word | | Legal system |
| based | Uganda | in 1995, the government restored the legal system to one based on English common law and customary law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| based | Ukraine | based on civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | United Arab Emirates | based on a dual system of Sharia and civil courts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | United Kingdom | based on common law tradition with early Roman and modern continental influences; has nonbinding judicial review of Acts of Parliament under the Human Rights Act of 1998; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with ... |
| based | United States | federal court system based on English common law; each state has its own unique legal system, of which all but one (Louisiana, which is still influenced by the Napoleonic Code) is based ... |
| based | Uruguay | based on Spanish civil law system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Uzbekistan | based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Vietnam | based on communist legal theory and French civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Virgin Islands | based on US laws |
| based | Yemen | based on Islamic law, Turkish law, English common law, and local tribal customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| based | Zambia | based on English common law and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in an ad hoc constitutional council; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| basis | Eritrea | primary basis is the Ethiopian legal code of 1957 with revisions; new civil, commercial, and penal codes have not yet been promulgated; government also issues unilateral proclamations setting laws and policies; also ... |
| Belgian | Burundi | based on German and Belgian civil codes and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
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