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Constitutional Amendment In The United Arab Emirates

UAEU Law Journal

The constitution of the United Arab Emirates of 1971 created a federal system composed of seven emirates.

Federal constitutions distribute legislative power bet ween the two layers of government. The distribution of legislative power in the federal systems is an important aspect of these constitutions.

The existence of the distribution of legislative power in the federal constitutions and the fact that these constitutions preserve the existence and powers of the two layers of government make it inappropriate and unacceptable to entrust one layer of government with the power to amend the federal constitution.

There is a need i n each …

The Distribution Of Power In The Federal Systems Of The United Arab Emirates And The Federal Republic Of Germany

UAEU Law Journal

The Federal system is a system of government in which two levels of government share the power in one country. The two levels of government derive their powers from a federal cons - tuition. The federal constitution distributes power between the two levels of government and insures the co-independence of the two levels of government.

There are several forms of distribution of powers between the levels of government in the federal system. The form of distribution of power and its gradual change is affected by the different factors in the country.

The paper starts with stressing the importance of distribution …

Public Job Ethics And Their Effects On Federal Penal Law Of United Arab Emirates, Prof. Dr. Hisham Mohammed Rustom

UAEU Law Journal

In the preface, the author tackled a number of research matters closely related to his subject, which he later put under four parts:

In part I, he defined the duties of job function performance and facing any deficiencies thereto criminally since federal penal law forbade employees from leaving their work locations or deliberately reject to handle any of its functions considering it as an independent deliberate crime. Its scope covers all public employees as more particularly defined under article five of Penal Law, but does not cover those assigned public service for they are not specifically mentioned.

In part II, …

The Constitutional Political Decentralization In The United Arab Emirates, Dr. Dawoud Abdulrazzak Ebaz Associate Professor. Public Law. Faculty Of Sharia Law-Uae

UAEU Law Journal

This research aims to discuss the constitutional political decentralization as a method of constitutional organization in allocating jurisdictions between the Federation and its member States, and its indications. The research consits of three parts

I: Political decentralization comes with the federation.

2: The concept and identification of political decentralization.

3: Methods and indications of constitutional political decentralization in the United Arab Emirates.

Good Intention Concept In The Nationality Federal Law Of The United Arab Emirates A Foundational Study

UAEU Law Journal

Language in the field of nationality. It is one's commitment to the legal behavior, which requires one to be truthful, honest and straightforward in dealing with others. It also requires the absence of any intention to forge, or to cheat or to harm the others. It is an idea that has a subjective content.

The research examines the idea of "good faith" in the field of nationality in the light of the settled general rules of comparative law, and the extent to which it is possible to consider some of the texts of the UAE nationality law as applications of …

Meditations In The Administrative Disputes In The United Arab Emirates, Prof. Majed Ragheb Ei-Helw

UAEU Law Journal

The United Arab Emirates complies with the system of unified jurisdiction. But as a federal state, the judicial function is divided between the federal government and the Emirates. The constitution has defined the competence of the federal jurisdiction and left the rest to the Emirates ones. But all of the Emirates except Dubai and Ras Al Khaimah have joined the federal jurisdicaon.

The constitution confined the juridical supervision on the administration actions and specified the competence of the federal jurisdiction in the settlement of administrative disputes. The federal courts has put into effect federal legislations and general principles in order …

The Judicial System In The United Arab Emirates And The Necessity Of Specialized Administrative Judicial System, Mohammad Abdullah Hammoud

UAEU Law Journal

This research deals with the judicial system of theUnited Arab Emirates, and the judicial control of Administrative acts. As well as the legal basis of the judiciary competera's to deal with administrative disputes. This research also deals with the determinate of the various aspects of the administrative law falling with the scope of the jurisdiction of the judiciary in the U.A.E. and expose the most important judicial application in the field of the administrative decision, it's elements, defects, as well as the judicial decisions related to administrative contracts.

This research embraces also the recent development toward the establishment of administrative …

Protection Of Criminal Offences To Face New Ethical Legislation In Jordan And United Arab Emirates

UAEU Law Journal

It is said that 'honor' is the most precious of all things to human, and that without it the life itself becomes undignified especially for societies who give too much of a weight to this matter such as the Islamic Arabian societies.

The world has recently witnessed massive changes in the way of life that has produced a variety of new crimes and criminal techniques which gravely scratches the person's honor. These had specific adverse consequences on the Arabic societies, since this part of the world has become easily connected to the rest of the liberal countries within the concept …

Regulating The Financial Services And Markets In The United Arab Emirates

UAEU Law Journal

Financial services and markets contribute to the economic growth of the country. However, laws and regulations should be developed to assist markets in executing their role effectively. The subject of this paper is the regulation of financial services and markets in the UAE. It analyses in particular the laws and regulations of financial markets in the UAE since the establishment of its formal financial markets in 2000. Due to the expansion of financial markets and services in the country, there is a real need to examine the extent to which the applicable laws and regulations keep up with development. Therefore, …

Conditional Release A Comparative Study Between The Egyptian, The Uae, And The French Laws, Ahmed Farooq Zaher

UAEU Law Journal

The rehabilitation of the convicted person is the goal every punitive system seeks to combat criminal phenomenon and prevent its recurrence, Conditional Release is a means available to the community to achieve this goal, which urges convicted on good behavior inside the prison, hoping to shorten the deprivation of liberty and punitive treatment necessary, especially during the remaining period of the sentence in order to avoid the negative effects of the sudden transition from deprivation to restrict freedom and help them reintegrate the society. However, these objectives will not be achieved unless the legal regulation of parole has some flexibility …

Guilty Plea Agreements In The United States Of America: Study On The Possibility Of Their Application In The State Of Kuwait And The United Arab Emirates, Meshari Al-Eifan

UAEU Law Journal

The second section of this study, it reviews the possibility of the application of the Guilty Plea Agreements in the Kuwaiti and UAE legal systems.