The subject of this thesis is the Civil Code of the United Arab Emirates. As can be seen from the Islamic clause of the United Arab Emirates constitution, the Shari’a is the main source of legislation. This means that the provisions of the Civil Code must be compatible with the principles of Islamic law. At the same time, the Civil Code is influenced in particular by the French Code Civil. The thesis examines the interplay of these different influences in the text of the Code and shows that the UAE Civil Code has received an Islamic imprint that is more noticeable than in many other civil law codifications of Islamic states.