Law - Private Law

List of Courses

INTL6101
INTL6102
INTL6103
INTL6104
INTL6105
INTL6106
INTL6107
INTL6108
INTL6109
INTL6110
PRVT1052
PRVT1154
PRVT2051
PRVT2073
PRVT2082
PRVT2111
PRVT2132
PRVT2151
PRVT2152
PRVT225
PRVT227
PRVT2283
PRVT2652
PRVT3034
PRVT3073
PRVT3213
PRVT3243
PRVT3262
PRVT333
PRVT338
PRVT339
PRVT4463
PRVT4482
PRVT4492
PRVT450
PRVT451
PRVT452
PRVT453
PRVT454
PRVT462
PRVT4671
PRVT4725
PRVT6124
PRVT6125
PRVT6126
PRVT6127
PRVT6128
PRVT6129
PRVT6130
PRVT6131
PRVT6132
PRVT6133
PRVT6134
PRVT6135
PRVT6136
PRVT6137
PRVT6138
PRVT6139
PRVT6140
PRVT61411
PRVT6142
PRVT6143


* All credit hours are based on the current term, this may vary for previous terms.

INTL6101 - WTO Agreements (3 credit hours)
This course examines the multilateral and regional legal regimes governing importation and exportation of goods across national borders. Key topics include the history and institutions of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (?GATT?) and World Trade Organization (?WTO?), accession to the WTO, dispute settlement under WTO rules, transparency and participation in the GATT-WTO system, regulation of import duties and non-tariff barriers, rules on customs classification and valuation. Key topics also include statutory forms of relief from unfair import competition (such as antidumping), and regional trade agreements (i.e., free trade agreements and customs unions), such as the Gulf Cooperation Council (?GCC?) and free trade agreements with the United States and European Union. This course involves intensive study of GATT-WTO legal texts, as well as regional trade agreements, plus jurisprudence (case law) from the WTO Appellate Body. The course also considers economic and policy rationales for and against trade liberation, and globalization generally. Taught in English. Suggested Textbook: Raj Bhala, International Trade Law: Theory and Practice (Lexis Publishing, 2d Ed., 2003, 3d Ed forthcoming, 2007-2008)

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Semester: Fall Go To Index


INTL6102 - Internation Commercial Law (3 credit hours)
This course covers the transactional aspect of the sale of goods across national boundaries. The focus is on private international business transactions, with three main parts: the sale of goods; the contract of carriage; and trade finance. Among the subjects covered regarding the sale of goods are contract drafting, documentary sales, commercial terms, electronic commerce, agency and distributorship, and contract performance. Attention is paid to INCOTERMS (promulgated by the International Chamber of Commerce), specifically, standard contract terms like FOB and CIF, and to the 1980 Vienna Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (?CISG?). With respect to the contract of carriages, topics including leading regimes for transport documentation, and insurance of goods in transit, such as the Hague-Visby and Hamburg Rules. As for trade finance, different arrangements for funding cross-border sales, such as bills of exchange and commercial and standby letters of credit, as well as applicable rules such as the Uniform Customs and Practices for Documentary Credits (?UCP?), are examined. Methods to guarantee payment, including sureties, promissory notes, and performance guarantees are discussed. Throughout the course, attention is paid to the risk and benefits associated with each type of contract of sale, carriage arrangements, and payment mechanism. Emphasis is also is placed on the different sources of international commercial law, including customs and practices and the law merchant. Taught in English. Suggested Textbook: John Head, Global Business Law (Carolina Academic Press, 2d Ed., 2006).

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Semester: Fall Go To Index


INTL6103 - Foreign Direct Invertment (3 credit hours)
This course examines the legal and economics aspects of international investment. Topics include the structure of investment, such as joint ventures, agencies, branches, franchises, and subsidiaries, and the financing of investment, that is, project finance (which encompasses structures for owning, developing, construction, buying, transferring, and pay for infrastructure and other projects). Significant attention is paid to the conduct of investors, as established by corporate codes of conduct and anti-corruption rules, and to special methods for attracting investment, exemplified y the Dubai International Financial Center (?DIFC?) and free zones such as Jebel Ali. Accordingly, salient features of free zones (such as tax benefits, technical standards, (permanent and temporary exit of goods, employment relations, customs supervision and control) are studied. Topics also include expropriation, and compensation formulae for expropriated assets, as well as national security implications of foreign investment. A general overview of tax issues (especially transfer pricing), and labor issues (particularly pertaining to hiring and treatment of expatriate workers), is provided. Among the legal documents studied are draft multilateral investment agreements (?MAIs?), bilateral investment treaties (?BITs?), and sample private investor arrangements. The economic costs and benefits associated with investment from overseas, including the impact of such investment on income growth and local culture, are considered. Taught in English. Suggested Textbook: John Head, Global Business Law (Carolina Academic Press, 2d Ed., 2006).

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Semester: Fall Go To Index


INTL6104 - Advanced Inter.Trade Law (3 credit hours)
This course covers not only advanced aspects of the multilateral and regional legal regimes governing importation of goods, but also the legal frameworks relating to cross-border trade in services, and intellectual property protection. Thus, the course examines remedies against unfair foreign trade practices, especially countervailing duties to offset subsidies (both pre- and post- privatization), and remedies against fair foreign competition, namely general and special safeguards. The course further deals with trade remedies to protect intellectual property rights against infringement. Special economic sectors, such as agriculture and services, are examined in depth. Significant attention is paid to linkages, that is, issues linking trade and labor, trade and the environment, trade and human rights, and trade and culture. Such issues also include trade and national security, which encompasses export controls and sanctions. On each topic, economic and policy rationales are debated, with considerable attention given to perspectives of Islamic countries, developing and least developed countries, and special and differential treatment. This course involves intensive study of GATT-WTO legal texts, as well as regional trade agreements, plus jurisprudence (case law) from the WTO Appellate Body. Students taking this course and the International Trade Law course will have read all of the major GATT and WTO agreements, and several regional trade agreements. Taught in English. Suggested Textbook: Raj Bhala, International Trade Law: Theory and Practice (Lexis Publishing, 2d Ed 2000, 3d Ed. forthcoming 2007-2008).

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Semester: Spring Go To Index


INTL6105 - Inter.Dispute Resolution (3 credit hours)
This course studies litigation, arbitration, mediation, negotiation, and other methods for resolving disputes in international trade law. In addition to serving as alternatives to domestic courts systems, these processes play an increasingly prominent role in cross-border transactions in multilateral, regional, and bilateral contexts. This course includes exercises to develop skills such as interviewing, counseling, negotiation, and advocacy. Thus, with respect to negotiation, simulated trade negotiations may be drawn from multilateral trade talks (e.g., the Doha Round), or free trade agreement talks (e.g., the U.S.-UAE free trade agreement). Regarding arbitration, attention is paid to drafting arbitration agreements, the enforceability of arbitration agreements, selecting arbitrators, the arbitration hearing, and the enforceability of arbitration awards. Special emphasis is given to arbitration of international commercial disputes and the institutional rules under which such arbitrations proceed, including regimes established by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (?UNCITRAL?), the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (?ICSID?), and the International Chamber of Commerce (?ICC?). With respect to litigation, for example, simulations based on actual WTO cases may be constructed, with attention paid to issues of jurisdiction. The simulations may involve not only students, but also practitioners and other professors with specialized expertise in areas like intellectual property (?IP?), labor and the environment. To facilitate these simulations, and engage persons who may be unable to travel to the UAE, video-conferencing may be used. Thus, for example, students at the UAE university could engage in simulated negotiations on a free trade agreement with students from the University of Kansas. Taught in English.

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Semester: Spring Go To Index


INTL6106 - International Financial Law (3 credit hours)
This course deals with international financial capital transactions and regulation. It consists of two parts, private banking and securities markets, and official multilateral and regional lending institutions. Regarding banking markets, the course covers international banking topics, specifically, foreign exchange and payments (namely, electronic funds, or wire transfers). It also covers bank supervisory concerns, such as capital adequacy guidelines developed by the Basle Committee, and inbound and outbound bank regulation. With respect to securities markets, the course examines initial public offerings (?IPOs?) and secondary market trading, using examples from major and regional financial centers. Attention is paid to rules on offering securities across borders, and on participation of foreign investors in local stock markets. Thus, SEC Regulation S, Rule 144A placements, private placements, Eurobonds and other Euromarket transactions, are studied. The course also provides an overview of important derivative instruments, both on- and off-organized exchanges, such as forwards, futures, options, and swaps. Regarding official lending, the course examines the options of the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (?IMP?), and regional development banks such as the Islamic Development Bank (?IDB?). The Third World debt crisis ? both problems and prospects ? are debated. The criticisms of these organizations are articulated and evaluated. Taught in English. Suggested Textbook: John Head, The Future of Global Economic Organizations (Transnational Publishers, Inc. 2005).

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Semester: Fall Go To Index


INTL6107 - Inter. Intellectual Property L (3 credit hours)
This course introduces the major forms of intellectual property (IP), and substantive patent, trademark, and copyright law. It provides the doctrines, policies, and practices concerning this law, not only in prominent domestic legal systems such as the United States, European Union, and China, and in the Gulf region, but also in major multilateral conventions. Accordingly, the course covers the 1961 Rome International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations, 1967 Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, 1971 Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, 1989 Washington Treaty on Intellectual Property in Respect of Integrated Circuits, and 1995 WTO Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (?TRIPS?). The course also covers provisions on IP contained in free trade agreements and customs unions. This course also examines leading contemporary issues in IP protections. Such issues include challenges posed to patent law by new technologies (e.g., biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, the Internet and nanotechnology), HIV/AIDS and other public health crises, and genetically modified organisms (?GMOs?). Regarding copyright law, such issues include challenges posed by categories of digital works such as software, databases containing factual and other public domain content, multi-media materials, computer generated, or assisted works, and audio recordings, containing digital sampling. Finally, the course deals with the protection of geographical indications, problems of enforcement, and perspectives of developing and least developed countries. Taught in English.

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Semester: Fall Go To Index


INTL6108 - Islamic Finicial Law (3 credit hours)
This course reviews the history, doctrine, texts, and role of Islamic law (Shari?ah) throughout the world. It begins with a survey of the life and times of the Prophet Mohammed (Peace Be Unto Him), background and birth of the Arab-Islamic Empire, the development and spread of Islam, the Moghul and Ottoman Empires, the Classical theory of Islamic law and sources of the Shari?ah (usul al fiqh), that is, Holy Qu?ran, sunna of the Prophet, analogical reasoning (qiyaas), and consensus (ijmaa), and the principal schools (madhhab) of Islamic law. Following this survey, the course focuses on Islamic legal topics relating to international trade. Specific coverage includes contract, business, and banking law. Issues of forbidden contracts, riba (excess, interest), gharrar (risk), and property protection are discussed in relation to obligations created by the World Trade Organizations (?WTO?) agreements and various free trade agreements and customs unions. Taught in English.

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Semester: Fall Go To Index


INTL6109 - Legal Rfesearch and writing E (3 credit hours)
Prerequisite: Referral by a member of the Faculty of Law. Students will be required to prepare at least two legal memoranda of modest length based on provided materials. These materials will include primary materials, such as statutes, treaties, and judicial decisions. They will also include secondary materials, such as treatises and journal articles. As a final requirement, students will have to research and write a memorandum of some length (2,000 ? 2,500 words) based on their own research on a presented problem.

Prerequisite:
  1. INTL6105
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Semester: Fall Go To Index


INTL6110 - Thesis (6 credit hours)
The Masters thesis may be on any topic related to International Trade Law, broadly defined. The resulting thesis must be of a quality suitable for publication in English. It must be defended publicly and deposited in digital form in the Zayed Public Library.

Prerequisite:
  1. INTL6109
Corequisite:
Semester: Fall Spring Go To Index


PRVT1052 - History of Islamic Legal Sys. (3 credit hours)
The course deals with an introduction to the definition of jurisprudence and Sharia, its divisions and the characteristics. The role of Islamic jurisprudence is covered through the study of its various sources, like The Quran, The Sunna, Fiqh consensus, inference, open interests, approbation, pretext closure accompanying and Tradition.

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Semester: Fall Spring Go To Index


PRVT1154 - Introduction to Law (3 credit hours)
This course aims at acquainting the student with the two major concepts; 'the Law' and the 'Rights'. The first concept of Law deals with the nature, necessity and the goals of the Law, and the properties of the Legal Rules. The study also includes the divisions of law, the temporal and spatial validity of law, and the interpretation of law. The Second concept of Right covers the nature, basis and types of Right; with special focus on the idea of the 'legal personality'. This entire course is aimed at providing the student with sufficient knowledge about the essential legal thoughts; so as to enable him to understand the different divisions of law. The course also provides the student, with elementary training on learning oral and written, legal skills.

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Corequisite: LW111
Semester: Fall Spring Go To Index


PRVT2051 - Obligations (1) (2 credit hours)
This course deals with the study of various obligations and their freewill sources in the U.A.E. Law of Civil Transactions and Islamic Jurisprudence. The study focuses more on 'contract and single will'.

Prerequisite:
  1. PRVT1154
  2. LW111
Corequisite:
Semester: Fall Spring Go To Index


PRVT2073 - Personal Status (1) (3 credit hours)
This course covers the study of marriage, its status and essence in Islamic law. Special emphasis is given on the concept of engagement, on various conditions of marriage contract and the rights of each spouse. The entire study is made in light of the UAE Personal Status Law and its implementations.

Prerequisite:
  1. PRVT1052
Corequisite:
Semester: Fall Go To Index


PRVT2082 - Family Regulations in Islam (3 credit hours)
This course covers the study of marriage, its importance and the rules governing it. It touches upon such topics as betrothal and its obligations; conditions of the marriage contract; obligations ensuing there from; the rights of husband and wife; divorce and its constraints and conditions; the difference between divorce and dissolution of contract; permissibility of divorce; kinds of divorce; divorce by single will, mutual agreement or with the approval of the judge.

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Semester: Fall Spring Go To Index


PRVT2111 - Legal Aspects of e-commerce(E) (2 credit hours)
The course covers the concept of e-commerce, problems and difficulties facing its application, methods of civil protection, especially the validity and proof of the electronic contract, electronic-commerce consumer protection, applicable law, intellectual property, and competent court.

Prerequisite:
  1. PRVT225
Corequisite:
Semester: Spring Go To Index


PRVT2132 - Principles of Fiqh (1) (3 credit hours)
This course mainly deals with an introduction to the principles of Fiqh and its subjects, and the various schools of thought. It covers the legal sayings in its two kinds- procreative and practical. These aspects are dealt from the view point of the researchers, governor, governed by, governed on, Ejtehad, and the tradition that are related.

Prerequisite:
  1. PRVT1052
Corequisite:
Semester: Fall Go To Index


PRVT2151 - Obligations (2) (2 credit hours)
The course includes the study of Law of Torts and beneficial acts in the light of the UAE Law of Civil Transactions and Islamic Jurisprudence.

Prerequisite:
  1. PRVT2051
Corequisite:
Semester: Fall Spring Go To Index


PRVT2152 - Obligations (3) (2 credit hours)
The course covers the Law of Evidence and the methods of evidence according to the Federal Law of Evidence (UAE), and it also includes a practical study of research and application tools in Sharia and Law.

Prerequisite:
  1. PRVT2051
Corequisite: PRVT2151
Semester: Fall Spring Go To Index


PRVT225 - Principles of Commercial Law E (3 credit hours)
This course covers the study of the Commercial Law, its evolution and historical background and its sources, with a special emphasis on the theory of project and kinds of commercial transactions. The course includes the concept of trader, his rights and obligations, kinds of commercial contracts, as sale by installment, sale by public auction, carriage of items and carriage of persons. It also covers Commercial Mortgage, Commercial Agency, Brokerage, Commission Agency, Commercial Representation, Securities Market, Business Premises and International Sales.

Prerequisite:
  1. PRVT1154
  2. ESPU1472
Corequisite:
Semester: Fall Spring Go To Index


PRVT227 - Principles of Commercial Law (3 credit hours)


Prerequisite:
  1. BASC1154 or PRVT1154
Corequisite:
Semester: Fall Go To Index


PRVT2283 - Civil Procedures (3 credit hours)
This course represents the students with the legal procedures applied before the UAE federal courts in the civil and commercial actions. It explains the structure of the court system in the UAE and courts jurisdictions. Furthermore, it explores in-depth the development of the dispute, from filing the lawsuit with the court's registrar through administering the hearings, recusal of the judge, suspension and termination of the action, to the rendition of the judgment and appeal. It also handles the relationship of the Public Prosecution with the court system and its role in civil actions.

Prerequisite:
  1. PRVT2151
Corequisite:
Semester: Spring Go To Index


PRVT2652 - Business Law (E) (3 credit hours)
The course covers the study of commercial activities; their identification, the types and the importance of differentiating between them and civil activities. It deals with merchant and the conditions of acquiring the title of 'merchant'. It deals with the commercial companies; types, characteristics of each type and the securities issued by share-holding companies. It covers the commercial papers; like- Bill of Exchange and cheque. It also deals with all Banking operations like- bank deposits, accounts, letters of credit and various banking services, commercial contracts and e-contracts.

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Semester: All Go To Index


PRVT3034 - Labour Law (2 credit hours)
The course covers the general principles of the Labour Law, individual labour contracts and labour disputes. It also deals with the aspects relating to labour hours, types of vacancies, obligations and the duties of labourer. The study includes various aspects relating to the termination of service contracts and the rights arising out of termination.

Prerequisite:
  1. PRVT2151
  2. PRVT2152
Corequisite:
Semester: Fall Spring Go To Index


PRVT3073 - Obligations (4) (2 credit hours)
This course deals with the "Theory of Obligation" and its application in the UAE Law of Civil Transactions and Islamic Jurisprudence. The course covers the consequences of obligation, its features, termination and types of guarantees.

Prerequisite:
  1. PRVT2151
  2. PRVT2152
Corequisite:
Semester: Fall Spring Go To Index


PRVT3213 - Personal Stutes (2) (3 credit hours)
The course covers the study of definition of divorce and legitimacy of divorce, and it further includes the rules and philosophy of divorce in Islam, compared with the divorce in former canons. The course adequately covers various types of divorce, like; - Legal (conventional) & heretical, revocable & irrevocable, accomplished & suspended (conditional). It includes qualifications required to be satisfied, in divorce and for a divorcee. The study relating to the effects of divorce, other forms of marital separations, rights of children and relatives for alimony upon divorce/separation are dealt with in the light of the UAE Personal Status Law and its various implementations.

Prerequisite:
  1. PRVT2073
Corequisite:
Semester: Fall Spring Go To Index


PRVT3243 - Nominated Contract(Sale&Lease) (3 credit hours)
The course covers the study of some basic contracts prepared in application of ?General Theory of Contract? in the Federal Civil Transactions Law of UAE; and their origin in the Islamic Jurisprudence. More focus is given to the respective judicial adjudications. The contracts covered in this study are the sale and lease contracts, with a special focus on points of similarity and dissimilarity between them and other contracts relating to possession, utility or labour.

Prerequisite:
  1. PRVT1052
  2. PRVT3073
Corequisite:
Semester: Spring Go To Index


PRVT3262 - Presonal Status (3) "Heritage" (2 credit hours)
The study deals with 'An introduction to inheritance and succession in the Pre-Islamic Period and its legality in Islam. It covers the basic elements of inheritance, its conditions, impediments and rights of share holders. Various aspects covering "rightful heirs, kindred inheritance, diminution, screening, maternal kinship, treasury, and fetus inheritance rights are adequately covered. The course also includes studying the compulsory legacy (legally).

Prerequisite:
  1. PRVT1052
Corequisite:
Semester: Fall Go To Index


PRVT333 - Selected St. Comparative Pr.L (3 credit hours)
This course aims to introduce students to the concept of comparative law, the benefits of undertaking comparative law studies, borrowing from one legal system to another, and modernization of Arab & Islamic legal systems. It focuses on some applications of comparative law, particularly those relevant to private law, i.e. civil law, commercial law and maritime law. These include a study of the concept of law, the concept of right, the concept of property, the concept of contract, the concept of lease, the concept of waqf, the concept of insurance, the concept of liability, the concept of corporation, the concept of partnership, the concept of commercial transactions, and the concept of maritime law. These concepts will be studied in detail, and the study will be in the form of a comparison between UAE law and English law. These topics will be covered in detail according to the time allocated, as stated below.

Prerequisite:
  1. PUBL226
Corequisite:
Semester: Fall Go To Index


PRVT338 - Company Law (3 credit hours)
This course covers the following topics: Nature and elements of a company; Requirements for company formation; General Partnership; Simple limited partnership; Joint participation; Public joint stock company; Joint stock closed company; Limited liability company; Dissolution and Liquidation of the company.

Prerequisite:
  1. PRVT225
Corequisite:
Semester: Fall Spring Go To Index


PRVT339 - Commercial Arbitration Law (2 credit hours)
This course introduces the students to the role of the arbitration in settling disputes as an alternative methods for resolving disputes. It covers all legal aspects related to arbitration, such as: the legality of arbitration, its forms and types, the composition of the arbitral tribunal and its jurisdiction, dismissal of the arbitrator, the validity of the arbitral award, vacating the award and its enforcement.

Prerequisite:
  1. PRVT2283
  2. PRVT225
Corequisite:
Semester: Fall Go To Index


PRVT4463 - LegecyAnd Mortmain (Waqf) (2 credit hours)
The course focuses on the study of "Optional Legacy, its definition and Probate, its basic elements", and deals with the terms of validity; its correlative terms and pertinent rules and nullity of will. The study also includes the definition of endowment, its legality, its classification, types, and their basic elements. The conditions and rules relating to endowment and termination of endowment are also adequately dealt with, in the course.

Prerequisite:
  1. PRVT1052
Corequisite:
Semester: Fall Go To Index


PRVT4482 - Principles Of Fiqh (2) (3 credit hours)
This course deals with the Introduction part of Islamic Jurisprudence and involves interpretation of religious provisions, and the importance of such interpretation in the legal and religious fields. The evidence of pronunciation and its sections are included as a part of the study in this course.

Prerequisite:
  1. PRVT2132
Corequisite:
Semester: Spring Go To Index


PRVT4492 - The Law of Execution (2 credit hours)
This course offers the students with all legal aspects of the post judgment rendition. It studies the two approaches for enforcing court judgments: the summary enforcement and the ordinary one. It also covers the filing of the executive lawsuit at the court of execution, types of lawsuits, the legal mechanisms for garnishments, attachment and repossession, in addition to the various disputes arising out in the context of execution.

Prerequisite:
  1. PRVT2283
Corequisite:
Semester: Fall Spring Go To Index


PRVT450 - Contracts (2) (2 credit hours)
The course covers the definition, characteristics, consequences of the 'Construction contracts', and the definition, legality, types and consequences of the 'Insurance contracts'; under the Federal Civil Transactions Code.

Prerequisite:
  1. PRVT2151
Corequisite:
Semester: Spring Go To Index


PRVT451 - Primary Rights in Rim (2 credit hours)
This course contains the general theory of the basic rights In rem under the UAE Civil Transactions Code and Islamic Iaw (Sharia); and covers various personal rights and the rights In rem. The various aspects of Ownership; focusing more on its characteristics, extremity, restrictions and collateral rights accruing from ownership, joint ownership and means of acquiring the right of ownership; are adequately covered.

Prerequisite:
  1. PRVT3243
Corequisite:
Semester: Fall Spring Go To Index


PRVT452 - Shaira St.for Islm.Bank.Opera. (2 credit hours)
The course covers banking deposits, banking transfer, current account, bank guarantees, transactions on commercial papers and securities, speculation and partnership from an Islamic prospective.

Prerequisite:
  1. PRVT225
Corequisite:
Semester: Spring Go To Index


PRVT453 - Commercial Papers & Banking (3 credit hours)
This course contains the study of various commercial papers, like; the bill of exchange; the promissory note and the cheque. It also covers various aspects of banking operations such as terms deposits, current accounts, documentary credits, letters of credit and bank loans.

Prerequisite:
  1. PRVT225
Corequisite:
Semester: Fall Spring Go To Index


PRVT454 - Personal And Real Securities (2 credit hours)
The course aims to study the general principles of debt security in light of the UAE Civil Transactions Code and the Islamic jurisprudence. The study mainly focuses on the related judicial decisions. It also covers the concepts of guaranty, mortgage by way of security, possessory pledges and privileges (or liens).

Prerequisite:
  1. PRVT3073
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Semester: Spring Go To Index


PRVT462 - Intellectual Property Laws (2 credit hours)
This course consists of three parts. Part I deals with the Copyright Law; its scope, its nature and importance; the subject of copyright and the term of copyright protection. It includes the ownership of copyright, its transference and methods of protecting the copyright. Part II deals exclusively with the Law of Patents and covers the legal administration of patents locally and internationally; conditions of granting patents, procedures required to acquire a patent and the emanating legal effects. Part III deals with the Trade Mark Law and includes the legal rules of trademarks, trade names, the required conditions for protection, and national and international legal protection.

Prerequisite:
  1. PRVT225
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Semester: Fall Spring Go To Index


PRVT4671 - Private International Law (3 credit hours)
The Private international law course involves the study of the applicable law in private international relations; civil, commercial and personal status relations; the conditions of court jurisdictions in disputes involving foreign subjects and the applicable procedural law in this respect and the execution of foreign judgments.

Prerequisite:
  1. PRVT2283
  2. PRVT3073
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Semester: Fall Go To Index


PRVT4725 - Maritime Law (2 credit hours)
This course covers the following topics: Ships, nationality and registration; Shipbuilding contract; Maritime liens; Maritime mortgages; Shipowner, Master and crew; Limitation of shipowners? liability; Contract of affreightment; Collisions; Marine insurance.

Prerequisite:
  1. PRVT225
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Semester: Spring Go To Index


PRVT6124 - Advanced St. in Civil Law (3 credit hours)
The course includes a deep study of one subject of the Civil Transactions law, such as one type of responsibility (contractual or tort) or one of the important and practical civil contracts, such as a construction contract.

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Semester: Fall Go To Index


PRVT6125 - Modern Finance Trns.in ISlamic (3 credit hours)
The course includes banking operations such as banking deposits and accounts, credits, commercial papers operations, safe rental and other operations, with focus on operations related to the role of the banks in financing economic projects. Some of these subjects will be deeply studied from an Islamic perspective and compared with positive law.

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Semester: Fall Go To Index


PRVT6126 - Advanced St in Commercial Law (3 credit hours)
This course aims at studying the definition of these contracts, their characteristics and features, their rules, and the effects resulting from them.

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Semester: Fall Go To Index


PRVT6127 - Inter.Trade Contract (E) (3 credit hours)
When traders sell or buy goods or commodities on the international markets, the transaction is composed not of one but of several contracts: the goods are sold under a contract of sale, transported under a contract of carriage, insured under a policy of insurance and frequently financed through a letter of credit. The purpose of this course is to examine the regulation of each of these contracts in UAE law, and applicable international law and standards, focusing in particular on the practical problems which arise when the various contracts do not mesh together. This Course also includes: The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, and the United Nations convention on the Limitation Period in the International sale of Goods.

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Semester: Spring Go To Index


PRVT6128 - Alternative Dispute Resol.(E) (3 credit hours)
The object of the course is to study methods of resolving disputes other than by adjudication in courts. The course will include the definition of arbitration, the differences between arbitration and conciliation, the differences between national and international arbitration, arbitration agreement, arbitration procedures, applicable law, arbitration award, arbitration award enforcement, invalidity of arbitration award.

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Semester: Spring Go To Index


PRVT6129 - Advanced St in Civil Procedure (3 credit hours)
The course includes a thorough study of a selected subject from among the subjects of the Civil Procedures Law, such as joining a third party before the court of first instance, appeal and cassation. The method of study is an analytical one where the student explore the subject through comparing between the implemented rules and the Sharia (Islamic Law).

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Semester: Fall Go To Index


PRVT6130 - Advanced St in Is.Personal S (3 credit hours)
This course aims at clarifying the separation between the husband and his wife after marriage. It also focuses on the divorce status: Is it definite or indefinite. This is in addition to more focus on the effects of divorce on all family members, particularly children. Consequently, the course addresses the question of the financial effects on the family due to divorce.

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Semester: Fall Go To Index


PRVT6131 - Advanced Studies in Insurance (3 credit hours)
This course covers one of the advanced topics in insurance contracts, such as insured damages, conditions of compensation in obligatory insurance or potential right in insurance contract.

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Semester: Fall Go To Index


PRVT6132 - Adv.St.in Intellectual Propert (3 credit hours)
The course includes following subjects: Patents, Trade marks, Copyright, Industrial Property, Commercial Property, the impact of GATT & TRIPS Agreements and the Islamic position towards them.

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PRVT6133 - Advanced ST. In Usul Fiqh (3 credit hours)
The course focuses on Usul Al Fiqh (fundamentals of jurisprudence) as related to scholars -madhabs (creed) in comparison with (Qiyas), imitation (Taqleed) and tradition (Urf) which includes all its varieties as related to serving or not serving these principles.

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PRVT6134 - World Trade Agreements in (E) (3 credit hours)
This course examines the multilateral and regional legal regimes governing importation and exportation of goods across national borders. Key topics include the history and institutions of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (?GATT?) and World Trade Organization (?WTO?), accession to the WTO, dispute settlement under WTO rules, transparency and participation in the GATT-WTO system, regulation of import duties and non-tariff barriers, rules on customs classification and valuation.

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PRVT6135 - ُE-Commerce ( E ) (3 credit hours)
The course includes an introduction to the legal concept of e-commerce, its importance, its spread, problems of evidence, special nature of contracting through internet, protection of the internet consumer, with special reference to the UAE Law on this subject.

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PRVT6136 - ِAdvanced St.In Prvt.Int. Law (3 credit hours)
This course includes studying the applicability of foreign laws before national courts. It provides solutions for conflict of laws in various contexts, such as personal status matters and civil transactions. This study is based on the UAE legal system with respect to the recognition of the foreign awards and compared with the related Islamic rules.

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PRVT6137 - Project Finance (3 credit hours)
This course covers studies of the legal financial issues involved in both domestic and international infrastructure projects, such as ownership structure, contract provisions and other legal, regulatory, environmental and dispute resolution challenges facing each deal. Coverage will include different sources of project financing, including banks and capital markets, and also actual documentation used for owning, developing, constructing, buying and financing projects.

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PRVT6138 - Aconomic Activ.In Free Zones E (3 credit hours)
This course covers notions of free economic zones, free zones founding conditions, arranging and founding of the free zone, changes of the free zones, free zones user, conditions and procedures on tax benefit, free zone activities (import and export of goods from the free zone, temporary exit of goods from the free zone, standards, technical and quality norms and prices), application of regulations, agreements and employment relations, treatment of goods, customs supervision and control in the free zone, termination of the operating of the free zone and of the user.

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PRVT6139 - L.S For Financial Activities E (3 credit hours)
This course covers definition of financial activities, requirements of engaging in financial activities, prohibitions and conditions for the entity engaging supervision on the financial activities, liability arising out of the financial activities.

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PRVT6140 - Legal Research& Writing in (E) (1 credit hours)
Students will be required to prepare at least two legal memoranda of modest length based on provided materials. These materials will include primary materials, such as statutes, treaties, and judicial decisions. They will also include secondary materials, such as treatises and journal articles. As a final requirement, students will have to research and write a memorandum of some length (2,000 ? 2500 words), and make an oral presentation, based on their own research on a presented problem.

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  1. PRVT6128
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PRVT61411 - Legal Research& Writing in (A) (2 credit hours)
This course is divided into two main parts: the first one is fundamentally theoretical and the second one is deeply practical. In the first part of the course, the students learn about the fundamental principles of scientific research and legal writing. The instructor of this course provides the students with clear enlightenment about the scientific research in the legal field, the different levels of Legal research and the different categories of legal research. The students receive deep information's about the legal research resources and the methodology of finding the legal reference. In addition, the students obtain a profound knowledge about how choosing a legal topic and how defining a scientific plan for the legal research. The instructor provide the students with full details about the legal writing skills and methodologies. They will receive additional information about the scientific referencing methodology and the legal ethics followed in this direction. In the second part of the course, the students will proceed a legal research in a defined topic. The student will be asked to make application of all methods and ethics learned in the first part of the course especially the fundamental principles that govern the legal research and legal writing. The research is proceeded under the supervision of specialized instructor and following a well planed research strategy.

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PRVT6142 - Seminar (1 credit hours)
A required seminar in which students will report on assigned legal readings. Every student will report a case, an opinion, or a legal approach to a problem.

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PRVT6143 - Thesis (6 credit hours)
The Masters thesis may be on any topic related to Private Law, broadly defined. The resulting thesis must be of a quality suitable for publication in English. It must be defended publicly and deposited in digital form in the Zayed Public Library.

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  1. PRVT6142
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