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    8535

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    nbensassiepabdel@pmu.edu.sa

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  • Nawel Ben Sassi

  • Job Title :

    associate chair of College of Law

  • College :

    College of Law


  • Department :

    Department of Law


Dr. Nawel Ben Sassi is an Assistant Professor of Private Law and Associate Chair of the College of Law at Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University. She holds a PhD in Civil Law and a Master’s degree in Business Law, and has extensive academic and professional experience in both legal education and legal practice.

Before joining PMU, she taught law in Tunisia and practiced as a lawyer, gaining experience in legal consultancy, contract drafting, negotiation, pleadings, and litigation. Her research interests include civil law, the law of obligations and contracts, Saudi civil and personal status law, and emerging legal challenges associated with artificial intelligence and digital technologies.

Her publications address topics including contractual equilibrium, moral damages, family law, AI in judicial decision-making, and AI-assisted legal drafting. Her teaching approach combines strong theoretical foundations with practical legal skills, with a focus on preparing students for contemporary legal practice.

·  “Weaknesses in the General Theory of Contracts? Reflections Inspired by the Corona Crisis”, Law and Politics Revue, Issue 6, pp. 157–200, 2022. (Arabic)

·  “Équilibre économique et ingénierie contractuelle” Law and Politics Review, Special Edition, pp. 165–208, 2023. (French)

·  “Moral Damages in the New Saudi Civil Transactions Law: The End of a Controversy”
Manchester Journal of Transnational Islamic Law and Practice, Vol. 19, p. 301, 2023. Also published in a special-edition book by Revival Press, 2024.

·  “The Classification of the Sources of Obligations” In Collection of Essays in Honor of Mr. Ahmed Omrane, Tunis, AlAtrash, 2026.

·  “Divorce in Saudi Personal Status Law: A Delicate Balance between Individual Rights and Family Stability” Legal Transformation in Muslim Societies, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2025.

·  “Change of Circumstances in the New Saudi Civil Transactions Law: An Effective Formula towards Contractual Equilibrium” Accepted for publication in the Saudi-law special issue of Arab Law Quarterly.

·  “Judge or AI-Avatar? Questioning the Role of Algorithms in Courtrooms” Manchester Journal of Transnational Islamic Law and Practice, Special Issue, 2026.

·  “Legal Text Generation Using Transformer Models for Contract Drafting” Proceedings of ICBITI 2025.