word | | Legal system |
| based | 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 |
| based | Turkey | civil law system based on various European legal systems notably the Swiss civil code; note - member of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), although Turkey claims limited derogations on the ratified ... |
| based | United States | common 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 ... |
| based | Uruguay | civil law system based on the Spanish civil code |
| based | Venezuela | civil law system based on the Spanish civil code |
| basis | European Union | ... to the Treaty of Lisbon, "the Treaties and the law adopted by the Union on the basis of the Treaties have primacy over the law of Member States" under conditions laid down ... |
| begun | Argentina | civil law system based on West European legal systems; note - efforts at civil code reform begun in the mid-1980s has stagnated |
| Belgian | 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 |
| Belgian | Burundi | mixed legal system of Belgian civil law and customary law |
| Belgian | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | civil legal system based on Belgian version of French civil law |
| Belgian | 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 |
| birds | Antarctica | ... for the following activities unless authorized by regulation of statute: the taking of native mammals or birds; the introduction of nonindigenous plants and animals; entry into specially protected areas; the discharge or ... |
| Brazilian | Brazil | civil law; note - a new Brazilian civil law code was enacted in 2002 replacing the 1916 code |
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