word | | Legal system |
| civil | Belgium | based on civil law system influenced by English constitutional theory; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
| civil | Benin | based on French civil law and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| civil | Bosnia and Herzegovina | based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| civil | Brunei | based on English common law; for Muslims, Islamic Sharia law supersedes civil law in a number of areas; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| civil | Bulgaria | civil and criminal law based on Roman law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| civil | Burkina Faso | based on French civil law system and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| civil | Burundi | based on German and Belgian civil codes and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| civil | Cambodia | primarily a civil law mixture of French-influenced codes from the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) period, royal decrees, and acts of the legislature, with influences of customary law and ... |
| civil | Cameroon | based on French civil law system, with common law influence; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| civil | Canada | based on English common law, except in Quebec, where civil law system based on French law prevails; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
| civil | Chad | based on French civil law system and Chadian customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| civil | China | based on civil law system; derived from Soviet and continental civil code legal principles; legislature retains power to interpret statutes; constitution ambiguous on judicial review of legislation; has not accepted compulsory ICJ ... |
| civil | Congo, Republic of the | based on French civil law system and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| civil | Costa Rica | based on Spanish civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; has accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| civil | Cote d'Ivoire | based on French civil law system and customary law; judicial review in the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
| civil | 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 |
| civil | Cyprus | based on English common law, with civil law modifications; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
| civil | 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 ... |
| civil | Denmark | civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
| civil | Dhekelia | the Sovereign Base Area Administration has its own court system to deal with civil and criminal matters; laws applicable to the Cypriot population are, as far as possible, the same as the ... |
| civil | Djibouti | based on French civil law system, traditional practices, and Islamic law; accepts ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
| civil | 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 |
| civil | Ecuador | based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| civil | 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 |
| civil | 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 |
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