Exceptional Powers in Franchise Contracts in Administrative Law and Its Applications: (A Comparative Study Between Saudi and British Law)

Abstract

Franchise contracts with their exceptional powers are considered as an essential part of administrative law that contain an essential tool of administrative authorities to cover the advanced needs of individuals through providing individuals with an exploitation privilege to utilise some general services and facilities. The main aim of the study is to investigate exceptional powers in franchise contracts either in the administrative law of Saudi Arabia and United Kingdom.This paper is a comparative study in which the exceptional powers in franchise contracts in the administrative law and its applications in both Saudi Arabia and British law are discussed and compared. The main conclusion that taken from this study is that franchise contracts is widely used in UK and Saudi Arabia in several country activities. But, UK uses return to the regulation in the administrative/public law in most of its issues (KD Ewing and AW Bradley, 2011).

Keywords: Franchises, Exceptional powers, Administrative law