word | | Legal system |
| legal | Lesotho | mixed legal system of English common law and Roman-Dutch law; judicial review of legislative acts in High Court and Court of Appeal |
| legal | Liberia | mixed legal system of common law (based on Anglo-American law) and customary law |
| legal | Malawi | mixed legal system of English common law and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court of Appeal |
| legal | Malaysia | mixed legal system of English common law, Islamic law, and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court at request of supreme head of the federation |
| legal | Maldives | Islamic religious legal system with English common law influences, primarily in commercial matters |
| legal | Malta | mixed legal system of English common law and civil law (based on the Roman and Napoleonic civil codes) |
| legal | Marshall Islands | mixed legal system of US and English common law, customary law, and local statutes |
| legal | Mauritania | mixed legal system of Islamic and French civil law |
| legal | Mauritius | civil legal system based on French civil law with some elements of English common law |
| legal | Micronesia, Federated States of | mixed legal system of common and customary law |
| legal | Monaco | civil law system influenced by French legal tradition |
| legal | Mongolia | civil law system influenced by Soviet and Romano-Germanic legal systems; constitution ambiguous on judicial review of legislative acts |
| legal | Morocco | mixed legal system of civil law based on French law and Islamic law; judicial review of legislative acts by Supreme Court |
| legal | Mozambique | mixed legal system of Portuguese civil law, Islamic law, and customary law |
| legal | Namibia | mixed legal system of uncodified civil law based on Roman-Dutch law and customary law |
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