word | | Legal system |
| based | Bahrain | based on Islamic law and English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Bangladesh | based on English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Belarus | based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Belgium | based on civil law system influenced by English constitutional theory; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
| based | Benin | based on French civil law and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Bhutan | based on Indian law and English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Bolivia | based on Spanish law and Napoleonic Code; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Bosnia and Herzegovina | based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Botswana | based on Roman-Dutch law and local customary law; judicial review limited to matters of interpretation; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
| based | Brazil | based on Roman codes; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Brunei | based on English common law; for Muslims, Islamic Sharia law supersedes civil law in a number of areas; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Bulgaria | civil and criminal law based on Roman law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| based | Burkina Faso | based on French civil law system and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Burma | based on English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Burundi | based on German and Belgian civil codes and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Cameroon | based on French civil law system, with common law influence; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Canada | based on English common law, except in Quebec, where civil law system based on French law prevails; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
| based | Cape Verde | based on the legal system of Portugal; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Central African Republic | based on French law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Chad | based on French civil law system and Chadian customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Chile | based on Code of 1857 derived from Spanish law and subsequent codes influenced by French and Austrian law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ ... |
| based | China | based on civil law system; derived from Soviet and continental civil code legal principles; legislature retains power to interpret statutes; constitution ambiguous on judicial review of legislation; has not accepted compulsory ICJ ... |
| based | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | based upon the laws of Australia and local laws |
| based | Colombia | based on Spanish law; a new criminal code modeled after US procedures was enacted into law in 2004 and reached full implemention in January 2008; judicial review of executive and legislative acts ... |
| based | Congo, Republic of the | based on French civil law system and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Cook Islands | based on New Zealand law and English common law |
| based | Costa Rica | based on Spanish civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; has accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
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