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United Arab Emirates
Al Imarat al Arabiyah al Muttahidah
(formerly: Trucial States -
Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al Khaimah,
Sharjah (including Kalba), and Umm al Qaiwain)

CONSTITUTION

* 2 December 1971 (made permanent in 1996)

EXECUTIVE

* President; Vice President; Council of Ministers; Federal Supreme Council

JUDICIAL

* COURTS: Union Supreme Court

LEGISLATIVE

* PARLIAMENT: Majlis al-Ittihad al-Watani [Federal National Council]
* NATLEX: United Arab Emirates (International Labour Organisation) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights

LEGAL GUIDES AND MISCELLANEOUS

* GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
* Multinational Collections Database: United Arab Emirates (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
* FindLaw: United Arab Emirates
* ForIntLaw: United Arab Emirates (Washburn University Law Library)
* Islamic Family Law: United Arab Emirates (Emory University Law School)
* Natural Resources Legislation: United Arab Emirates (University of Denver College of Law)
* World Legal Information Institute: United Arab Emirates (WorldLII)
* World Legal Materials from Middle East: United Arab Emirates (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

GENERAL SOURCES

* Country Study: United Arab Emirates (Library of Congress) January 1993
* Background Notes: United Arab Emirates (U.S. Dept. of State)
* Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: United Arab Emirates (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
* Consular Information Sheet: United Arab Emirates (U.S. Dept. of State)
* Country Analysis Brief: United Arab Emirates (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
* Country Information: United Arab Emirates (U.S. Dept. of State)
* Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices, 1993-2001 (U.S. Dept. of State) see reports listed under Near East / North Africa
* Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: United Arab Emirates (U.S. Dept. of State)
* Governments on the WWW: Arab Emirates (Gunnar Anzinger)
* Human Rights in United Arab Emirates (Amnesty International)
* International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: United Arab Emirates (U.S. Dept. of State)
* NEWS: BBC World Middle East
* Portals to the World: United Arab Emirates (Library of Congress)
* U.S. Embassy, Abu Dhabi (U.S. Dept. of State)
* World Factbook: United Arab Emirates (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
* WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: United Arab Emirates (Google); United Arab Emirates (Yahoo); Middle East Studies: United Arab Emirates (Columbia University); WWW-VL Middle East Studies: United Arab Emirates (University of Texas, Austin)