word | | Legal system |
| outlined | Iraq | based on European civil and Islamic law under the framework outlined in the Iraqi Constitution; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| overhaul | Chile | ... of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; note - in June 2005, Chile completed overhaul of its criminal justice system to a new, US-style adversarial system |
| oversees | Egypt | based on Islamic and civil law (particularly Napoleonic codes); judicial review by Supreme Court and Council of State (oversees validity of administrative decisions); accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| own | Akrotiri | the Sovereign Base Area Administration has its own court system to deal with civil and criminal matters; laws applicable to the Cypriot population are, as far as possible, the same as the ... |
| own | Antarctica | ... nations; decisions from these meetings are carried out by these member nations (with respect to their own nationals and operations) in accordance with their own national laws; US law, including certain criminal ... |
| own | Dhekelia | the Sovereign Base Area Administration has its own court system to deal with civil and criminal matters; laws applicable to the Cypriot population are, as far as possible, the same as the ... |
| own | Niue | English common law; note - Niue is self-governing, with the power to make its own laws |
| own | United States | federal court system based on English common law; each state has its own unique legal system, of which all but one (Louisiana, which is still influenced by the Napoleonic Code) is based ... |
| Pakistan | Pakistan | based on English common law with provisions to accommodate Pakistan's status as an Islamic state; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| Parliament | Nauru | acts of the Nauru Parliament and British common law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| Parliament | United Kingdom | ... on common law tradition with early Roman and modern continental influences; has nonbinding judicial review of Acts of Parliament under the Human Rights Act of 1998; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
| parties | World | all members of the UN are parties to the statute that established the International Court of Justice (ICJ) or World Court |
| partly | Equatorial Guinea | partly based on Spanish civil law and tribal custom; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| party | Antarctica | ... is to all areas between 60 and 90 degrees south latitude, is subject to a number of relevant legal instruments and authorization procedures adopted by the states party to the Antarctic Treaty |
| party | Kenya | ... law, tribal law, and Islamic law; judicial review in High Court; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; constitutional amendment of 1982 making Kenya a de jure one-party state repealed in 1991 |
| passed | Timor-Leste | ... law remains in place but is to be replaced by civil and penal codes based on Portuguese law; these have passed but have not been promulgated; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| penal | Austria | civil law system with Roman law origin; judicial review of legislative acts by the Constitutional Court; separate administrative and civil/penal supreme courts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| penal | Eritrea | primary basis is the Ethiopian legal code of 1957, with revisions; new civil, commercial, and penal codes have not yet been promulgated; government also issues unilateral proclamations setting laws and policies; also ... |
| penal | Liechtenstein | local civil and penal codes based on civil law system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| penal | Netherlands | based on civil law system incorporating French penal theory; constitution does not permit judicial review of acts of the States General; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| penal | Suriname | based on Dutch legal system incorporating French penal theory; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| penal | Timor-Leste | ... system based on Indonesian law remains in place but is to be replaced by civil and penal codes based on Portuguese law; these have passed but have not been promulgated; has not ... |
| penalties | Antarctica | ... for example, the Antarctic Conservation Act, 16 U.S.C. section 2401 et seq., provides civil and criminal penalties for the following activities, unless authorized by regulation of statute: the taking of native mammals ... |
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