word | | Legal system |
| based | Aruba | civil law system based on the Dutch civil code |
| based | Australia | common law system based on the English model |
| based | Bahamas, The | common law system based on the English model |
| based | Belgium | civil law system based on the French Civil Code; note - Belgian law continues to be modified in conformance with the legislative norms mandated by the European Union; judicial review of legislative acts |
| based | Bhutan | civil law based on Buddhist religious law |
| based | Brunei | mixed legal system based on English common law and Islamic law |
| based | Burkina Faso | civil law based on the French model and customary law |
| based | Canada | common law system except in Quebec where civil law based on the French civil code prevails |
| based | Central African Republic | civil law system based on the French model |
| based | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | common law based on the Australian model |
| based | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | civil legal system based on Belgian version of French civil law |
| based | Costa Rica | civil law system based on Spanish civil code; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court |
| based | Cote d'Ivoire | civil law system based on the French civil code; judicial review in the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court |
| based | Croatia | civil law system based on Yugoslav civil codes; note - Croatian legislation is changing the former Yugoslav legal model |
| based | Cuba | civil law system based on Spanish civil code |
| based | Curacao | based on Dutch civil law system with some English common law influence |
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