This Country Profile provides a basic overview of the legal history and institutional structures of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (Republika Demokratika Timor Lorosa'e (Tetum); Republica Democratica de Timor-Leste (Portuguese)), based on research produced by GlobaLex at NYU Law School and the Library of Congress. Under Timor-Leste's Constitution, Islamic law (sharīʿa or fiqh) has no legal status.