word | | Legal system |
| code | Timor-Leste | civil law system based on the Indonesian model; note - new penal code based on the Portuguese model was passed by Parliament and promulgated in 2009; new civil code expected to be promulgated ... |
| code | Tunisia | mixed legal system of civil law, based on the French civil code, and Islamic law; some judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court in joint session |
| code | Turkey | civil law system based on various European legal systems notably the Swiss civil code; note - member of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), although Turkey claims limited derogations on the ratified ... |
| code | United States | ... law system based on English common law at the federal level; state legal systems based on common law except Louisiana, which is based on Napoleonic civil code; judicial review of legislative acts |
| code | Uruguay | civil law system based on the Spanish civil code |
| code | Venezuela | civil law system based on the Spanish civil code |
| code | Vietnam | civil law system; note - the civil code of 2005 reflects a European style civil law |
| Code | World | ... are generally modeled upon elements of five main types: civil law (including French law, the Napoleonic Code, Roman law, Roman-Dutch law, and Spanish law); common law (including United States law); customary ... |
| codes | Belarus | civil law system; note - nearly all major codes (civil, civil procedure, criminal, criminal procedure, family and labor) have been revised and came into force in 1999 or 2000 |
| codes | Colombia | civil law system influenced by the Spanish and French civil codes |
| codes | Croatia | civil law system based on Yugoslav civil codes; note - Croatian legislation is changing the former Yugoslav legal model |
| codes | Czech Republic | civil law system based on former Austro-Hungarian civil codes and socialist theory; note - legislation is actively modernizing the legal system |
| codes | India | common law system based on the English model; separate personal law codes apply to Muslims, Christians, and Hindus; judicial review of legislative acts |
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