# Academic Catalog

**Source**: https://catalog.hbku.edu.qa/course-descriptions/ql/
**Parent**: https://catalog.hbku.edu.qa/azindex/

# Qatari Law (QL)

**QL 500**  **Administrative Law in Qatar**  **2 Credits**

Grade Mode: Standard Letter, Audit/Non Audit

The course covers administrative contracts (and their relationship to other contracts) and administrative justice law.

**QL 501**  **Criminal Law in Qatar**  **2 Credits**

Grade Mode: Standard Letter, Audit/Non Audit

The course covers Criminal Procedure in Qatar (pretrial and trial) and key aspects of Islamic Criminal Law (e.g., “Hudood”; legal conditions for application of Shari’a, Qisas, forgiveness; Diyya; and legal penalty v. Shari’a-based penalty).

**QL 502**  **Practice before Qatar Courts**  **2 Credits**

Grade Mode: Standard Letter, Audit/Non Audit

The course covers civil actions, civil and commercial procedural law, and Arabic Language and Literature.

**QL 503**  **The Individual in Qatar Society: Legal Aspects**  **4 Credits**

Grade Mode: Standard Letter, Audit/Non Audit

Covers four topics: Personal and Family Status for Muslims;
Personal and Family Status for Non-Muslims (and dealing with Conflict of Laws); Nationality; Labor Law