word | | Legal system |
| Hungarian | Slovakia | civil law system based on Austro-Hungarian codes; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; legal code modified to comply with the obligations of Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and ... |
| ICJ | Afghanistan | based on mixed civil and Shari'a law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| ICJ | Albania | has a civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; has accepted jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court for its citizens |
| ICJ | Algeria | ... 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 jurisdiction |
| ICJ | Andorra | based on French and Spanish civil codes; no judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| ICJ | Angola | based on Portuguese civil law system and customary law; modified to accommodate political pluralism and increased use of free markets; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| ICJ | Argentina | mixture of US and West European legal systems; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| ICJ | Armenia | based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| ICJ | Australia | based on English common law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
| ICJ | Austria | civil law system with Roman law origin; judicial review of legislative acts by the Constitutional Court; separate administrative and civil/penal supreme courts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| ICJ | Azerbaijan | based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| ICJ | Bahrain | based on Islamic law and English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| ICJ | Bangladesh | based on English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| ICJ | Barbados | English common law; no judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
| ICJ | Belarus | based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| ICJ | Belgium | based on civil law system influenced by English constitutional theory; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
| ICJ | Belize | English law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| ICJ | Benin | based on French civil law and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| ICJ | Bhutan | based on Indian law and English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| ICJ | Bolivia | based on Spanish law and Napoleonic Code; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| ICJ | Bosnia and Herzegovina | based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| ICJ | Botswana | based on Roman-Dutch law and local customary law; judicial review limited to matters of interpretation; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
| ICJ | Brazil | based on Roman codes; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| ICJ | Brunei | based on English common law; for Muslims, Islamic Shari'a law supersedes civil law in a number of areas; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| ICJ | Bulgaria | civil and criminal law based on Roman law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| ICJ | Burkina Faso | based on French civil law system and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| ICJ | Burma | based on English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| ICJ | Burundi | based on German and Belgian civil codes and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
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