word | | Legal system |
| constitution | Netherlands | civil law system based on the French system; constitution does not permit judicial review of acts of the States General |
| Constitutional | Algeria | mixed legal system of French civil law and Islamic law; judicial review of legislative acts in ad hoc Constitutional Council composed of various public officials including several Supreme Court justices |
| Constitutional | Austria | civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts by the Constitutional Court |
| Constitutional | Bosnia and Herzegovina | civil law system; Constitutional Court review of legislative acts |
| Constitutional | Cote d'Ivoire | civil law system based on the French civil code; judicial review in the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court |
| constitutional | European Union | ... EU law include fundamental rights as guaranteed by the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and as resulting from constitutional traditions common to the EU's states |
| Constitutional | Italy | civil law system; judicial review under certain conditions in Constitutional Court |
| constitutional | Lithuania | civil law system; legislative acts can be appealed to the constitutional court |
| Constitutional | Mali | civil law system based on the French civil law model and influenced by customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in Constitutional Court |
| constitutional | Mexico | civil law system with US constitutional law theory influence; judicial review of legislative acts |
| Constitutional | Moldova | civil law system with Germanic law influences; Constitutional Court review of legislative acts |
| Constitutional | Poland | civil law system; changes gradually being introduced as part of broader democratization process; limited judicial review of legislative acts, but rulings of the Constitutional Tribunal are final |
| Constitutional | Portugal | civil law system; Constitutional Tribunal review of legislative acts |
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