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Fundamentals of Comparative Law

Course Description: Introduce the student to contemporary legal rules, explaining their similarities and differences.

Credits: 2

Objectives of the course :

The aim of studying this course is to introduce students to the general rules of contemporary legal systems, highlighting their similarities and differences, and the impact of these on the legal provisions adopted by these systems, on efforts to unify their provisions, and the stance of Arab legal systems towards them. The study of this course will be conducted using a comparative approach between different legal trends and systems at both the regional and international levels.

Course outputs :

Knowledge and understanding:
1- The student will become familiar with contemporary legal systems.
2. The student will explain the theories of law and right.
3. The student understands the concept of harmonizing laws adopted by international agreements.
Skills
The student will compare between legal systems and Islamic jurisprudence
2- For the student to analyze the general rules of different legal systems.
3. The student will classify the characteristics, attributes, and philosophies of each contemporary legal system.
The student compares legal rules.
Values, autonomy and responsibility:
The student embodies ethical principles in work and cooperation with others.
2. Commitment to the values of loyalty and belonging to the homeland and its leadership

Additional information:

Course Topics:
A Historical Overview of Comparative Law: Its Benefits, Features, and Significance.
Definition of Comparative Law, What is a Legal Rule, Terminology and Characteristics, Divisions of Law, Judicial Systems
Contemporary legal systems and families in terms of characteristics and features of each system.
The organization of the judiciary in the Kingdom, the courts in the Kingdom, represent standards of agreement and difference between different legal systems such as the Anglo-American system, the Latin system, the Germanic system, and the socialist system, Islamic jurisprudence, a study of the Arab legal systems in terms of the legal family to which they belong.
What is right, the concept of right, elements of right, types of right, sources of right, and the subject of right.
The extent of the influence of Islamic jurisprudence on Arab legal systems
The idea of unifying laws at the regional level.
The idea of unifying laws at the pan-Arab level.
Features of the concept of monotheism and its forms.
The idea of harmonizing international agreements.
The idea of unifying legislative projects adopted by international legal bodies.

Last updated: 2026-04-16