word | | Legal system |
| adopted | European Union | ... declaration of member-state governments appended to the Treaty of Lisbon, "the Treaties and the law adopted by the Union on the basis of the Treaties have primacy over the law of ... |
| advance | Antarctica | ... of 1978, as amended in 1996, requires expeditions from the US to Antarctica to notify, in advance, the Office of Oceans, Room 5805, Department of State, Washington, DC 20520, which reports such ... |
| advise | Norway | mixed legal system of civil, common, and customary law; Supreme Court can advise on legislative acts |
| against | Antarctica | ... the states party to the Antarctic Treaty; note - US law, including certain criminal offenses by or against US nationals, such as murder, may apply extraterritorially; some US laws directly apply to Antarctica ... |
| ambiguous | 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 |
| ambiguous | Mongolia | civil law system influenced by Soviet and Romano-Germanic legal systems; constitution ambiguous on judicial review of legislative acts |
| amended | Antarctica | ... of Justice share enforcement responsibilities; Public Law 95-541, the US Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, as amended in 1996, requires expeditions from the US to Antarctica to notify, in advance, the Office ... |
| American | Japan | civil law system based on German model; system also reflects Anglo-American influence and Japanese traditions; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court |
| American | Korea, South | mixed legal system combining European civil law, Anglo-American law, and Chinese classical thought |
| American | Liberia | mixed legal system of common law (based on Anglo-American law) and customary law |
| Anglo | Japan | civil law system based on German model; system also reflects Anglo-American influence and Japanese traditions; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court |
| Anglo | Korea, South | mixed legal system combining European civil law, Anglo-American law, and Chinese classical thought |
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