word | | Legal system |
| Freedoms | European Union | ... 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 traditions common to the EU's states |
| French | Algeria | mixed legal system of French civil law and Islamic law; judicial review of legislative acts in ad hoc Constitutional Council composed of various public officials including several Supreme Court justices |
| French | 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 |
| French | Benin | civil law system modeled largely on the French system and some customary law |
| French | Bolivia | civil law system with influences from Roman, Spanish, canon (religious), French, and indigenous law |
| French | Burkina Faso | civil law based on the French model and customary law |
| French | Cameroon | mixed legal system of English common law, French civil law, and customary law |
| French | Canada | common law system except in Quebec where civil law based on the French civil code prevails |
| French | Central African Republic | civil law system based on the French model |
| French | Colombia | civil law system influenced by the Spanish and French civil codes |
| French | Comoros | mixed legal system of Islamic religious law, the French civil code of 1975, and customary law |
| French | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | civil legal system based on Belgian version of French civil law |
| French | Congo, Republic of the | mixed legal system of French civil law and customary law |
| French | Cote d'Ivoire | civil law system based on the French civil code; judicial review in the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court |
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