word | | Legal system |
| civil | Qatar | based on Islamic and civil law codes; discretionary system of law controlled by the amir, although civil codes are being implemented; Islamic law dominates family and personal matters; has not accepted compulsory ... |
| civil | Romania | based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| civil | Russia | based on civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| civil | Rwanda | based on German and Belgian civil law systems and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| civil | San Marino | based on civil law system with Italian law influences; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| civil | Senegal | based on French civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts in Constitutional Court; the Council of State audits the government's accounting office; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| civil | Serbia | based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| civil | Seychelles | based on English common law, French civil law, and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| civil | Slovakia | civil law system based on Austro-Hungarian codes; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; legal code modified to comply with the obligations of Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and ... |
| civil | Slovenia | based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| civil | Spain | civil law system, with regional applications; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| civil | Sudan | ... separate religious courts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; the southern legal system is still developing under the CPA following the civil war; Islamic law will not apply to the southern states |
| civil | Sweden | civil law system influenced by customary law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| civil | Switzerland | civil law system influenced by customary law; judicial review of legislative acts, except with respect to federal decrees of general obligatory character; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| civil | 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 |
| civil | Taiwan | based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| civil | Tajikistan | based on civil law system; no judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| civil | Thailand | based on civil law system, with influences of common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| civil | Timor-Leste | ... 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 promulgated ... |
| civil | 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 |
| civil | Turkey | civil law system derived from various European continental legal systems; note - member of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), although Turkey claims limited derogations on the ratified European Convention on Human ... |
| civil | Turkmenistan | based on civil law system and Islamic law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| civil | Ukraine | based on civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| civil | United Arab Emirates | based on a dual system of Shari'a and civil courts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| civil | Uruguay | based on Spanish civil law system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| civil | Uzbekistan | based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
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