word | | Legal system |
| based | Croatia | based on Austro-Hungarian law system with Communist law influences; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Cuba | based on Spanish civil law and influenced by American legal concepts, with large elements of Communist legal theory; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Cyprus | based on English common law, with civil law modifications; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
| based | Czech Republic | civil law system based on Austro-Hungarian codes; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; legal code modified to bring it in line with Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) obligations ... |
| based | Djibouti | based on French civil law system, traditional practices, and Islamic law; accepts ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
| based | Dominica | based on English common law; accepts ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Dominican Republic | based on French civil codes; Criminal Procedures Code modified in 2004 to include important elements of an accusatory system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Ecuador | based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Egypt | based on Islamic and civil law (particularly Napoleonic codes); judicial review by Supreme Court and Council of State (oversees validity of administrative decisions); accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| based | El Salvador | based on civil and Roman law with traces of common law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Equatorial Guinea | partly based on Spanish civil law and tribal custom; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Estonia | based on civil law system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| based | Ethiopia | based on civil law; currently transitional mix of national and regional courts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Fiji | based on British system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Finland | civil law system based on Swedish law; the president may request the Supreme Court to review laws; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| based | Gabon | based on French civil law system and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Gambia, The | based on a composite of English common law, Islamic law, and customary law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| based | Georgia | based on civil law system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Ghana | based on English common law and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Greece | based on codified Roman law; judiciary divided into civil, criminal, and administrative courts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| based | Grenada | based on English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Guinea | based on French civil law system, customary law, and decree; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| based | Guinea-Bissau | based on French civil law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Guyana | based on English common law with certain admixtures of Roman-Dutch law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Haiti | based on Roman civil law system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Holy See (Vatican City) | based on Code of Canon Law and revisions to it |
| based | Hong Kong | based on English common law |
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