word | | Legal system |
| abandoning | Honduras | ... Roman and Spanish civil law with increasing influence of English common law; recent judicial reforms include abandoning Napoleonic legal codes in favor of the oral adversarial system; accepts ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| accept | Eritrea | ... government also issues unilateral proclamations setting laws and policies; also relies on customary and post-independence-enacted laws and, for civil cases involving Muslims, Islamic law; does not accept compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| accept | Israel | ... common law, British Mandate regulations, and, in personal matters, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim legal systems; in December 1985, Israel informed the UN Secretariat that it would no longer accept compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| accepted | Afghanistan | based on mixed civil and Shari'a law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| accepted | Albania | has a civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; has accepted jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court for its citizens |
| accepted | Algeria | ... based on French and Islamic law; judicial review of legislative acts in ad hoc Constitutional Council composed of various public officials, including several Supreme Court justices; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| accepted | Andorra | based on French and Spanish civil codes; no judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| accepted | Angola | based on Portuguese civil law system and customary law; modified to accommodate political pluralism and increased use of free markets; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| accepted | Argentina | mixture of US and West European legal systems; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| accepted | Armenia | based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| accepted | Azerbaijan | based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| accepted | Bahrain | based on Islamic law and English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| accepted | Bangladesh | based on English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| accepted | Belarus | based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| accepted | Belize | English law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| accepted | Benin | based on French civil law and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| accepted | Bhutan | based on Indian law and English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| accepted | Bolivia | based on Spanish law and Napoleonic Code; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| accepted | Bosnia and Herzegovina | based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| accepted | Brazil | based on Roman codes; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| accepted | Brunei | based on English common law; for Muslims, Islamic Shari'a law supersedes civil law in a number of areas; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| accepted | Burkina Faso | based on French civil law system and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| accepted | Burma | based on English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| accepted | Burundi | based on German and Belgian civil codes and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| accepted | Cape Verde | based on the legal system of Portugal; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| accepted | Central African Republic | based on French law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| accepted | Chad | based on French civil law system and Chadian customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
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