word | | Legal system |
| accepted | Macedonia | based on civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| accepted | Malaysia | ... acts in the Supreme Court at request of supreme head of the federation; Islamic law is applied to Muslims in matters of family law and religion; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| accepted | Maldives | based on Islamic law with admixtures of English common law primarily in commercial matters; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| accepted | Mali | based on French civil law system and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in Constitutional Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| accepted | Marshall Islands | based on adapted Trust Territory laws, acts of the legislature, municipal, common, and customary laws; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| accepted | Mauritania | a combination of Islamic law and French civil law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| accepted | Micronesia, Federated States of | based on adapted Trust Territory laws, acts of the legislature, municipal, common, and customary laws; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| accepted | Moldova | ... system; Constitutional Court reviews legality of legislative acts and governmental decisions of resolution; accepts many UN and Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) documents; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| accepted | Monaco | based on French law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| accepted | Mongolia | ... case-precedent may be used to inform judges, but all decisions must refer to the law as written; constitution ambiguous on judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| accepted | Montenegro | based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| accepted | Morocco | based on Islamic law and French and Spanish civil law systems; judicial review of legislative acts in Constitutional Chamber of Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |