Through its Master's Program in Law, the Deanship of Graduate Studies at Al-Israa University aims to enhance the academic and professional competencies of university graduates by strengthening their legal knowledge and professional skills across various fields of law. The program also seeks to foster creativity and innovation in line with the latest international legal developments and contemporary legal trends. Furthermore, it aims to prepare highly qualified legal professionals capable of developing evidence-based and practical solutions to the legal and administrative challenges facing society, thereby supporting Palestinian legal and administrative institutions with competent professionals who contribute to advancing the legal system and promoting the rule of law in Palestine.
Study Plan
Year one
24 credit hours: first 12, second 12.
Major Requirement
Elective Requirement
First semester
12 hours
Course
Code
Hours
Prerequisite
Details
MLAW6301
3
None
This course covers the study of the scientific methodology for preparing legal research and training in the use of sound thinking and analytical skills and their application to the examination of specific economic phenomena, legal provisions, legal opinions, and judicial rulings. It also explains how to identify the research problem, objectives, and questions, the mechanism for collecting and measuring data, the use and presentation of research findings and their linkage to the research objectives and questions, as well as knowledge of databases and statistical software used.
Type
Major Requirement
When
Year one, First semester
Prerequisite
None
MLAW6303
3
None
This course provides an in-depth study of the constitutional phenomenon, linking it to the emergence and development of constitutional law as a field of legal study. It examines the constitution and its sources, as well as the methods of establishing, amending, and terminating constitutional rules, with particular emphasis on the actors in contemporary constitutional life in addressing these issues, and on the capacity of the constitution to represent interests within the political community and achieve a balance among them.
The course also examines the constitutional framework of the representative political system, its constitutional powers, and the relationship among them, as well as their impact on the nature of the political system and the ways in which it operates. It further addresses mechanisms for respecting and implementing the constitution through constitutional review, the methods by which such review is exercised, the limits of its contribution to enhancing the supremacy of the constitution, and its impact on the exercise of the legislative function of the state.
Type
Major Requirement
When
Year one, First semester
Prerequisite
None
MLAW6302
3
None
This course provides an in-depth study of the sources of legal obligations within the framework of civil financial transactions. The sources of obligations addressed in the course are contracts, unilateral acts, harmful acts, beneficial acts, and the law.
With regard to contracts, the course examines in detail the elements of a contract, the stages of its formation, its effects, interpretation, and termination. As for the other sources, the course examines their concepts and the consequences arising from them for the creditor and the debtor.
The course then addresses the effects of obligations and the distinction between natural and civil obligations. It also covers the means of performing obligations, either voluntarily or through compulsory enforcement.
The course further addresses the characteristics of obligations, including conditions, terms, plurality of subject matter, solidarity among creditors, joint obligations, and the indivisibility of performance. Finally, the course covers the transfer and extinguishment of rights through release, impossibility of performance, or prescription.
Type
Major Requirement
When
Year one, First semester
Prerequisite
None
MLAW6309
3
None
No description has been added for this course yet.
Type
Elective Requirement
When
Year one, First semester
Prerequisite
None
Second semester
12 hours
Course
Code
Hours
Prerequisite
Details
MLAW6307
3
None
This course aims to introduce students to judicial systems, including the unified and dual judicial systems, and to explain the nature of the judicial system in Palestine. It also addresses the principle of legality, administrative actions and claims, and the distinction between them.
The course examines the nature of litigation procedures before the administrative judiciary, procedures for filing an administrative application, the conditions that must be met for the admissibility of an application, the time limit for filing an application, procedures for considering applications, incidents arising in administrative litigation, procedures for adjudicating such matters and issuing judgments, and evidence before the administrative judiciary.
Type
Major Requirement
When
Year one, Second semester
Prerequisite
None
MLAW6304
3
None
This course provides an in-depth study of the concept of criminal law and its objectives. It introduces the classification of offences and examines crime and its elements, criminal participation and its elements, and the grounds precluding criminal liability. It also covers the general theory of punishment, including the characteristics and objectives of punishment, classifications of punishment, types of penalties, and the extinction of punishment.
The course also addresses the nature and systems of criminal procedure law, the stages of criminal proceedings, the trial stage and the post-trial stage, methods of appeal, issues relating to the enforcement of sentences, the guarantees of the accused, and the legal status of the public prosecution.
Type
Major Requirement
When
Year one, Second semester
Prerequisite
None
MLAW6310
3
None
No description has been added for this course yet.
Type
Major Requirement
When
Year one, Second semester
Prerequisite
None
MLAW6305
3
None
This course provides a general study of nominate contracts and a specialised study of two of the most prominent nominate contracts, namely contracts of sale and lease. It examines nominate contracts in terms of their characteristics, the distinction between nominate and innominate contracts, and the classification of contracts.
The course then examines the contract of sale, including its formation and related matters, as well as the conclusion of the contract electronically. It also covers sale by sample and sale subject to trial, followed by a study of the obligations of the seller and the obligations of the buyer and matters relating thereto.
The course further examines certain types of sales, including sale with right of redemption, sale of an estate (mukharaja), and sale of the property of another. It then examines the contract of lease in terms of its elements and conditions, the obligations it imposes on the lessor and the lessee, and the conclusion of the contract electronically.
Finally, the course examines the Jordanian Landlords and Tenants Law as the special exceptional legislation applicable to the leasing of real property in the Kingdom.
Type
Major Requirement
When
Year one, Second semester
Prerequisite
None
1
Year two
12 credit hours: first 6, second 6.
First semester
6 hours
Course
Code
Hours
Prerequisite
Details
MLAW6308
3
None
This course provides an in-depth study of the Civil and Commercial Procedure Law, its sources, its relationship with other branches of law, and its legislative development. It then examines the judicial organisation in terms of the composition of courts, levels of litigation, judges and their assistants, and rules of jurisdiction.
The course also examines the theory of the action, including its definition, conditions, legal nature, and forms of exercise; the procedures for bringing an action and resorting to the courts; and the course of proceedings before the court until a judgment finally resolving the dispute is rendered. It also explains the grounds and forms of challenge to such judgments, including appeal, third-party objection, retrial, and cassation.
Type
Major Requirement
When
Year two, First semester
Prerequisite
None
MLAW6306
3
None
This course provides an in-depth study of the concept of public international law, its sources and subjects, and the relationship between international law and national law. It examines international law in times of peace, including international treaties, the emergence of states, their rights and obligations, the theory of international responsibility, and means of settling international disputes. It also addresses international law in times of war, with particular emphasis on the obligations of the occupying state and the treatment of prisoners of war.
The course also covers the following topics: the state; the elements of the state; the people; nationality; foreigners; territory; the nature of the state's rights over its territory; maritime territory; the territorial sea and its legal nature; the right of innocent passage; the delimitation of the territorial sea; straits; the contiguous zone; the exclusive economic zone; the continental shelf; archipelagos; airspace; sovereignty and independence; forms of states; the state under contemporary international law; recognition; the management and conduct of the state's foreign relations; diplomatic relations and the rules governing them; the powers of states; the representation of states before international organisations; the representation of international organisations before states; consular relations, their establishment and termination; international responsibility and its effects; state succession; the global commons; the common maritime domain; the common airspace and outer space; the international environment; and international disputes and means of their settlement.
Type
Major Requirement
When
Year two, First semester
Prerequisite
None
Second semester
6 hours
Course
Code
Hours
Prerequisite
Details
MLAW6630
6
None
No description has been added for this course yet.
Type
Major Requirement
When
Year two, Second semester
Prerequisite
None
2
Appendix
Course Guidance
Every course in the program by requirement type. Each band is as wide as the type's share of the program's hours.
Course
Code
Hours
When
Prerequisite
Details
MLAW6301
3
Year one, First semester
None
This course covers the study of the scientific methodology for preparing legal research and training in the use of sound thinking and analytical skills and their application to the examination of specific economic phenomena, legal provisions, legal opinions, and judicial rulings. It also explains how to identify the research problem, objectives, and questions, the mechanism for collecting and measuring data, the use and presentation of research findings and their linkage to the research objectives and questions, as well as knowledge of databases and statistical software used.
Type
Major Requirement
When
Year one, First semester
Prerequisite
None
MLAW6303
3
Year one, First semester
None
This course provides an in-depth study of the constitutional phenomenon, linking it to the emergence and development of constitutional law as a field of legal study. It examines the constitution and its sources, as well as the methods of establishing, amending, and terminating constitutional rules, with particular emphasis on the actors in contemporary constitutional life in addressing these issues, and on the capacity of the constitution to represent interests within the political community and achieve a balance among them.
The course also examines the constitutional framework of the representative political system, its constitutional powers, and the relationship among them, as well as their impact on the nature of the political system and the ways in which it operates. It further addresses mechanisms for respecting and implementing the constitution through constitutional review, the methods by which such review is exercised, the limits of its contribution to enhancing the supremacy of the constitution, and its impact on the exercise of the legislative function of the state.
Type
Major Requirement
When
Year one, First semester
Prerequisite
None
MLAW6302
3
Year one, First semester
None
This course provides an in-depth study of the sources of legal obligations within the framework of civil financial transactions. The sources of obligations addressed in the course are contracts, unilateral acts, harmful acts, beneficial acts, and the law.
With regard to contracts, the course examines in detail the elements of a contract, the stages of its formation, its effects, interpretation, and termination. As for the other sources, the course examines their concepts and the consequences arising from them for the creditor and the debtor.
The course then addresses the effects of obligations and the distinction between natural and civil obligations. It also covers the means of performing obligations, either voluntarily or through compulsory enforcement.
The course further addresses the characteristics of obligations, including conditions, terms, plurality of subject matter, solidarity among creditors, joint obligations, and the indivisibility of performance. Finally, the course covers the transfer and extinguishment of rights through release, impossibility of performance, or prescription.
Type
Major Requirement
When
Year one, First semester
Prerequisite
None
MLAW6307
3
Year one, Second semester
None
This course aims to introduce students to judicial systems, including the unified and dual judicial systems, and to explain the nature of the judicial system in Palestine. It also addresses the principle of legality, administrative actions and claims, and the distinction between them.
The course examines the nature of litigation procedures before the administrative judiciary, procedures for filing an administrative application, the conditions that must be met for the admissibility of an application, the time limit for filing an application, procedures for considering applications, incidents arising in administrative litigation, procedures for adjudicating such matters and issuing judgments, and evidence before the administrative judiciary.
Type
Major Requirement
When
Year one, Second semester
Prerequisite
None
MLAW6304
3
Year one, Second semester
None
This course provides an in-depth study of the concept of criminal law and its objectives. It introduces the classification of offences and examines crime and its elements, criminal participation and its elements, and the grounds precluding criminal liability. It also covers the general theory of punishment, including the characteristics and objectives of punishment, classifications of punishment, types of penalties, and the extinction of punishment.
The course also addresses the nature and systems of criminal procedure law, the stages of criminal proceedings, the trial stage and the post-trial stage, methods of appeal, issues relating to the enforcement of sentences, the guarantees of the accused, and the legal status of the public prosecution.
Type
Major Requirement
When
Year one, Second semester
Prerequisite
None
MLAW6310
3
Year one, Second semester
None
No description has been added for this course yet.
Type
Major Requirement
When
Year one, Second semester
Prerequisite
None
MLAW6305
3
Year one, Second semester
None
This course provides a general study of nominate contracts and a specialised study of two of the most prominent nominate contracts, namely contracts of sale and lease. It examines nominate contracts in terms of their characteristics, the distinction between nominate and innominate contracts, and the classification of contracts.
The course then examines the contract of sale, including its formation and related matters, as well as the conclusion of the contract electronically. It also covers sale by sample and sale subject to trial, followed by a study of the obligations of the seller and the obligations of the buyer and matters relating thereto.
The course further examines certain types of sales, including sale with right of redemption, sale of an estate (mukharaja), and sale of the property of another. It then examines the contract of lease in terms of its elements and conditions, the obligations it imposes on the lessor and the lessee, and the conclusion of the contract electronically.
Finally, the course examines the Jordanian Landlords and Tenants Law as the special exceptional legislation applicable to the leasing of real property in the Kingdom.
Type
Major Requirement
When
Year one, Second semester
Prerequisite
None
MLAW6308
3
Year two, First semester
None
This course provides an in-depth study of the Civil and Commercial Procedure Law, its sources, its relationship with other branches of law, and its legislative development. It then examines the judicial organisation in terms of the composition of courts, levels of litigation, judges and their assistants, and rules of jurisdiction.
The course also examines the theory of the action, including its definition, conditions, legal nature, and forms of exercise; the procedures for bringing an action and resorting to the courts; and the course of proceedings before the court until a judgment finally resolving the dispute is rendered. It also explains the grounds and forms of challenge to such judgments, including appeal, third-party objection, retrial, and cassation.
Type
Major Requirement
When
Year two, First semester
Prerequisite
None
MLAW6306
3
Year two, First semester
None
This course provides an in-depth study of the concept of public international law, its sources and subjects, and the relationship between international law and national law. It examines international law in times of peace, including international treaties, the emergence of states, their rights and obligations, the theory of international responsibility, and means of settling international disputes. It also addresses international law in times of war, with particular emphasis on the obligations of the occupying state and the treatment of prisoners of war.
The course also covers the following topics: the state; the elements of the state; the people; nationality; foreigners; territory; the nature of the state's rights over its territory; maritime territory; the territorial sea and its legal nature; the right of innocent passage; the delimitation of the territorial sea; straits; the contiguous zone; the exclusive economic zone; the continental shelf; archipelagos; airspace; sovereignty and independence; forms of states; the state under contemporary international law; recognition; the management and conduct of the state's foreign relations; diplomatic relations and the rules governing them; the powers of states; the representation of states before international organisations; the representation of international organisations before states; consular relations, their establishment and termination; international responsibility and its effects; state succession; the global commons; the common maritime domain; the common airspace and outer space; the international environment; and international disputes and means of their settlement.
Type
Major Requirement
When
Year two, First semester
Prerequisite
None
MLAW6630
6
Year two, Second semester
None
No description has been added for this course yet.
Type
Major Requirement
When
Year two, Second semester
Prerequisite
None
Course
Code
Hours
When
Prerequisite
Details
MLAW6309
3
Year one, First semester
None
No description has been added for this course yet.