word | | Legal system |
| civil | Mauritius | civil legal system based on French civil law with some elements of English common law |
| civil | Mexico | civil law system with US constitutional law theory influence; judicial review of legislative acts |
| civil | Moldova | civil law system with Germanic law influences; Constitutional Court review of legislative acts |
| civil | Monaco | civil law system influenced by French legal tradition |
| civil | Mongolia | civil law system influenced by Soviet and Romano-Germanic legal systems; constitution ambiguous on judicial review of legislative acts |
| civil | Montenegro | civil law |
| civil | Morocco | mixed legal system of civil law based on French law and Islamic law; judicial review of legislative acts by Supreme Court |
| civil | Mozambique | mixed legal system of Portuguese civil law, Islamic law, and customary law |
| civil | Namibia | mixed legal system of uncodified civil law based on Roman-Dutch law and customary law |
| civil | Netherlands | civil law system based on the French system; constitution does not permit judicial review of acts of the States General |
| civil | New Caledonia | civil law system based on French law; the 1988 Matignon Accords grant substantial autonomy to the islands |
| civil | Nicaragua | civil law system; Supreme Court may review administrative acts |
| civil | Niger | mixed legal system of civil law (based on French civil law), Islamic law, and customary law |
| civil | Norway | mixed legal system of civil, common, and customary law; Supreme Court can advise on legislative acts |
| civil | Palau | mixed legal system of civil, common, and customary law |