Kristin Kamøy (PhD Law) is an Adjunct Lecturer in the Master in International Relations at the University of Wollongong Dubai. Previously, she was a research fellow at Griffith’s Asia Institute in Australia. She has previously taught for four years in the UAE among others Emirati Studies at Zayed University, Abu Dhabi.

• Introduction: A pardon to be free;Part 1: A state with a minority of citizens;Chapter 1: Negotiations and enforcement of universal rights;Chapter 2: Sources of law, citizenship and legal system;Chapter 3: Private and public in Emirati law;Chapter 4: Monitoring and securitization;Part 2: What is responsible communication?;Chapter 5: Licensing system and ensuring compliance;Chapter 6: To communicate responsibly;Chapter 7: The cost of developing the state;Chapter 8: Human rights appropriation and UAE image-building;Conclusion: The UAE: law in uncertain times;

The study is a masterfully documented analysis of a legal system—and a legal tradition—that is unknown and barely studied. Consequently, this study is particularly relevant and necessary in our globalised world which is characterized by the transnational nature of legal mechanisms. The interweaving and hybridization of legal systems calls for an effort to understand the ‘other’ in its singularity and specificities. The author’s reflections are thus a brilliant contribution to the effort to better understand it, and as such deserve to be read and commented on.Pascal Richard. MCF-HDR public law. University of Toulon.

Kristin Kamøy (PhD Law) is an Adjunct Lecturer in the Master in International Relations at the University of Wollongong Dubai. Previously, she was a research fellow at Griffith’s Asia Institute in Australia. She has previously taught for four years in the UAE among others Emirati Studies at Zayed University, Abu Dhabi.

• Introduction: A pardon to be free;Part 1: A state with a minority of citizens;Chapter 1: Negotiations and enforcement of universal rights;Chapter 2: Sources of law, citizenship and legal system;Chapter 3: Private and public in Emirati law;Chapter 4: Monitoring and securitization;Part 2: What is responsible communication?;Chapter 5: Licensing system and ensuring compliance;Chapter 6: To communicate responsibly;Chapter 7: The cost of developing the state;Chapter 8: Human rights appropriation and UAE image-building;Conclusion: The UAE: law in uncertain times;

The study is a masterfully documented analysis of a legal system—and a legal tradition—that is unknown and barely studied. Consequently, this study is particularly relevant and necessary in our globalised world which is characterized by the transnational nature of legal mechanisms. The interweaving and hybridization of legal systems calls for an effort to understand the ‘other’ in its singularity and specificities. The author’s reflections are thus a brilliant contribution to the effort to better understand it, and as such deserve to be read and commented on.Pascal Richard. MCF-HDR public law. University of Toulon.

Kristin Kamøy (PhD Law) is an Adjunct Lecturer in the Master in International Relations at the University of Wollongong Dubai. Previously, she was a research fellow at Griffith’s Asia Institute in Australia. She has previously taught for four years in the UAE among others Emirati Studies at Zayed University, Abu Dhabi.

• Introduction: A pardon to be free;Part 1: A state with a minority of citizens;Chapter 1: Negotiations and enforcement of universal rights;Chapter 2: Sources of law, citizenship and legal system;Chapter 3: Private and public in Emirati law;Chapter 4: Monitoring and securitization;Part 2: What is responsible communication?;Chapter 5: Licensing system and ensuring compliance;Chapter 6: To communicate responsibly;Chapter 7: The cost of developing the state;Chapter 8: Human rights appropriation and UAE image-building;Conclusion: The UAE: law in uncertain times;

The study is a masterfully documented analysis of a legal system—and a legal tradition—that is unknown and barely studied. Consequently, this study is particularly relevant and necessary in our globalised world which is characterized by the transnational nature of legal mechanisms. The interweaving and hybridization of legal systems calls for an effort to understand the ‘other’ in its singularity and specificities. The author’s reflections are thus a brilliant contribution to the effort to better understand it, and as such deserve to be read and commented on.Pascal Richard. MCF-HDR public law. University of Toulon.