word | | Legal system |
| English | Yemen | mixed legal system of Islamic law, English common law, and customary law |
| English | Zambia | mixed legal system of English common law and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in an ad hoc constitutional council |
| English | Zimbabwe | mixed legal system of English common law, Roman-Dutch civil law, and customary law |
| entry | Antarctica | ... of statute: the taking of native mammals or birds; the introduction of nonindigenous plants and animals; entry into specially protected areas; the discharge or disposal of pollutants; and the importation into the ... |
| et | Antarctica | ... US laws directly apply to Antarctica; for example, the Antarctic Conservation Act, 16 U.S.C. section 2401 et seq., provides civil and criminal penalties for the following activities unless authorized by regulation of ... |
| EU | European Union | ... under conditions laid down in the case law of the Court of Justice; key principles of EU law include fundamental rights as guaranteed by the European Convention for the Protection of Human ... |
| Europe | Slovakia | civil law system based on Austro-Hungarian codes; note - legal code modified to comply with the obligations of Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe and to expunge Marxist-Leninist legal system |
| European | Argentina | civil law system based on West European legal systems; note - efforts at civil code reform begun in the mid-1980s has stagnated |
| European | Belgium | civil law system based on the French Civil Code; note - Belgian law continues to be modified in conformance with the legislative norms mandated by the European Union; judicial review of legislative acts |
| European | Chile | civil law system influenced by several West European civil legal systems; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court |
| European | China | civil law influenced by Soviet and continental European civil law systems; legislature retains power to interpret statutes; constitution ambiguous on judicial review of legislation |
| European | European Union | ... the Court of Justice; key principles of 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 ... |
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