word | | Legal system |
| Egyptian | Saudi Arabia | Islamic (sharia) legal system with some elements of Egyptian, French, and customary law; note - several secular codes have been introduced; commercial disputes handled by special committees |
| elements | Dominican Republic | civil law system based on the French civil code; Criminal Procedures Code modified in 2004 to include important elements of an accusatory system |
| elements | Guernsey | customary legal system based on Norman customary law, and includes elements of the French Civil Code and English common law |
| elements | Mauritius | civil legal system based on French civil law with some elements of English common law |
| elements | Saudi Arabia | Islamic (sharia) legal system with some elements of Egyptian, French, and customary law; note - several secular codes have been introduced; commercial disputes handled by special committees |
| elements | World | the legal systems of nearly all countries are generally modeled upon elements of five main types: civil law (including French law, the Napoleonic Code, Roman law, Roman-Dutch law, and Spanish law ... |
| enacted | Brazil | civil law; note - a new Brazilian civil law code was enacted in 2002 replacing the 1916 code |
| enforcement | Antarctica | ... in fines and one year in prison; the National Science Foundation and Department of Justice share enforcement responsibilities; Public Law 95-541, the US Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, as amended in 1996 ... |
| English | Anguilla | common law based on the English model |
| English | Antigua and Barbuda | common law based on the English model |
| English | Australia | common law system based on the English model |
| English | Bahamas, The | common law system based on the English model |
| English | Bahrain | mixed legal system of Islamic law and English common law |
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