This course deals with two topics: the competition
and consumer protection as restrictions on the freedom of business and the
prevention of abuse. The aim of this course is defining the recent enacted rules
of competition in the Kingdom. The course also deals with the forms of unfair
competition and the legal methods of protecting competition, including a
statement of the judicial or regulatory organization that fosters the
application of competition protection rules. The course moreover presents
comparisons between the applicable legal rules in the Kingdom and the rules of
competition in comparison systems. In addition, the course explains and
analyzes the legal rules applicable in the Kingdom to protect consumers from
arbitrary conditions, defective and non-usable commercial products and all
other consumer protection regulations. The course evaluates these rules in
terms of their shortcoming and presents possible improvements to these rules to
achieve their objectives.