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 |
| accepted | Afghanistan | based on mixed civil and Sharia 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 |
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