The Concise in Sources of Obligation in Qatari Law by Jaber Mahjoub Ali Mahjoub

The Qatari legislator organized the sources of obligation in (Articles 64-240 of the Civil Code). The sources of obligation are legal facts that give rise to the emergence of the obligation. They range between legal acts and material facts. A legal act is the direction of will to produce a specific legal effect. The will may not produce this effect unless it is linked to another will, and this is the contract, which is the most common and important source in establishing the obligation. The contract raises many issues regarding its elements and conditions, determining its effects and parties, and how it is dissolved. As for the unilateral will, it is not a suitable source of obligation except in specific cases determined by law, and its most prominent application is the promise of a reward directed to the public. Material facts are either harmful acts that raise civil liability (for the personal act, the act of another, or the act of things), which create an obligation to compensate for damage. Or they are beneficial acts that involve enrichment at the expense of others without cause, with applications including delivery of unjust enrichment and gratuitous acts. Finally, the law comes as an exceptional source in special cases where the legislator directly creates the obligation.