word | | Legal system |
| Communist | Korea, North | based on Prussian civil law system with Japanese influences and Communist legal theory; no judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| Communist | Poland | based on a mixture of Continental (Napoleonic) civil law and holdover Communist legal theory; changes being gradually introduced as part of broader democratization process; limited judicial review of legislative acts, but rulings ... |
| communist | Vietnam | based on communist legal theory and French civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| comparable | European Union | comparable to the legal systems of member states; first supranational law system |
| completed | Chile | ... of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; note - in June 2005, Chile completed overhaul of its criminal justice system to a new, US-style adversarial system |
| complex | Sri Lanka | a highly complex mixture of English common law, Roman-Dutch, Kandyan, and Jaffna Tamil law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| comply | Slovakia | ... 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 to expunge ... |
| composed | Algeria | ... based on French and Islamic law; judicial review of legislative acts in ad hoc Constitutional Council composed of various public officials, including several Supreme Court justices; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| composite | Gambia, The | based on a composite of English common law, Islamic law, and customary law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| compulsory | Afghanistan | based on mixed civil and Sharia law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| compulsory | Albania | has a civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; has accepted jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court for its citizens |
| compulsory | Algeria | ... based on French and Islamic law; judicial review of legislative acts in ad hoc Constitutional Council composed of various public officials, including several Supreme Court justices; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| compulsory | Andorra | based on French and Spanish civil codes; no judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| compulsory | Angola | based on Portuguese civil law system and customary law; modified to accommodate political pluralism and increased use of free markets; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| compulsory | Argentina | mixture of US and West European legal systems; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| compulsory | Armenia | based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| compulsory | Australia | based on English common law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
| compulsory | Austria | civil law system with Roman law origin; judicial review of legislative acts by the Constitutional Court; separate administrative and civil/penal supreme courts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| compulsory | Azerbaijan | based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| compulsory | Bahrain | based on Islamic law and English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| compulsory | Bangladesh | based on English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| compulsory | Barbados | English common law; no judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
| compulsory | Belarus | based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| compulsory | Belgium | based on civil law system influenced by English constitutional theory; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
| compulsory | Belize | English law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| compulsory | Benin | based on French civil law and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
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