word | | Legal system |
| Spanish | Colombia | based on Spanish law; a new criminal code modeled after US procedures was enacted into law in 2004 and reached full implementation in January 2008; judicial review of executive and legislative acts ... |
| Spanish | Costa Rica | based on Spanish civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| Spanish | 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 |
| Spanish | Equatorial Guinea | partly based on Spanish civil law and tribal custom; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| Spanish | Honduras | rooted in Roman and Spanish civil law with increasing influence of English common law; recent judicial reforms include abandoning Napoleonic legal codes in favor of the oral adversarial system; accepts ICJ jurisdiction ... |
| Spanish | Morocco | based on Islamic law and French and Spanish civil law systems; judicial review of legislative acts in Constitutional Chamber of Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| Spanish | Philippines | based on Spanish and Anglo-American law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| Spanish | Puerto Rico | based on Spanish civil code and within the US Federal system of justice |
| Spanish | Uruguay | based on Spanish civil law system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| Special | Kosovo | evolving legal system based on terms of former UN Special Envoy Martti AHTISAARI's Comprehensive Status Proposal for Kosovo's supervised independence; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| special | New Zealand | based on English law, with special land legislation and land courts for the Maori; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| special | Saudi Arabia | based on Sharia law, several secular codes have been introduced; commercial disputes handled by special committees; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| specially | Antarctica | ... the taking of native mammals or birds; the introduction of nonindigenous plants and animals; entry into specially protected areas; the discharge or disposal of pollutants; and the importation into the US of ... |
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