word | | Legal system |
| legislative | Lesotho | mixed legal system of English common law and Roman-Dutch law; judicial review of legislative acts in High Court and Court of Appeal |
| legislative | Lithuania | civil law system; legislative acts can be appealed to the constitutional court |
| legislative | Macedonia | civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts |
| legislative | Malawi | mixed legal system of English common law and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court of Appeal |
| legislative | 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 |
| legislative | Mali | civil law system based on the French civil law model and influenced by customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in Constitutional Court |
| legislative | Mexico | civil law system with US constitutional law theory influence; judicial review of legislative acts |
| legislative | Moldova | civil law system with Germanic law influences; Constitutional Court review of legislative acts |
| legislative | Mongolia | civil law system influenced by Soviet and Romano-Germanic legal systems; constitution ambiguous on judicial review of legislative acts |
| legislative | Morocco | mixed legal system of civil law based on French law and Islamic law; judicial review of legislative acts by Supreme Court |
| legislative | Norway | mixed legal system of civil, common, and customary law; Supreme Court can advise on legislative acts |
| legislative | Panama | civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court of Justice |
| legislative | Paraguay | civil law system with influences from Argentine, Spanish, Roman, and French civil law models; judicial review of legislative acts in Supreme Court of Justice |
| legislative | Poland | civil law system; changes gradually being introduced as part of broader democratization process; limited judicial review of legislative acts, but rulings of the Constitutional Tribunal are final |
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