word | | Legal system |
| based | Benin | based on French civil law and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Bhutan | based on Indian law and English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Bolivia | based on Spanish law and Napoleonic Code; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; the 2009 Constitution incorporates indigenous community justice into Bolivia's judicial system |
| based | Bosnia and Herzegovina | based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Botswana | based on Roman-Dutch law and local customary law; judicial review limited to matters of interpretation; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| based | Brazil | based on Roman codes; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Brunei | based on English common law; for Muslims, Islamic Sharia law supersedes civil law in a number of areas; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Bulgaria | civil and criminal law based on Roman law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| based | Burkina Faso | based on French civil law system and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Burma | based on English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Burundi | based on German and Belgian civil codes and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Cameroon | based on French civil law system, with common law influence; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Canada | based on English common law, except in Quebec, where civil law system based on French law prevails; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
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