word | | Legal system |
| immigration | Northern Mariana Islands | US system applies, except for customs, wages, immigration laws, and taxation |
| important | Dominican Republic | civil law system based on the French civil code; Criminal Procedures Code modified in 2004 to include important elements of an accusatory system |
| importation | Antarctica | ... plants and animals; entry into specially protected areas; the discharge or disposal of pollutants; and the importation into the US of certain items from Antarctica; violation of the Antarctic Conservation Act carries ... |
| independent | World | ... customary law; mixed or pluralistic law; and religious law (including Islamic law); an additional type of legal system - international law - governs the conduct of independent nations in their relationships with one another |
| India | Burma | mixed legal system of English common law (as introduced in codifications designed for colonial India) and customary law |
| indigenous | Bolivia | civil law system with influences from Roman, Spanish, canon (religious), French, and indigenous law |
| Indonesian | Timor-Leste | civil law system based on the Indonesian model; note - new penal code based on the Portuguese model was passed by Parliament and promulgated in 2009; new civil code expected to be promulgated ... |
| influence | Curacao | based on Dutch civil law system with some English common law influence |
| influence | Cyprus | mixed legal system of English common law and civil law with Greek Orthodox religious law influence |
| influence | El Salvador | civil law system with minor common law influence; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court |
| influence | Guyana | common law system, based on the English model, with some Roman-Dutch civil law influence |
| influence | 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 |
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