word | | Legal system |
| based | Panama | based on civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court of Justice; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| based | Papua New Guinea | based on English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Paraguay | based on Argentine codes, Roman law, and French codes; judicial review of legislative acts in Supreme Court of Justice; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Peru | based on civil law system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| based | Philippines | based on Spanish and Anglo-American law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| based | Poland | based on a mixture of Continental (Napoleonic) civil law and holdover Communist legal theory; changes being gradually introduced as part of broader democratization process; limited judicial review of legislative acts, but rulings ... |
| based | Portugal | based on civil law system; the Constitutional Tribunal reviews the constitutionality of legislation; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| based | Puerto Rico | based on Spanish civil code and within the US Federal system of justice |
| based | Qatar | based on Islamic and civil law codes; discretionary system of law controlled by the amir, although civil codes are being implemented; Islamic law dominates family and personal matters; has not accepted compulsory ... |
| based | Romania | based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Russia | based on civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Rwanda | based on German and Belgian civil law systems and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Saint Kitts and Nevis | based on English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Saint Lucia | based on English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | based on English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Samoa | based on English common law and local customs; judicial review of legislative acts with respect to fundamental rights of the citizen; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | San Marino | based on civil law system with Italian law influences; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Sao Tome and Principe | based on Portuguese legal system and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Saudi Arabia | based on Shari'a law, several secular codes have been introduced; commercial disputes handled by special committees; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Senegal | based on French civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts in Constitutional Court; the Council of State audits the government's accounting office; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| based | Serbia | based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Seychelles | based on English common law, French civil law, and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Sierra Leone | based on English law and customary laws indigenous to local tribes; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Singapore | based on English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Slovakia | civil law system based on Austro-Hungarian codes; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; legal code modified to comply with the obligations of Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and ... |
| based | Slovenia | based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
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