word | | Legal system |
| civil | Panama | civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court of Justice |
| civil | Paraguay | civil law system with influences from Argentine, Spanish, Roman, and French civil law models; judicial review of legislative acts in Supreme Court of Justice |
| civil | Peru | civil law system |
| civil | Philippines | mixed legal system of civil, common, Islamic, and customary law |
| civil | Poland | civil law system; changes gradually being introduced as part of broader democratization process; limited judicial review of legislative acts, but rulings of the Constitutional Tribunal are final |
| civil | Portugal | civil law system; Constitutional Tribunal review of legislative acts |
| civil | Puerto Rico | civil law system based on the Spanish civil code and within the framework of the US federal system |
| civil | Qatar | mixed legal system of civil law and Islamic law (in family and personal matters) |
| civil | Romania | civil law system |
| civil | Russia | civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts |
| civil | Rwanda | mixed legal system of civil law, based on German and Belgian models, and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court |
| civil | Saint Barthelemy | French civil law |
| civil | Saint Martin | French civil law |
| civil | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | French civil law |
| civil | San Marino | civil law system with Italian civil law influences |
| civil | Sao Tome and Principe | mixed legal system of civil law base on the Portuguese model and customary law |