word | | Legal system |
| legislative | Portugal | civil law system; Constitutional Tribunal review of legislative acts |
| legislative | Russia | civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts |
| legislative | Rwanda | mixed legal system of civil law, based on German and Belgian models, and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court |
| legislative | Samoa | mixed legal system of English common law and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts with respect to fundamental rights of the citizen |
| legislative | Senegal | civil law system based on French law; judicial review of legislative acts in Constitutional Court |
| legislative | Switzerland | civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts, except for federal decrees of a general obligatory character |
| legislative | Tanzania | English common law; judicial review of legislative acts limited to matters of interpretation |
| legislative | Trinidad and Tobago | English common law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court |
| legislative | Tunisia | mixed legal system of civil law, based on the French civil code, and Islamic law; some judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court in joint session |
| legislative | Ukraine | civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts |
| legislative | United States | ... law system based on English common law at the federal level; state legal systems based on common law except Louisiana, which is based on Napoleonic civil code; judicial review of legislative acts |
| legislative | Zambia | mixed legal system of English common law and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in an ad hoc constitutional council |
| legislature | China | civil law influenced by Soviet and continental European civil law systems; legislature retains power to interpret statutes; constitution ambiguous on judicial review of legislation |
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