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This Dubai law established the DIFC court system.

English translation of the 1971 Provisional Constitution of the United Arab Emirates.

English translation of the 1972 Constitution of the United Arab Emirates (1971 Provisional Constitution of the United Arab Emirates, as amended to 1972).

English translation of Constitutional Amendment No. (1), 1976, amending the 1971 Provisional Constitution of the United Arab Emirates

English translation of the 2009 Constitution of the United Arab Emirates (1971 Constitution of the United Arab Emirates, as amended to 2009).

Arabic text of the 2009 Constitution of the United Arab Emirates (1971 Constitution of the United Arab Emirates, as amended to 2009).

English translation of Federal Council Resolution regarding the Constitutional Amendment No. 1 of 2004, amending the 1971 Constitution of the United Arab Emirates

English translation of Constitutional Amendment No. (1) of 1996, amending the 1971 Constitution of the United Arab Emirates.

English translation of a series of amendments to the 1971 Provisional Constitution of the United Arab Emirates from 1976 to 1991.

In November 2021, the UAE government issued a new personal status law from Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan, president of the UAE federation of seven emirates, titled Law No. 14 of 2021 Concerning the Personal Status of Non-Foreigners Muslims in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The law covers civil marriage, divorce, alimony, joint child custody, proof of paternity, and inheritance. Most notably, this new law allows for civil marriage, not just marriage under Islamic law. It allows expats, tourists, and non-residents to marry in Abu Dhabi and allows foreigners to follow their home countries’ laws on matters of inheritance and divorce.

The UAE government issued Federal Decree Law no. 31 of 2021 amending the country’s criminal law code, with major amendments to the prior code, Federal Law no. 3 of 1987. The new law amended three major provisions of the existing Code. First, it expands the scope of the laws of rape and sexual assault by raising the age limit for statutory rape from 14 to 18, in which anyone under the age of 18 is now considered a minor, and introducing a penalty of life imprisonment for rape that may increase to capital punishment if the case matches any of the conditions outlined by the law. Second, the law partially decriminalizes out-of-wedlock sexual relationships, by reducing the penalty from one year to six months if a complaint is filed by a relative or woman’s guardian. Third, the law introduces provisions for out-of-wedlock parenting in which anyone who has a child out-of-wedlock can avoid the default minimum sentence of two years’ imprisonment if they marry, acknowledge parenthood of the child (either jointly or separately), and provide formal issuance of the baby's identification documents.