Credit Hours ) as Follows
Specialization Requirements
Students must pass all of the following courses
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Course Number |
Course Name |
Weekly Hours |
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Prerequisite |
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| 152016000 | FUNDAMENTALS OF LEGAL RESEARCH METHODS | The course covers the process on how to prepare legal research (legal research or university theses ) from both a formal and substantive point of view in all its stages according to a sound scientific approach, with an explanation on how to benefit from the available sources and references. This is done by focusing on the use of sound legal thinking and analysis skills, by commenting on legal texts, commenting on judicial decisions, and how to benefit from practical cases. | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 152016050 | IN-DEPTH STUDIES IN JUDGMENTS AND CASE THEORIES | The course provides a study on the case theory in terms of its parties, its location, the reason behind it and the conditions for filing it, especially the conditions of interest and capacity. The course also covers the requests and defenses in the lawsuit, the intervention and inclusion in the lawsuit, the litigating symptoms, the method for issuing the judgment and its implications, especially the cause, and the methods of appealing the ordinary and extraordinary judgments | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 152016100 | IN-DEPTH STUDIES IN CONTRACT THEORY | The course provides a study of the principle of the authority of the will in terms of its emergence, development and restrictions, the idea of negotiating contracts, compliance contracts and model contracts, the pre-contracting phase and the principles that govern them, the principle of good faith, the duty to inform and enlightenment, contractual balance, combat arbitrary conditions and the right of legal recourse in the contract. | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 152016150 | IN-DEPTH STUDIES IN CIVIL LIABILITY | The course provides a study the basis of civil liability in comparative legal systems, the rules governing civil liability in Palestine in terms of the basis, types, pillars, and scope of liability, compensation lawsuit, limitation and exemption from liability, and study of recent issues in civil liability, such as the liability of the doctor and the lawyer, and liability for environmental damage. | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 152016200 | JURISPRUDENCE OF TRANSACTIONS | The course provides a study on the theory of the contract in Islamic jurisprudence, with a focus on some topics, such as the sale contract, trust sales and their applications in Islamic banks operating in Palestine. The course also covers ambiguity contracts, especially contracts for insurance for people, money and liability, the company contract and the concept of speculation in it, contracting, while taking into consideration the rulings mentioned in the Mecelle (journal of legal rulings) in this regard. | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 152016250 | SALE AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS ON REAL ESTATE | The course provides a study of real estate sales in accordance with the legislation in force in Palestine, in all types of real estate (lands and buildings, property lands and amiric lands, lands that are subject to settlement and not subject to settlement), and the implications that an individual may face because of requirements for lands, such as registration problems and waiver letters of attorneys. Moreover, the course deals with one or more types of widespread real estate sales in Palestine, such as rent sales, installment sales, in-progress sales, cultivation, and utilization. | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 152016900 | SEMINAR I | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 152016950 | SEMINAR II | 3 | - | 3 |
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Students must pass ( 12 ) credit hours from any of the following courses
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Course Number |
Course Name |
Weekly Hours |
Cr. Hrs. |
Prerequisite |
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Theoretical |
Practical |
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| 152016300 | IN-DEPTH STUDIES IN LABOR LAW | This course will focus on studying the individual work contract and the collective work contract, especially the collective work negotiations. In addition, there will be focus on adapting the work contract, adapting work injuries, the role of the Ministry of Labor in monitoring and inspecting workplaces, and liability insurance against work injuries and occupational diseases. | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 152016350 | EXECUTIVE BONDS AND EXECUTION-RELATED PROBLEMS | This course covers the study of executive bonds in terms of their nature, provisions, conditions, types, scope and procedural and substantive problems. In addition, the course provides an in-depth study of one of the executive seizures such as seizure of what the debtor has with the contract, or seizure of real estate, salaries, stocks, bonds, transfers, and problems of distributing execution proceeds to the creditor. | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 152016400 | LEGAL DRAFTING (CONTRACT AND LAWSUIT) | This course covers contract design in terms of its elements, its format, and its parts (title, date of the contract, its parties, articles, closing phrases and signature of the parties.) | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 152016450 | IN-DEPTH STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE LAW | This course provides a study of the general provisions of conflict of laws theory in terms of adaptation, attribution, assignment and delegation, and the obstacles to applying specific foreign laws. Moreover, the course provides an in-depth study on the material rules in private international law, the applicable law and the specialized court on each of: electronic contracts, financial and commercial securities, foreign companies operating in Palestine, international commercial contracts. | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 152016500 | CONSUMER PROTECTION | This course provides a study of the concept of consumer protection and its rights, and the provisions contained in the Palestinian Consumer Protection Law and its implementation regulations in terms of: persons (consumer and provider) and subject matter, consumer protection rules (duty to inform, enlighten and warn, deceptive and misleading advertising, combat abusive conditions, thinking period, right of return and the replacement or the repairment of a commodity). The course also covers the bodies responsible for implementing the Consumer Protection Law, and the overlap of this law with other relevant laws such as the Standards and Metrology Law, the Public Health Law, and the Penal Law. | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 152016550 | IN-DEPTH STUDIES IN ARBITRATION LAW | This course provides a study of the concept of arbitration, its legal nature, its features and types, and how to distinguish it from some similar terms such as mediation, conciliation, experience and mini-trial. The course also provides an in-depth study of the Palestinian arbitration law compared to other national laws and international actions for the following: the arbitration agreement, the arbitration panel, the arbitration procedures, the issuance of the arbitration verdict, its appeal and its implementation. | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 152016600 | IN-DEPTH STUDIES IN THE LAW OF EVIDENCE | This course provides an in-depth study of the most important general rules and methods of evidence with a focus on specific topics that raise legal problems, such as: the rules relating to the place and the burden of proof, the transfer and diminution of evidence, the principle of proof in writing, the possibility of hearing the opponent as a witness, the arbitrariness in directing the decisive oath, the limits of the judge's authority in the subject of interrogation, and how the court extracts the judicial evidence. | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 152016650 | ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS | This course covers the studying of the concept of electronic commerce, its characteristics, advantages and types, and the legal problems that it raises. The course also focuses on concluding the electronic contract (offer and acceptance, consumer protection, the duty to inform and enlightenment, the right of recourse, combating arbitrary conditions), its implementation (means of implementation, defense and their problems), and studying certain types of electronic contracts, such as auction contracts, and service provision contracts. Lastly, the course covers to the role of electronic documents, of all kinds, as evidence in civil and commercial matters in accordance with the Palestinian Evidence Law and comparative laws, with reference to the role of electronic authentication bodies. | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 152016700 | INFORMATICS CONTRACTS | The course provides a study of the concept of informatics contracts in terms of their definition, characteristics and distinction from what is mixed with them, clarification of their pillars, and highlighting the nature of its use (presenting programs, databases, integrated electronic circuits, or providing information), and then explaining their provisions in terms of the obligations they create and the civil responsibility that it may raise. | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 152016750 | IN-DEPTH STUDIES IN INSURANCE LAW | The course provides an in-depth study of the insurance contract in accordance with the legislation in force in Palestine in terms of its nature, characteristics, convening, effects, transfer and expiration, with special focus on types of insurance (on people, subjects and liability) and the subject of compensation and lawsuits related to it. Moreover, the course focuses on the study of cooperative (or “takaful”) insurance as one of the types of insurance. | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 152016800 | IN-DEPTH STUDIES IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES (AUTHOR'S RIGHT) | This course introduces copyright and author’s rights and the legislation regulating it in Palestine. The course focuses on studying the author’s rights legal nature, clarifies copyright standards, types of works and their conditions, explains the literary and financial rights granted to the author and studies some practical applications of the author’s financial right (publishing contract, production contracts for audio and visual works) and the legal protection of copyrights. Then, the course clarifies the fate of the work after the expiration of their protection period, and finally studying the rights related to copyright (the rights of performers, the rights of producers of phonograms, and broadcasting rights). | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 152016850 | REAL RIGHTS | This course deals with an analytical and detailed comparative study of the most important original real rights issues such as: possession, pre-emption, priority, contact and seizure. The course then deals with all the concrete ancillary rights (insurance mortgage, possession, franchising) and what these rights constitute in terms of guarantees to grant credit and meet debts. | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 152017100 | INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS | This course aims to introduce international commercial contracts, their fields, rules of interpretation and proof, and different types of international sales within the provisions of the International Trade Law and its relation with national law. | 3 | - | 3 |
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Thesis\Treatise Track: Total Credit Hours Required to Finish the Degree ( 36 Credit Hours ) as Follows
Specialization Requirements
Students must pass all of the following courses plus ( 6 ) credit hours for the Thesis
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Course Number |
Course Name |
Weekly Hours |
Cr. Hrs. |
Prerequisite |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Theoretical |
Practical |
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| 152016000 | FUNDAMENTALS OF LEGAL RESEARCH METHODS | The course covers the process on how to prepare legal research (legal research or university theses ) from both a formal and substantive point of view in all its stages according to a sound scientific approach, with an explanation on how to benefit from the available sources and references. This is done by focusing on the use of sound legal thinking and analysis skills, by commenting on legal texts, commenting on judicial decisions, and how to benefit from practical cases. | 3 | - | 3 |
- |
| 152016050 | IN-DEPTH STUDIES IN JUDGMENTS AND CASE THEORIES | The course provides a study on the case theory in terms of its parties, its location, the reason behind it and the conditions for filing it, especially the conditions of interest and capacity. The course also covers the requests and defenses in the lawsuit, the intervention and inclusion in the lawsuit, the litigating symptoms, the method for issuing the judgment and its implications, especially the cause, and the methods of appealing the ordinary and extraordinary judgments | 3 | - | 3 |
- |
| 152016100 | IN-DEPTH STUDIES IN CONTRACT THEORY | The course provides a study of the principle of the authority of the will in terms of its emergence, development and restrictions, the idea of negotiating contracts, compliance contracts and model contracts, the pre-contracting phase and the principles that govern them, the principle of good faith, the duty to inform and enlightenment, contractual balance, combat arbitrary conditions and the right of legal recourse in the contract. | 3 | - | 3 |
- |
| 152016150 | IN-DEPTH STUDIES IN CIVIL LIABILITY | The course provides a study the basis of civil liability in comparative legal systems, the rules governing civil liability in Palestine in terms of the basis, types, pillars, and scope of liability, compensation lawsuit, limitation and exemption from liability, and study of recent issues in civil liability, such as the liability of the doctor and the lawyer, and liability for environmental damage. | 3 | - | 3 |
- |
| 152016200 | JURISPRUDENCE OF TRANSACTIONS | The course provides a study on the theory of the contract in Islamic jurisprudence, with a focus on some topics, such as the sale contract, trust sales and their applications in Islamic banks operating in Palestine. The course also covers ambiguity contracts, especially contracts for insurance for people, money and liability, the company contract and the concept of speculation in it, contracting, while taking into consideration the rulings mentioned in the Mecelle (journal of legal rulings) in this regard. | 3 | - | 3 |
- |
| 152016250 | SALE AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS ON REAL ESTATE | The course provides a study of real estate sales in accordance with the legislation in force in Palestine, in all types of real estate (lands and buildings, property lands and amiric lands, lands that are subject to settlement and not subject to settlement), and the implications that an individual may face because of requirements for lands, such as registration problems and waiver letters of attorneys. Moreover, the course deals with one or more types of widespread real estate sales in Palestine, such as rent sales, installment sales, in-progress sales, cultivation, and utilization. | 3 | - | 3 |
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Students must pass ( 12 ) credit hours from any of the following courses
|
Course Number |
Course Name |
Weekly Hours |
Cr. Hrs. |
Prerequisite |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Theoretical |
Practical |
|||||
| 152016300 | IN-DEPTH STUDIES IN LABOR LAW | This course will focus on studying the individual work contract and the collective work contract, especially the collective work negotiations. In addition, there will be focus on adapting the work contract, adapting work injuries, the role of the Ministry of Labor in monitoring and inspecting workplaces, and liability insurance against work injuries and occupational diseases. | 3 | - | 3 |
- |
| 152016350 | EXECUTIVE BONDS AND EXECUTION-RELATED PROBLEMS | This course covers the study of executive bonds in terms of their nature, provisions, conditions, types, scope and procedural and substantive problems. In addition, the course provides an in-depth study of one of the executive seizures such as seizure of what the debtor has with the contract, or seizure of real estate, salaries, stocks, bonds, transfers, and problems of distributing execution proceeds to the creditor. | 3 | - | 3 |
- |
| 152016400 | LEGAL DRAFTING (CONTRACT AND LAWSUIT) | This course covers contract design in terms of its elements, its format, and its parts (title, date of the contract, its parties, articles, closing phrases and signature of the parties.) | 3 | - | 3 |
- |
| 152016450 | IN-DEPTH STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE LAW | This course provides a study of the general provisions of conflict of laws theory in terms of adaptation, attribution, assignment and delegation, and the obstacles to applying specific foreign laws. Moreover, the course provides an in-depth study on the material rules in private international law, the applicable law and the specialized court on each of: electronic contracts, financial and commercial securities, foreign companies operating in Palestine, international commercial contracts. | 3 | - | 3 |
- |
| 152016500 | CONSUMER PROTECTION | This course provides a study of the concept of consumer protection and its rights, and the provisions contained in the Palestinian Consumer Protection Law and its implementation regulations in terms of: persons (consumer and provider) and subject matter, consumer protection rules (duty to inform, enlighten and warn, deceptive and misleading advertising, combat abusive conditions, thinking period, right of return and the replacement or the repairment of a commodity). The course also covers the bodies responsible for implementing the Consumer Protection Law, and the overlap of this law with other relevant laws such as the Standards and Metrology Law, the Public Health Law, and the Penal Law. | 3 | - | 3 |
- |
| 152016550 | IN-DEPTH STUDIES IN ARBITRATION LAW | This course provides a study of the concept of arbitration, its legal nature, its features and types, and how to distinguish it from some similar terms such as mediation, conciliation, experience and mini-trial. The course also provides an in-depth study of the Palestinian arbitration law compared to other national laws and international actions for the following: the arbitration agreement, the arbitration panel, the arbitration procedures, the issuance of the arbitration verdict, its appeal and its implementation. | 3 | - | 3 |
- |
| 152016600 | IN-DEPTH STUDIES IN THE LAW OF EVIDENCE | This course provides an in-depth study of the most important general rules and methods of evidence with a focus on specific topics that raise legal problems, such as: the rules relating to the place and the burden of proof, the transfer and diminution of evidence, the principle of proof in writing, the possibility of hearing the opponent as a witness, the arbitrariness in directing the decisive oath, the limits of the judge's authority in the subject of interrogation, and how the court extracts the judicial evidence. | 3 | - | 3 |
- |
| 152016650 | ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS | This course covers the studying of the concept of electronic commerce, its characteristics, advantages and types, and the legal problems that it raises. The course also focuses on concluding the electronic contract (offer and acceptance, consumer protection, the duty to inform and enlightenment, the right of recourse, combating arbitrary conditions), its implementation (means of implementation, defense and their problems), and studying certain types of electronic contracts, such as auction contracts, and service provision contracts. Lastly, the course covers to the role of electronic documents, of all kinds, as evidence in civil and commercial matters in accordance with the Palestinian Evidence Law and comparative laws, with reference to the role of electronic authentication bodies. | 3 | - | 3 |
- |
| 152016700 | INFORMATICS CONTRACTS | The course provides a study of the concept of informatics contracts in terms of their definition, characteristics and distinction from what is mixed with them, clarification of their pillars, and highlighting the nature of its use (presenting programs, databases, integrated electronic circuits, or providing information), and then explaining their provisions in terms of the obligations they create and the civil responsibility that it may raise. | 3 | - | 3 |
- |
| 152016750 | IN-DEPTH STUDIES IN INSURANCE LAW | The course provides an in-depth study of the insurance contract in accordance with the legislation in force in Palestine in terms of its nature, characteristics, convening, effects, transfer and expiration, with special focus on types of insurance (on people, subjects and liability) and the subject of compensation and lawsuits related to it. Moreover, the course focuses on the study of cooperative (or “takaful”) insurance as one of the types of insurance. | 3 | - | 3 |
- |
| 152016800 | IN-DEPTH STUDIES IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES (AUTHOR'S RIGHT) | This course introduces copyright and author’s rights and the legislation regulating it in Palestine. The course focuses on studying the author’s rights legal nature, clarifies copyright standards, types of works and their conditions, explains the literary and financial rights granted to the author and studies some practical applications of the author’s financial right (publishing contract, production contracts for audio and visual works) and the legal protection of copyrights. Then, the course clarifies the fate of the work after the expiration of their protection period, and finally studying the rights related to copyright (the rights of performers, the rights of producers of phonograms, and broadcasting rights). | 3 | - | 3 |
- |
| 152016850 | REAL RIGHTS | This course deals with an analytical and detailed comparative study of the most important original real rights issues such as: possession, pre-emption, priority, contact and seizure. The course then deals with all the concrete ancillary rights (insurance mortgage, possession, franchising) and what these rights constitute in terms of guarantees to grant credit and meet debts. | 3 | - | 3 |
- |
| 152017100 | INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS | This course aims to introduce international commercial contracts, their fields, rules of interpretation and proof, and different types of international sales within the provisions of the International Trade Law and its relation with national law. | 3 | - | 3 |
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