Judicial System

Judicial System in Saudi Arabia
Transparency and Publicity of Sessions
in Saudi Courts
Dr. Khalid Al Muzaini *
Introduction:
Transparency is a modern concept in the arena of
administration and politics; it means bolstering of clarity
and disclosure and as well limiting the ambiguity with
respect to information concerning people and creation of an
environment that permits easy transmission of information
at the appropriate time/s. The term transparency is derived
from a physical phenomenon - a substance that transpires
such as ‘glass’.
In the last decades the concept of transparency has become
very common as a principle of rational administration and
political correctness. The wide use of the term by some states
and different international organizations has sometimes
led to color it ideologically in a manner tending to impose
certain visions on other communities/ societies, and to exert
*
Associate professor of fiqh (i.e. Jurisprudence) in Dammam
University.
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