word | | Legal system |
| French | Algeria | socialist, 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 ... |
| French | Andorra | based on French and Spanish civil codes; no judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| French | Benin | based on French civil law and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| French | Burkina Faso | based on French civil law system and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| French | Cambodia | primarily a civil law mixture of French-influenced codes from the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) period, royal decrees, and acts of the legislature, with influences of customary law and ... |
| French | Cameroon | based on French civil law system, with common law influence; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| French | Canada | based on English common law, except in Quebec, where civil law system based on French law prevails; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
| French | Central African Republic | based on French law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| French | Chad | based on French civil law system and Chadian customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| French | Chile | based on Code of 1857 derived from Spanish law and subsequent codes influenced by French and Austrian law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ ... |
| French | Comoros | French and Islamic law in a new consolidated code; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| French | Congo, Republic of the | based on French civil law system and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| French | Cote d'Ivoire | based on French civil law system and customary law; judicial review in the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
| French | Djibouti | based on French civil law system, traditional practices, and Islamic law; accepts ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
| French | Dominican Republic | based on French civil codes; Criminal Procedures Code modified in 2004 to include important elements of an accusatory system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| French | Gabon | based on French civil law system and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| French | Guinea | based on French civil law system, customary law, and decree; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| French | Guinea-Bissau | based on French civil law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| French | Jordan | based on Islamic law and French codes; judicial review of legislative acts in a specially provided High Tribunal; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| French | Kyrgyzstan | based on French and Russian laws; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| French | Laos | based on traditional customs, French legal norms and procedures, and socialist practice; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| French | Libya | based on Italian and French civil law systems and Islamic law; separate religious courts; no constitutional provision for judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| French | Madagascar | based on French civil law system and traditional Malagasy law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| French | Mali | based on French civil law system and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in Constitutional Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| French | Mauritania | a combination of Islamic law and French civil law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| French | Mauritius | based on French civil law system with elements of English common law in certain areas; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
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