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DR KHALED ALRASHIDI

Dr. Khaled S. Al-Rashidi
Office Location
College of Law, Shuwaikh Educational Area
Assistant Professor

Khaled S. Al-Rashidi is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Law at Criminal Law Department, College of Law, Kuwait University. He holds LLB degree from Kuwait University (2010). He also holds LLM degree in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice from the University of Leeds (2016). He obtained his PhD degree in counter-corruption laws from School of Law, University of Leeds (2020). 

Degrees and Certificates
  • LLB (Kuwait University, 2010)
  • LLM Criminal Law and Criminal Justice (University of Leeds, UK, 2016)
  • PhD in Counter-Corruption Law (University of Leeds, UK, 2020).
Key Responsibilities

Khaled has taught core criminal law modules, including Criminal Law (General Part) and Criminal Procedures and Trials, as well as elective modules, such as Youth Justice

He has also been involved in Research Seminar course and training graduates in the Moot Court Module (Training Course).

At the level of the Criminal Law Department and the College of Law, Khaled has been actively organizing cultural and intellectual activities.

Professional Experience

Before joining Kuwait University in 2015, Khaled had worked as a State Lawyer in the Department of Legal Advice and Legislation (Kuwaiti Council of Ministers), where he defended state institutions before the administrative courts. Khaled is now also a board member in the Kuwait Transparency Society, Transparency International’s Kuwait Chapter. 

Since 2022, Khaled has also been a legal advisor to a number of ministers, including the Minister of Commerce and Industry and the Minister of State for Communications.

Research Interests
  • Criminal Law
  • Counter-Corruption Laws and Regulations
  • Financial Crime 
  • Criminology and Crime Science
Academic Subjects
  • Criminal Law (General Part) (0210202)
  • Criminal Procedures and Trials (0210461)
Publications
  • Al-Rashidi, K. S. (2021). Combating Corruption in the Middle East: A Socio-Legal Study of Kuwait. Abingdon: Routledge (https://www.routledge.com/Combating-Corruption-in-the-Middle-East-A-Socio-Legal-Study-of-Kuwait/Al-Rashidi/p/book/9780367721763
  • Al-Rashidi, K. S. (2020). Proceeds of Corruption Crime: The Kuwaiti Legal Response. InBenson, K., King, C. & Walker, C. (eds). Assets, Crimes and the State: Innovation in 21st Century Legal Responses. Abingdon: Routledge, pp.215-228 (https://www.routledge.com/Assets-Crimes-and-the-State-Innovation-in-21st-Century-Legal-Responses/Benson-King-Walker/p/book/9780367025922

  • Al-Rashidi, K. S. (2021). ‘Indirect Method of Proof’ and the Kuwaiti Anti-Money Laundering Law: A Lesson from the UK. Criminal Law Forum, 32(1), pp. 405–433 

  • Al-Rashidi, K. S. & Walker, C. (2021). Extradition between Kuwait and the UK: New dispositions, old doubts. International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, 66, 100485 

  • Al-Rashidi, K. S. (2022). Red tape is strangling Kuwait’s infant FOI law. 360info. Available at: https://360info.org/red-tape-is-strangling-kuwaits-infant-foi-law

  • Al-Rashidi, K. S. (2023). Criminology and Crime Science in the Arab World. Asian Journal of Criminology, 18(3), pp. 327-348. 

  • Al-Rashidi, K. S. (2023). The Decriminalization of Cartel Activity in Kuwait: A Regulatory Framework. World Competition, 46(3), pp. 293–316.

  • Al-Rashidi, K. S & Walker, C. (2024). The Kuwaiti Freedom of Information Act: The Construction of Constitutional Governance. Global Journal of Comparative Law, 13(1), pp. 1-30 

  • Al-Rashidi, K. S. (2024). Controlling Embezzlement in Kuwait through Situational Crime Prevention. Journal of Economic Criminology, Volume 6, December 2024, 100094 

     

  • حسين بوعركي وخالد الرشيدي، "الإشكاليات الموضوعية لجريمة احتيال القائمين على المشروعات: دراسة تحليلية نقدية في ضوء التعليق على الطعن بالتمييز رقم 426 لسنة 2014 جزائي"، مجلة كلية الحقوق بجامعة الكويت، ٢٠٢٢، السنة ٤٦، العدد ٢، ص 67-103.

  • خالد الرشيدي، "المسؤولية الجزائية للشركات في القانون الكويتي - دراسة مقارنة مع التجربة الإنجليزية"، مجلة كلية الحقوق بجامعة الكويت، 2022، السنة 46، العدد 4، الجزء 1، ص 83-132.

  • خالد الرشيدي وحسين بوعركي، "الإجراءات الوقائية في قانون الإجراءات والمحاكمات الجزائية الكويتي: دراسة مقارنة مع التجربة الإنجليزية"، مجلة دراسات الخليج والجزيرة العربية، 2023، السنة 49، العدد 189، ص 129-167.

  • مريم الصباح وخالد الرشيدي، "البعد العقابي في المشروع الفرنسي لإصلاح أحكام المسؤولية المدنية: الغرامة المدنية"، مجلة كلية الحقوق بجامعة الكويت، ٢٠٢٣، السنة 47، العدد 4، ص 59-91.