word | | Legal system |
| based | Czech Republic | civil law system based on former Austro-Hungarian civil codes and socialist theory; note - legislation is actively modernizing the legal system |
| based | Djibouti | mixed legal system based primarily on the French civil code (as it existed in 1997) and Islamic religious law (in matters of family law and successions), and customary law |
| based | Dominica | common law based on the English model |
| based | Dominican Republic | civil law system based on the French civil code; Criminal Procedures Code modified in 2004 to include important elements of an accusatory system |
| based | Ecuador | civil law based on the Chilean civil code with modifications |
| based | Egypt | mixed legal system based on Napoleonic civil law and Islamic religious law; judicial review by Supreme Court and Council of State (oversees validity of administrative decisions) |
| based | Fiji | common law system based on the English model |
| based | Finland | civil law system based on the Swedish model; note - the president may request the Supreme Court to review laws |
| based | Greece | civil legal system based on Roman law |
| based | Grenada | common law based on English model |
| based | Guernsey | customary legal system based on Norman customary law, and includes elements of the French Civil Code and English common law |
| based | Guinea | civil law system based on the French model |
| based | Guyana | common law system, based on the English model, with some Roman-Dutch civil law influence |
| based | Holy See (Vatican City) | religious legal system based on canon (religious) law |
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