About the Academic Track

About the Academic Track

The Postgraduate Program of Law and Justice at Institute of Postgraduate Studies aims to launch the master’s in private law to achieve three dimensions: the cognitive dimension, the specialized dimension, and the distinguished research dimension in the field of private law, following up on the latest legal systems, and benefiting from the latest developments in the science of law, and this must acquire Students who study the legal sciences and skills that the track works to achieve, and prepare high-level skills among specialists in the field of private law, in addition to contributing to achieving the university’s mission and strengthening its position as a beacon of science and development, and a tributary of human resources development, and preparing specialists in various branches of law in order to Developing society for the better and preserving its identity..

The Specialized Fields in which the Academic Track Allows Study.

In addition to the comprehensive specialization in private law, the master’s in private law offers the option of specializing in one of the following branches of private law:

  • Private Law (General Track)
  • Arbitration and Dispute Resolution (Specialization track)
  • Intellectual Property (Specialization track)
  • Commercial Law (Specialization track)
  • Civil Law (Specialization track)

Vision:

Active participation in the development of private law specialists, and support for scientific research in the field of private law.

Mission:

Providing an appropriate educational environment to develop scientific capabilities and direct them towards creativity and innovation in the sciences of law and justice.

Key Features of the Academic Track

  • Providing the community with legal cadres and competencies capable of outstanding performance and competition in the labor market, in order to serve and develop the community in the fields of scientific research, university teaching, and so on.
  • Excellence in supporting comparative studies of local, regional and international legislation in order to benefit from the experiences of different systems.
  • Supporting scientific research and enriching knowledge in all branches of law and elaborate research to reach an innovative practical scientific addition to access to new knowledge.
  • Providing universities and public and private institutions in societies with specialized cadres capable of following up on scientific and legal developments.
  • Work on scientific and cultural cooperation and exchange of experiences and knowledge with faculties of law and with various regional and international universities.

Learning and Assessment

The First Stage

  • The student studies eight courses, distributed as follows:
    √ Six compulsory courses.
    √Two elective courses from among the courses offered by the faculty for master’s students.
  • The study is conducted through research seminars in each course, and the research seminar relies on multiple references and is in accordance with the scientific research methodology and standards.
  • The study of each of the eight courses takes four credit hours for a minimum of four weeks, and it may be more than that according to the capabilities of each student, after which the student’s competency and knowledge test is held in the course he finished, then he starts in another course in the same way, and so on.
  • Courses studied in the first year, the student has the right to extend the study for a period not exceeding a second year.
  • If a specialization track is chosen within the general program, elective courses will have to be studied from the courses designated for the chosen specialization.

The Second Stage

● The student is assigned a virtual course that the faculty chooses from among the courses that the student studied at the bachelor’s level. This is a practical training for the student, with ten credit hours. The student must divide this course into twelve to fourteen abbreviated lectures. The student presents each lecture in the form of a written summary of its topic in Word format, accompanied by a video recording of it in the student’s voice using the Power Point program. Its duration is not less than ten minutes and not more than twenty. Accurate.

The Thrid Stage

Requirements for registering a thesis topic for a master’s degree in political science

  • The student must pass the prescribed academic courses with at least 70%.
  • The student obtains a TOEFL certificate with a score of at least 450, or its equivalent, or obtains a corresponding certificate in the French language, with the exception of those who obtained a first university degree in one of the two languages, or in one of the two languages.
  • The student submits a request to the university administration to register a master’s thesis with a suggested topic in one of the sub-specialized tracks.
  • If the initial approval of the subject title is achieved, the Faculty Council shall specify a supervisor to guide the student and follow him up in preparing the plan.
  • The research plan includes the importance of the subject and a critical presentation of the previous studies in it, and a specification of the research problem, then defining the methodology of the study and its main hypotheses or the questions that you want to answer, and the division of the study and its sources.
  • The student presents his proposed plan in a scientific seminar. The plan discusses a topic and methodology.
  • The student amends his plan based on the notes of the professors in the seminar if he is asked to amend it.
  • The plan is presented after the seminar to the Faculty Council to take its decision regarding the registration of the subject.
  • In the event of approval, the decision of the Faculty Council is presented to the University Council to approve the registration, and the date of registration is calculated from the date of approval by the University Council.

Jury discussion and degree awarding

  • The minimum period for preparing a master’s thesis is nine months, starting from the date of approval of the University Council to register the subject, and the maximum is two years, which can be extended for a third exceptional year upon the recommendation of the supervisor and the approval of the Faculty Council, provided that the total period of the student’s enrollment in the degree does not exceed four years.
  • The supervisor submits a semi-annual report that includes what has been accomplished, and what is required in the remaining period.
  • After the student completes the thesis and the supervisor reviews it, the supervisor submits to the university administration a report stating that it is valid for discussion, including an evaluation of the student’s performance during the thesis preparation period of 140 degrees, along with submitting a full copy of the thesis signed by him, and a letter with the names of the jury proposed by the professors of the specialty, for presentation to the Council the faculty.
  • It is required that before the student’s discussion, at least fifteen days have passed from the date of approval of the jury committee from the faculty.
  • The jury committee formed to discuss the thesis is six months, which may be renewed for a similar period based on a report from the supervisor and the approval of the Faculty Council.
  • The period of validity of the committee formed to discuss the thesis is six months. It may be renewed for a similar period based on a report from the supervisor and the approval of the Faculty Council.
  • Each member of the jury writes a detailed scientific report on the validity of the thesis for discussion, and evaluates the thesis out of 100 degrees, and the average of the three degrees is taken.
  • The student may not be discussed unless he obtains at least 70% of the supervisor’s evaluation of his performance and the jury members’ evaluation of the thesis in the individual reports.
  • Submit a post-dissertation group report signed by all members of the jury evaluating the thesis discussion out of 100.
  • The thesis is approved after public discussion by the jury with one of the grades shown in the following table:
DefinitionPointGrade
Excellent4.00A+
Excellent3.75A
Very Good3.50B+
Very Good3.00B
Good2.50C+
Average2.00C
Pass on probation1.50D+
Pass on probation1.00D
Fail0.00F
  • The following grades are not taken into account for the semester or cumulative GPA.
Thesis or project in progress:DP
Incomplete:I
In progress:IP
Registration has been suspended:L
The grade has not been decided:NGR
Did not take the final exam.:NP
Transferred course.:T
Withdraw from the course.:W
The course covers two semesters, the degree is given at the end of the spring or summer semester.:YR
There are no credit hours.:NC
One credit hour taken as a private student. The credit hours and the degree do not count towards the degree:ND
Re-submitted course, only the last grade is used in calculating the GPA.:R
Credit taken as a special student. Credit hours and grade counted towards a degree.:S

Credits
Before the 2016-2017 fall semester 1 credit point is equivalent to 1 semester lecture hour. In the 2016 – 2017 fall semester the University introduced the ECTS – European Credit Transfer System.

Academic Calendar
International Suleiman University calendar is based on the semester system. Each semester has a duration of 15 weeks including the week of the final exam. The summer semester is 10 weeks long, including the final exam.

Academic Track Structure

Academic Track Structure
8 courses = 32 credit hours,
 practical training = 10 credit hours
 Master's thesis = 18 credit hours
Courses
Practical Training
Master's Thesis

Curriculum

Core Courses for General Track

Scientific Research Methodology

Course name: Scientific Research Methodology

Course code: MLJ101

Credit hours: 4.00

Research Methods and Scientific Methodology course aims to introduce students to the different models of methods for carrying out useful legal research. Students will acquire knowledge about the design, methodology and techniques of scientific research, data collection, analysis and interpretation, and the use of research data with the aim of reaching logical results that address the research problem. This course will help each student develop the ability to use this knowledge to become a more effective legal researcher.
The curriculum inputs include: the form and type of knowledge, learners’ characteristics, needs, tendencies and interests, society’s philosophy, values, hopes and aspirations. The curriculum outcomes are: knowledge, skills, and attitudes.

Commitment Theory

Course name: Commitment Theory

Course code: MPLJ101

Credit hours: 4.00

The general framework of the course: the general theory of obligation, which includes the sources and provisions of obligation, in addition to the general principles of the original and ancillary rights in rem. The special framework of the course: a comparative and in-depth study in one or more topics from the general section, such as: the preliminary stage in retirement, the basis of responsibility for the harmful act, the theory of abuse of the right, the retroactive effect in the legal actions, the materialism in the civil laws, the transmission of the obligation in the civil laws, Movable common property, real estate ownership.

Principles of Comparative Civil Trials

Course name: Principles of Comparative Civil Trials

Course code: MPLJ102

Credit hours: 4.00

The curriculum for this course includes the study of judicial jurisdiction, the theory of the case and its procedures, the theory of judicial rulings, methods of challenging these rulings, and the procedures for implementing judicial rulings at the procedural departments. It also includes a detailed and analytical study of one of the topics such as: the theory of interest in the case and the theory of judicial ruling.
The course includes an in-depth study of one or more topics of administrative law such as: expression of will in the administrative contract, administrative control, discretionary authority of the administration, job discipline, invalidity of the administrative decision, administrative presidential control, and financial control.

Named Contracts

Course name: Named Contracts

Course code: MPLJ103

Credit hours: 4.00

The emergence and development of named contracts, the nature of unnamed contracts, adaptation and interpretation of named contracts, and exposure to models of named contracts such as sale and lease contracts, landlords and tenants, and insurance contracts.

Social Legislation

Course name: Social Legislation

Course code: MPLJ104

Credit hours: 4.00

The curriculum for this course in the master’s program in private law includes principles for studying employment contracts of all kinds, principles for resolving individual and collective labor disputes, an analytical and applied study of the subject of work injuries in the laws of labor law, social security law, worker benefits according to the provisions of the laws, and the advantages of the secretary of work injuries in The Social Security Law and insurance for disability, old age and death in a comparative study of jurisprudence and jurisprudence

Commercial Law

Course name: Commercial Law

Course code: MPLJ105

Credit hours: 4.00

The general framework for this course: – Types of commercial businesses, merchants, commercial contracts, commercial papers, banking operations, commercial companies, bankruptcy provisions. The special framework for studying this course: – An in-depth and comparative study in one or more topics from the general section, such as: – The legal personality of the public shareholding company, holding companies and joint investment companies. Monitoring the company’s business, international commercial contracts: investment contracts: construction contracts, service contracts, technology transfer contracts

Elective Courses for General Track

Fundamentals of Comparative Islamic Legislation

Course name: Fundamentals of Comparative Islamic Legislation

Course code: MPLJ101

Credit hours: 4.00

The general curriculum of this course: – Contemporary legal systems and families in terms of the characteristics of each system, – The criterion for differentiating between different systems, Studying Arab legal systems in terms of the legal family to which they belong and the extent to which they are affected by Islamic jurisprudence and foreign laws, The extent to which unified Arab laws exist at the regional level, in particular Countries of the Cooperation Council or at the level of the League of Arab States, the unification of laws through international agreements or projects adopted by international bodies.
Special curriculum for this course: An in-depth study of one of the contemporary legal systems. ​

Studies in International Trade

Course name: Studies in International Trade

Course code: MPLJ152

Credit hours: 4.00

This course includes: definition of international trade, definition of international trade law, knowledge of the relationship or comparison between international trade and national commercial law, definition of international trade contracts, pillars of international trade contracts and comparison with the contract, types of international trade contracts and we deal with international sales contracts (CIF, bot contract The joint project, the technology transfer contract, the contracts developed in the field of international trade), discussing the problems facing international trade contracts and then solutions to these problems, resolving disputes in international trade contracts through arbitration or settlement.

Intellectual Property Studies

Course name: Intellectual Property Studies

Course code: MPLJ153

Credit hours: 4.00

This course studies copyright, related rights, patents, trademarks and geographical indications, integrated circuits, industrial designs and models, aspects related to dispute settlement and international measures related to the protection of intellectual property rights.

International Criminal Justice

Course name: International Criminal Justice

Course code: MPLJ154

Credit hours: 4.00

This course includes an introduction to the principles of international criminal law, such as the principle of legality and the right to defense, and all the foundations upon which this law is based. into force in 2002 and its basic scope and the jurisdiction of the judicial state over its territory, the responsibility and immunities of heads of state leaders, and a statement of the obligations, motives and crimes that the International Criminal Court has jurisdiction over it, preventing the focus on the enforcement of the Rome Convention at the domestic domestic level and the basic obligations arising from it, related to the subject of international criminal responsibility of the individual , and the subject of international criminal courts.

Newly Created Crimes

Course name: Newly Created Crimes

Course code: MCLJ155

Credit hours: 4.00

The course includes the study of the general theory of crime and criminal punishment, and the special section of the Penal Code, specifically the crimes of persons and funds, provided that it is determined from this section what is compatible with the crimes under study in the special curriculum.
The course includes an in-depth study of one or more topics of emerging crimes such as: electronic crimes, money laundering crimes, organized crimes, human trafficking crimes, and crimes against private life.

The Original and Ancillary Rights in Kind

Course name: The Original and Ancillary Rights in Kind

Course code: MPLJ156

Credit hours: 4.00

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Courses Specializing in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution

Arbitration Agreement

Course name: Arbitration Agreement

Course code: MPLJ201

Credit hours: 4.00

This course includes an in-depth study of the most important international conventions in the field of arbitration such as the UNCITRAL Convention and the Model Law, the Washington Convention for the Establishment of the Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes, the Oman Convention on International Commercial Arbitration, the Geneva Convention and other agreements related to arbitration.

Arbitration Procedure

Course name: Arbitration Procedure

Course code: MPLJ202

Credit hours: 4.00

This course includes studying the procedures that are taken by the arbitral tribunal to proceed with the course of the dispute from the moment of convening its jurisdiction, informing the parties, presenting the arbitration case statement and the answer statement, convening the first session, examining the defenses of the various litigants, listening to witnesses, and requesting the competent court to issue decisions in urgent matters, and then Seal the pleading and deliberation until the issuance of the judgment.

The Law is Applicable to Arbitration

Course name: The Law is Applicable to Arbitration

Course code: MPLJ203

Credit hours: 4.00

This course includes a statement of the law applicable to arbitration procedures, an explanation of what this law is and the will of the parties in that, as well as an explanation of the law applicable to the subject matter of the dispute itself, and the extent of the link between this law and the will of the parties and its connection to the subject matter of the dispute.

The Role of the Judiciary in Arbitration

Course name: The Role of the Judiciary in Arbitration

Course code: MPLJ204

Credit hours: 4.00

This course aims to give an in-depth idea of the judiciary and arbitration and to study the nature of the judiciary’s relationship with arbitration, the supportive and oversight role of the judiciary and the difference between the judiciary as a general means for resolving disputes and arbitration as a parallel means for the judiciary to resolve them, in addition to showing the extent to which arbitration relies on the judiciary with regard to the arbitration agreement, arbitration procedures and the implementation of the arbitral award . And in the stage of forming the arbitral tribunal, in the stage of procedures such as deciding on the request to remove the arbitrator and rejecting him, his role in the field of evidence, and in the field of provisional and precautionary measures, his role in the nullity claim, and in ordering the execution of the award.

International Agreements and Institutions of Arbitration Centers

Course name: International Agreements and Institutions of Arbitration Centers

Course code: MPLJ205

Credit hours: 4.00

This course includes the study of some arbitration agreements, whether at the national level or at the international level, such as the Geneva Convention or the Washington Convention from which the Washington Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes emerged, the Oman Convention on International Commercial Arbitration, and the Arab Convention. To settle investment disputes and others. This course deals with the most important arbitration centers that adjudicate various disputes and study their rules, such as the Washington Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes, the International Chamber of Commerce Center in Paris, the Cairo Regional Center for International Commercial Arbitration, and the Arab Agency for International Arbitration.

Arbitration in Conflict of Laws

Course name: Arbitration in Conflict of Laws

Course code: MPLJ206

Credit hours: 4.00

Inputs: The problem of conflict of laws arises with regard to the relations of individuals that include one or more foreign elements, as a result of the association of such relations with different national legal systems. Hence, human rights thought created what is called the rules of conflict of laws or the rules of attribution, whose primary task is to link the disputes arising from those relations with the most appropriate law. Appropriateness which is called the law applicable to the subject matter of the dispute. Outputs: The study of issues related to conflict of laws contributes to acquiring the necessary knowledge to settle disputes related to several different legislations, where the settlement takes place in different ways than those used in the case of settling purely national disputes, which are subject to the rule of national law in the concerned country. Vocabulary: – Determining the general theory governing the conflict of laws – Defining the rules of attribution and defining its most important characteristics – Conflict of laws system: – Conditioning – Referral – Attribution to a country in which there are many laws – The nature of the applicable foreign law – Advancing public order and circumventing the law – International rules of attribution – Rules related to personal status matters – Rules related to real estate or movable funds – Rules related to contracts – Rules related to facts

Arbitration in Investment Disputes

Course name: Arbitration in Investment Disputes

Course code: MPLJ207

Credit hours: 4.00

This course focuses on the various investment disputes, and their resolution through the prescription arbitration system saves time and effort on the foreign investor and the contracting parties, and highlights the most important local and international investment agreements that have been taken for arbitration as an approach. In resolving investment disputes, and studying the special rules of the Washington Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes by Arbitration.

Arbitration in Financial Markets

Course name: Arbitration in Financial Markets

Course code: MPLJ208

Credit hours: 4.00

This course includes arbitration in disputes between different financial markets, and the course discusses resolving disputes between traders in the stock exchange through arbitration rather than judiciary, and talks about compulsory arbitration.

Arbitration in Construction Contracts

Course name: Arbitration in Construction Contracts

Course code: MPLJ209

Credit hours: 4.00

This course covers the rules that were in the Red and Green Book issued by the International Engineering Confederation FIDIC, the procedures applied to resolve a dispute through contractor-employee arbitration, the rules of arbitration and how important it is to resolve any related disputes. .

This course also deals with resolving extractive contract disputes by arbitration, which are long-term contracts and fundamental changes depend on their implementation. These changes may cause problems between the contracting parties.

Arbitration in Intellectual Property Disputes

Course name: Arbitration in Intellectual Property Disputes

Course code: MPLJ210

Credit hours: 4.00

This course includes arbitration in intellectual property disputes such as patents, trademarks, geographical indications, industrial models, designs, trade secrets, etc., as mentioned in the WIPO agreements on intellectual property rights and the TRIPS and Paris Agreements, as well as the main local laws in practice that make arbitration the main and important method for resolving disputes intellectual property.

Courses Specializing in Intellectual Property Protection

Patents and Industrial Designs

Course name: Patents and Industrial Designs

Course code: MPLJ301

Credit hours: 4.00

The curriculum of this course is studied, as an introduction to the concept of intellectual property, and the location of the patent and industrial designs and models among the elements of intellectual property. It also includes the concept of invention, industrial designs and models, the conditions and procedures for applying for a patent, the implications of granting the patent, the obligations of the patent owner, and the compulsory license to exploit the patent and legal protection For inventions, international agreements in this regard, convention and compulsory licenses in the field of patents, the definition of industrial designs and models, the conditions and procedures for their registration, the rights granted to the owners of industrial designs or models and the international agreements associated with them and their protection. For the national and regional courts issued in this regard, and an indication of the adequacy of the penalties prescribed for committing crimes related to inventions and industrial designs and models.

Trademarks, Trade Names and Geographical Indications

Course name: Trademarks, Trade Names and Geographical Indications

Course code: MPLJ302

Credit hours: 4.00

The curriculum of this course is taught as an introduction to explaining the concept of intellectual property and the location of trademarks, trade names and geographical indications among the elements of intellectual property. Then, the definition of trademarks, their functions, methods of acquisition, benefits, types, methods of registration and cancellation, and methods of protection. And licensing the use of trademarks, franchise contracts in trademarks, protection of well-known trademarks, international registration of trademarks, study of trade names, definition of them, their functions, methods of acquisition, benefits, types, methods of registration, cancellation and legal protection thereof. And an indication of the adequacy of the penalties prescribed for crimes related to trademarks and trade names, licensing the use of the trade name, and the legal protection of trade names. And focus on the rulings issued by the national and regional courts issued in this regard. The curriculum for this course also includes an introduction to geographical indications, conditions and methods of their registration, and legal protection for them in accordance with national legislation and international agreements. And focus on the rulings issued by the national and regional courts issued in this regard.

Solving and Settling Intellectual Property Disputes

Course name: Solving and Settling Intellectual Property Disputes

Course code: MPLJ203

Credit hours: 4.00

The curriculum of this course studies theories and methods related to resolving intellectual property disputes without resorting to courts, such as mediation and arbitration, the role played by WIPO in this field, focusing on the importance of the role of arbitration in the field of settling intellectual property disputes, types of mediation and its obligation to the parties to the dispute, arbitration and its implementation within the provisions of national laws and resolving Issues related to domain names on the Internet by alternative means. And focus on the rulings issued by the national and regional courts issued in this regard. This course also includes the study of the methods and means of enforcing intellectual property rights in national laws and international agreements, and the study of available means within national laws and international agreements such as civil and penal procedures, prevention and border procedures. And focus on the rulings issued by the national and regional courts issued in this regard.

Literary Property

Course name: Literary Property

Course code: MPLJ304

Credit hours: 4.00

The curriculum of this course studies intellectual property rights on human intellectual production in its literary, scientific, or artistic aspects by studying each of copyright and related rights. In copyright, the student learns about each of the legally protected works, as well as learns about the rights protected by the author in their financial aspects. And literary and different types of works and types of authors, and the author’s rights established on his work, whether in its financial or literary aspect, all in accordance with national law and relevant international agreements, the most important of which are the Berne Agreement and the TRIPS Agreement. Translators, the rights of performers, the rights of sound recording owners, the rights of radio and television organizations, and the revenues of radio and television broadcasting. This course also includes licensing contracts for the use of copyright and related rights, with reference to the latest decisions of the local and international courts in this regard.

Protecting Intellectual Property Through Digital Media

Course name: Protecting Intellectual Property Through Digital Media

Course code: MPLJ305

Credit hours: 4.00

The curriculum of this course studies: the legal protection of intellectual property rights through digital media, as well as the protection of copyright via the Internet, the protection of the rights of performers and public performers through the means of satellite broadcasting, the dissemination of musical and artistic works via digital media, the civil protection of the rights of intellectual property owners in case of infringement Through digital media, criminal protection for infringement of intellectual property rights via digital media.

Conflict of Laws in Intellectual Property

Course name: Conflict of Laws in Intellectual Property

Course code: MPLJ306

Credit hours: 4.00

The curriculum of this course studies: the legal protection of intellectual property rights through digital media, as well as the protection of copyright via the Internet, the protection of the rights of performers and public performers through the means of satellite broadcasting, the dissemination of musical and artistic works via digital media, the civil protection of the rights of intellectual property owners in case of infringement Through digital media, criminal protection for infringement of intellectual property rights via digital media.

Intellectual Property in Vital Areas

Course name: Intellectual Property in Vital Areas

Course code: MPLJ307

Credit hours: 4.00

The curriculum of this course studies the importance of patents in the field of pharmaceutical industries, the protection of patents and the extent of their approval in the medical field, the extent to which legal protection is excluded in the field of disease detection and diagnosis, intellectual property laws and their provisions in the medical and pharmaceutical fields. And the legal regulation of the licensing contract for the exploitation of patents in the field of the pharmaceutical industry.

International Organizations Specialized in Intellectual Property Protection

Course name: International Organizations Specialized in Intellectual Property Protection

Course code: MPLJ308

Credit hours: 4.00

International organizations specialized in intellectual property protection
The curriculum of this course studies: the study of international organizations specialized in the field of intellectual property and the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property in 1886, the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Property in 1883 AD, the World Intellectual Property Organization and IPO (WIPO), as well as the in-depth study of the legal rules for the protection of intellectual property rights that it brought The World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement.

Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Law

Course name: Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Law

Course code: MPLJ309

Credit hours: 4.00

The curriculum of this course deals with: the study of unfair competition and its legal regulation in national legislation, international agreements, forms of competition, protection of intellectual property rights, combating monopolistic practices, types of monopolistic practices, procedures that must be available to ensure freedom of competition, combating parasitic competition and imitation of products and goods.

Trade Secrets and Protection of Undisclosed Information

Course name: Trade Secrets and Protection of Undisclosed Information

Course code: MPLJ310

Credit hours: 4.00

The curriculum of this course deals with: introducing the student to what is undisclosed information or what has been termed “commercial secrets” by explaining when the information is considered undisclosed, and therefore commercial secrets, where the student knows what is meant by a trade secret and when it is subject to protection, and whether all Information that is considered a commercial secret, or are there conditions that must be met in order for us to be in front of undisclosed commercial secrets? This course also includes means of protecting commercial secrets from the civil point of view through unfair competition lawsuits and a claim for compensation in accordance with the provisions of national law and the provisions of relevant international charters and agreements, and another What the judiciary has settled on in this regard, whether at the local or international level, by reviewing some international practical cases related to the protection of trade secrets and undisclosed information.

Intellectual Property Protection and Economic Development

Course name: Intellectual Property Protection and Economic Development

Course code: MPLJ311

Credit hours: 4.00

The study curriculum for this course includes an introduction to the statement of the economic role of intellectual property rights in the economic development of countries and the economic evaluation of intellectual property assets, economic feasibility studies for the exploitation of intellectual property rights, the protection of intellectual property rights in the fields of small and medium industries, the impact of the protection of intellectual property rights on economic growth and the role of the organization World Intellectual Property in technical assistance to countries for the purposes of interest in intellectual property as a tool of economic development.

Courses Specializing in Commercial Law

 

International Trade Law Studies

Course name: Studies in International Trade Law

Course code: MPLJ401

Credit hours: 4.00

This course aims to introduce the sources and objectives of international trade law, and the most important documents in the field of international trade and international arbitration, in particular the United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods and the principles of the Ylandro in relation to international trade contracts, and the validity of national legislation in the subjects regulated by these documents.

Studies in Commercial Companies

Course name: Studies in Commercial Companies

Course code: MPLJ402

Credit hours: 4.00

This course includes a study of the types of commercial companies and the extent of freedom in establishing them, and the development that takes place in the possibility of establishing a one-person company and how to deal with companies, especially with the so-called multinational company, which requires giving an introduction to this course on trade in general.

Studies in Industrial Property and Commercial Property

Course name: Studies in Industrial Property and Commercial Property

Course code: MPLJ203

Credit hours: 4.00

This course includes an in-depth study of the commercial and industrial aspects of intellectual property rights, such as the condition of inventiveness in intellectual property rights, and its various forms such as patents, industrial designs, industrial models, trademarks, and trade names, the legal regulation of these rights, their registration procedures, and civil and penal protection for them.

Banking Operations

Course name: Banking Operations

Course code: MPLJ404

Credit hours: 4.00

This course includes the study of banking operations as a special type of commercial contracts and how the national legislator deals with them and the study of the most important ones such as bank accounts of all kinds, including current, regular and documentary, bank transfers and credit forms that banks provide to their customers such as loans and banking facilities, and this requires shedding light on the law that applies to these contracts As a branch of commercial law.

Studies in Private International Law

Course name: Studies in Private International Law

Course code: MPLJ405

Credit hours: 4.00

The course includes the study of the general provisions of conflict of laws, especially in the field of commercial papers, banking operations, international commercial contracts, or technology transfer contracts, as well as the jurisdiction in the scope and prospects of international trade.

Studies in Insurance

Course name: Studies in Insurance

Course code: MPLJ406

Credit hours: 4.00

The course aims to link the theoretical side with the practical side of insurance contracts with their various legal aspects through an in-depth study of one of the insurance topics, such as risk, insurance interest, insurance policy of all types, and reinsurance.

Studies in Consumer Protection

Course name: Studies in Consumer Protection

Course code: MPLJ407

Credit hours: 4.00

Studying the concept of consumer protection and its rights, and the provisions contained in the Palestinian Consumer Protection Law and its implementing regulations; In terms of persons (consumer and supplier), subject, and consumer protection rules, it also deals with the authorities 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 Code.

Studies in Competition Law

Course name: Studies in Competition Law

Course code: MPLJ408

Credit hours: 4.00

Studying competition in terms of its concept, importance, the foundations on which it is based, the concept of the market in which competition takes place, and the relationship of competition law to other relevant laws, especially the consumer protection law and the trade law. An in-depth study of how prices are determined in the market, preventing monopoly, combating alliances, misusing dominant positions, restricting corporate mergers, unfair business practices, and studying unfair competition lawsuits.

Studies in International Commercial Contracts

Course name: Studies in International Commercial Contracts

Course code: MPLJ409

Credit hours: 4.00

It includes the study of model contracts, the general conditions of contracting, and the impact of computers on their conclusion, as they are also called informatics contracts or contracts that are concluded remotely electronically and distinguish them from non-electronic contracts.

Studies in International Commercial Arbitration

Course name: Studies in International Commercial Arbitration

Course code: MPLJ410

Credit hours: 4.00

Studies in international commercial arbitration
This course includes the study of commercial arbitration by defining its nature, advantages and disadvantages, the extent to which the arbitration clause is independent from the original contract, how the arbitral tribunal is formed, arbitration procedures, and then exposure to the arbitration decision, how to implement it, its effects and methods of appeal, with reference to the most important arbitral institutions in the world and international documents. related to arbitration, particularly the arbitration methods used by the International Chamber of Commerce.

Courses Specializing in Civil Law

Studies in Governance Theory and Case Theory

Course name: Studies in Governance Theory and Case Theory

Course code: MPLJ501

Credit hours: 4.00

Study the theory of the lawsuit in terms of its parties, place and cause, and the conditions for filing it, especially the two conditions of interest and capacity. And requests and defenses in the case, and intervention and inclusion in the case, and the symptoms of litigation, how the judgment is issued and its contents, especially the reasoning, and methods of appeal against ordinary and extraordinary judgments.

Studies in Contract Theory

Course name: Studies in Contract Theory

Course code: MPLJ502

Credit hours: 4.00

Studying the principle of will power in terms of its emergence, development and restrictions, the idea of negotiating contracts, contracts of compliance and model contracts, the stage prior to contracting and the principles that govern it, the principle of good faith, the duty of information and enlightenment, contractual balance, combating arbitrary conditions, the right of recourse in contracting.

Studies in Civil Responsibility

Course name: Studies in Civil Responsibility

Course code: MPLJ503

Credit hours: 4.00

A study of the basis of civil liability in comparative legal systems, the rules that govern civil liability in terms of the basis of liability, its types, elements and scope, the claim for compensation, the limitation and exemption from liability, and the study of recent issues in civil liability, such as the responsibility of doctors and lawyers, and the responsibility for environmental damage.

Studies in the Sales Contract

Course name: Studies in the Sales Contract

Course code: MPLJ504

Credit hours: 4.00

Studying sales, in all types of real estate (lands and buildings, princely and royal lands, subject to settlement and not subject to settlement), and the problems that raise them such as problems of registration and periodic agencies. Then it deals with one or more types of widespread real estate sales, such as rental sales, installment sales, sales in progress, and investment.

Bonds and the Problems of their Implementation

Course name: Bonds and the Problems of their Implementation

Course code: MPLJ505

Credit hours: 4.00

This course deals with the study of bonds in terms of their nature, provisions, conditions, types, scope, and procedural and substantive problems, then an in-depth study of one of the executive attachments, such as the attachment of what the debtor has in the contract, or the attachment of real estate, salaries, or shares, bonds, and remittances, and then the problems of distributing the execution proceeds to the creditor.

Contract and Statement of Claim

Course name: Contract and Statement of Claim

Course code: MPLJ506

Credit hours: 4.00

This course deals with the design of the contract in terms of its elements, division, and parts (title, date of the contract, its parties, articles, concluding clauses, signature of the parties…).

Studies in Labor Law

Course name: Studies in Labor Law

Course code: MPLJ507

Credit hours: 4.00

Study the individual labor contract, and the collective labor contract, especially collective labor negotiations. Focusing on adapting the work contract, adjusting work injuries, the role of the Ministry of Labor in monitoring and inspecting workplaces, and insuring against liability against work injuries and occupational diseases.

Studies in the Law of Evidence

Course name: Studies in the Law of Evidence

Course code: MPLJ508

Credit hours: 4.00

This course deals with an in-depth study of the most important general rules of proof and its means, with a focus on specific topics that raise legal problems such as the rules related to the place and burden of proof, the transfer and derogation of evidence, the principle of proof in writing, the possibility of hearing the opponent as a witness, the arbitrariness of directing the decisive oath, the limits of the judge’s authority in the subject of interrogation, and how the court extracts evidence judicial.

The Original and Ancillary Rights in Kind

Course name: The Original and Ancillary Rights in Kind

Course code: MPLJ509

Credit hours: 4.00

This course deals with an analytical and detailed comparative study of the most important issues of original in-kind rights, such as: possession, pre-emption, priority, communication and appropriation. It then deals with all issues of ancillary in-kind rights (mortgage, possession, concession rights) and the guarantees these rights constitute for granting credit and debt collection.

E-transactions

Course name: E-transactions

Course code: MPLJ510

Credit hours: 4.00

Studying the concept of electronic commerce, its characteristics, advantages, types, and the legal problems it raises. Focusing on concluding an electronic contract (offer and acceptance, consumer protection, the duty of informing and informing, the right of recourse, combating arbitrary conditions…), implementing it (means of execution and payment and their problems), and studying certain types of electronic contracts, such as auction contracts and service contracts. The role of electronic documents of all kinds in proof in civil and commercial matters, and comparative laws, while addressing the role of electronic certification bodies.

Statue of lady justice, Law concept
Degree: Master's Degree
Track code: MA102LJ
Study method: Distance Learning
Credit hour: 60
How long it takes: 
Full time: 2 years
Part time: 4 years
Limit time: 6 years
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