word | | Legal system |
| certain | Italy | civil law system; judicial review under certain conditions in Constitutional Court |
| Chamber | Cote d'Ivoire | civil law system based on the French civil code; judicial review in the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court |
| changes | Poland | civil law system; changes gradually being introduced as part of broader democratization process; limited judicial review of legislative acts, but rulings of the Constitutional Tribunal are final |
| changing | Croatia | civil law system based on Yugoslav civil codes; note - Croatian legislation is changing the former Yugoslav legal model |
| character | Switzerland | civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts, except for federal decrees of a general obligatory character |
| Chilean | Ecuador | civil law based on the Chilean civil code with modifications |
| Chinese | Hong Kong | mixed legal system of common law based on the English model and Chinese customary law (in matters of family and land tenure) |
| Chinese | Korea, South | mixed legal system combining European civil law, Anglo-American law, and Chinese classical thought |
| Christian | Israel | mixed legal system of English common law, British Mandate regulations, and Jewish, Christian, and Muslim religious laws |
| Christian | Lebanon | mixed legal system of civil law based on the French civil code and religious laws covering personal status, marriage, divorce, and other family relations of the Jewish, Islamic, and Christian communities |
| Christians | India | common law system based on the English model; separate personal law codes apply to Muslims, Christians, and Hindus; judicial review of legislative acts |
| citizen | Samoa | mixed legal system of English common law and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts with respect to fundamental rights of the citizen |
| civil | Afghanistan | mixed legal system of civil, customary, and Islamic law |
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