Electronic copy of the 2003 Constitution of Qatar made freely available online by the Comparative Constitutions Project at the University of Texas at Austin. The Constitution is provided in PDF and includes chapters on the state and principles of government, basic pillars of society, public rights and duties and the organisation of powers including the role of the prince and legislative, executive and judicial powers.
Blog about intellectual property and commercial law in the Gulf states, by English barrister and arbitrator Jane Lambert. Discusses recent cases and other legal developments, events and other matters. A Twitter feed is available.
Country section of the WorldLII service covering Qatar. Links relating to Qatar's Government, Banking and Intellectual Property along with an Introduction to Qatar Law are provided. A stored search will automatically query all of WorldLII for materials relating to Qatar. WorldLII is run by the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) in the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology, Sydney.
Online guide to the law and legal materials of Qatar written by Ahmed Khedr who is a Lecturer of Law and academic member of the European Corporate Governance Institute, the Egyptian Society of Political Economy and Statistics and Legislation and the Egyptian Society of International Law. The guide was published in 2009 (and updated in 2016) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law.
Website of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (Gulf Cooperation Council) a trade organisation involving the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar and Kuwait. The site provides organisational and background information about the GCC along with details of work achieved in the areas of legal, security, political and military cooperation between its members. The digital library provides access to agreements and regulations of the GCC covering economics, environment, law and patents.
Website of UEA-based corporate law firm Al Tamimi, which has offices throughout the Middle East and in Morocco. Provides details of the firm's services, staff and practice areas. A collection of publications is available, including guides to doing business in various Middle Eastern jurisdictions, a set of case comments, and the online magazine, Law Update. There are also podcasts and videos on the law of the Middle East and North Africa.
Guide to Qatar produced by Info-Prod Research, an organisation providing information on Middle East countries for the business sector. Provides background information on the legal system in Qatar, focusing on areas of law relevant to business. Also gives background information on the judiciary and court system, company law, currency and banking, intellectual property, taxation and foreign investment laws.
Qatar-based law firm specialising in commercial law. The website includes a selection of articles about the law of Qatar, covering topics including the legal system, doing business in Qatar, foreign investment law and insurance law.
