word | | Legal system |
| socialist | Czech Republic | civil law system based on former Austro-Hungarian civil codes and socialist theory; note - legislation is actively modernizing the legal system |
| Socialist | Kosovo | ... legal system; mixture of applicable Kosovo law, UNMIK laws and regulations, and applicable laws of the Former Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia that were in effect in Kosovo as of 22 March 1989 |
| socialist | Latvia | civil law system with traces of socialist legal traditions and practices |
| south | Antarctica | ... access to the Antarctic Treaty area, that 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 ... |
| Sovereign | 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 ... |
| Sovereign | 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 ... |
| Soviet | 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 |
| Soviet | Mongolia | civil law system influenced by Soviet and Romano-Germanic legal systems; constitution ambiguous on judicial review of legislative acts |
| Spanish | Bolivia | civil law system with influences from Roman, Spanish, canon (religious), French, and indigenous law |
| Spanish | Colombia | civil law system influenced by the Spanish and French civil codes |
| Spanish | Costa Rica | civil law system based on Spanish civil code; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court |
| Spanish | Cuba | civil law system based on Spanish civil code |
| Spanish | 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 |
Home 
Fields
World Records
World Dictionary
Geographic Names
Fields History
Chiefs of State
Intl. Organizations
Intl. Environmental Agree.
Other References
Notes and Definitions
