word | | Legal system |
| based | South Africa | based on Roman-Dutch law and English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Sudan | based on English common law and Islamic law; as of 20 January 1991, the now defunct Revolutionary Command Council imposed Islamic law in the northern states; Islamic law applies to all residents ... |
| based | Suriname | based on Dutch legal system incorporating French penal theory; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| based | Swaziland | based on South African Roman-Dutch law in statutory courts and Swazi traditional law and custom in traditional courts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| based | Syria | based on a combination of French and Ottoman civil law; Islamic law is used in the family court system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Taiwan | based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Tajikistan | based on civil law system; no judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Tanzania | based on English common law; judicial review of legislative acts limited to matters of interpretation; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Thailand | based on civil law system, with influences of common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Timor-Leste | UN-drafted legal system based on Indonesian law remains in place but is to be replaced by civil and penal codes based on Portuguese law; these have passed but have not been ... |
| based | Togo | French-based court system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
| based | Tonga | based on English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Trinidad and Tobago | based on English common law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Tunisia | based on French civil law system and Islamic law; some judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court in joint session; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Turkmenistan | based on civil law system and Islamic law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Turks and Caicos Islands | based on laws of England and Wales, with a few adopted from Jamaica and The Bahamas |
| based | Uganda | in 1995, the government restored the legal system to one based on English common law and customary law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
| based | Ukraine | based on civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | United Arab Emirates | based on a dual system of Shari'a and civil courts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | United Kingdom | based on common law tradition with early Roman and modern continental influences; has nonbinding judicial review of Acts of Parliament under the Human Rights Act of 1998; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with ... |
| based | United States | federal court system based on English common law; each state has its own unique legal system, of which all but one (Louisiana, which is still influenced by the Napoleonic Code) is based ... |
| based | Uruguay | based on Spanish civil law system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Uzbekistan | based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Vietnam | based on communist legal theory and French civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Virgin Islands | based on US laws |
| based | Yemen | based on Islamic law, Turkish law, English common law, and local tribal customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
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