Federal Supreme Court

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The Federal Supreme Court is the highest judicial authority in the United Arab Emirates, responsible for interpreting the constitution and overseeing the uniform application of federal law.

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Label Occurrences
Federal Supreme Court canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court ⓘ
federal court ⓘ
judicial body ⓘ
supreme court ⓘ
applies Constitution of the United Arab Emirates ⓘ
linked to: UAE Constitution

federal decrees of the United Arab Emirates ⓘ
federal laws of the United Arab Emirates ⓘ
appointedBy President of the United Arab Emirates ⓘ
capitalOfJurisdiction Abu Dhabi ⓘ
composition president of the court ⓘ
several judges ⓘ
constitutionalStatus independent judiciary ⓘ
country United Arab Emirates ⓘ
decidesOn challenges to decisions of lower federal courts on points of law ⓘ
conflicts of jurisdiction between federal and local judicial authorities ⓘ
constitutionality of federal decrees ⓘ
constitutionality of federal laws ⓘ
constitutionality of federal regulations ⓘ
disputes between emirates within the United Arab Emirates ⓘ
disputes between the federal government and individual emirates ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of the United Arab Emirates ⓘ
linked to: UAE Constitution
establishedInPeriod 1970s ⓘ
handles administrative cases at the federal level ⓘ
civil cases at the federal level ⓘ
constitutional cases ⓘ
criminal cases at the federal level ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver federal courts of appeal in the United Arab Emirates ⓘ
federal courts of first instance in the United Arab Emirates ⓘ
hasFunction ensures supremacy of the federal constitution over ordinary legislation ⓘ
protects the federal constitutional order ⓘ
provides final interpretation of federal statutes ⓘ
hasOfficialNameInArabic المحكمة الاتحادية العليا ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United Arab Emirates ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Arabic ⓘ
legalBasis Federal Law on the Judicial Authority of the United Arab Emirates ⓘ
legalSystem civil law ⓘ
locatedIn Abu Dhabi ⓘ
oversees uniform interpretation of federal legislation in the United Arab Emirates ⓘ
partOf judicial branch of the United Arab Emirates ⓘ
regionServed entire territory of the United Arab Emirates ⓘ
reportsTo federal government of the United Arab Emirates ⓘ
role court of last resort in the United Arab Emirates federal judiciary ⓘ
ensures uniform application of federal law in the United Arab Emirates ⓘ
highest judicial authority in the United Arab Emirates ⓘ
interprets the Constitution of the United Arab Emirates ⓘ
seat Abu Dhabi ⓘ
typeOfAppeal cassation on points of law ⓘ

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