word | | Legal system |
| code | Cote d'Ivoire | civil law system based on the French civil code; judicial review in the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court |
| code | Cuba | civil law system based on Spanish civil code |
| code | Djibouti | mixed legal system based primarily on the French civil code (as it existed in 1997) and Islamic religious law (in matters of family law and successions), and customary law |
| code | Dominican Republic | civil law system based on the French civil code; Criminal Procedures Code modified in 2004 to include important elements of an accusatory system |
| code | Ecuador | civil law based on the Chilean civil code with modifications |
| Code | Guernsey | customary legal system based on Norman customary law, and includes elements of the French Civil Code and English common law |
| Code | Guinea-Bissau | mixed legal system of civil law (influenced by the early French Civil Code) and customary law |
| Code | Haiti | civil law system strongly influenced by Napoleonic Code |
| code | Lebanon | mixed legal system of civil law based on the French civil code and religious laws covering personal status, marriage, divorce, and other family relations of the Jewish, Islamic, and Christian communities |
| code | Madagascar | civil law system based on the old French civil code and customary law in matters of marriage, family, and obligation |
| code | Puerto Rico | civil law system based on the Spanish civil code and within the framework of the US federal system |
| code | Slovakia | civil law system based on Austro-Hungarian codes; note - legal code modified to comply with the obligations of Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe and to expunge Marxist-Leninist legal system |
| code | Suriname | civil law system influenced by Dutch civil law; note - the Commissie Nieuw Surinaamse Burgerlijk Wetboek completed drafting a new civil code in February 2009 |
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