word | | Legal system |
| civil | Netherlands | based on civil law system incorporating French penal theory; constitution does not permit judicial review of acts of the States General; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| civil | Netherlands Antilles | based on Dutch civil law system with some English common law influence |
| civil | New Caledonia | based on French civil law; the 1988 Matignon Accords grant substantial autonomy to the islands |
| civil | Nicaragua | civil law system; Supreme Court may review administrative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| civil | Niger | based on French civil law system and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| civil | Norway | mixture of customary law, civil law system, and common law traditions; Supreme Court renders advisory opinions to legislature when asked; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| civil | Panama | based on civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court of Justice; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| civil | Peru | based on civil law system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| civil | 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 ... |
| civil | Portugal | based on civil law system; the Constitutional Tribunal reviews the constitutionality of legislation; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| civil | Puerto Rico | based on Spanish civil code and within the US Federal system of justice |
| civil | Qatar | based on Islamic and civil law codes; discretionary system of law controlled by the amir, although civil codes are being implemented; Islamic law dominates family and personal matters; has not accepted compulsory ... |
| civil | Romania | based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| civil | Russia | based on civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
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