word | | Legal system |
| jurisdiction | El Salvador | based on civil and Roman law with traces of common law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| jurisdiction | Equatorial Guinea | partly based on Spanish civil law and tribal custom; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| jurisdiction | Eritrea | ... government also issues unilateral proclamations setting laws and policies; also relies on customary and post-independence-enacted laws and, for civil cases involving Muslims, Islamic law; does not accept compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| jurisdiction | Estonia | based on civil law system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| jurisdiction | Ethiopia | based on civil law; currently transitional mix of national and regional courts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| jurisdiction | Fiji | based on British system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| jurisdiction | Finland | civil law system based on Swedish law; the president may request the Supreme Court to review laws; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| jurisdiction | France | civil law system with indigenous concepts; review of administrative but not legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| jurisdiction | Gabon | based on French civil law system and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| jurisdiction | Gambia, The | based on a composite of English common law, Islamic law, and customary law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| jurisdiction | Georgia | based on civil law system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| jurisdiction | Germany | civil law system with indigenous concepts; judicial review of legislative acts in the Federal Constitutional Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| jurisdiction | Ghana | based on English common law and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| jurisdiction | Greece | based on codified Roman law; judiciary divided into civil, criminal, and administrative courts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| jurisdiction | Grenada | based on English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| jurisdiction | Guatemala | civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| jurisdiction | Guinea | based on French civil law system, customary law, and decree; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| jurisdiction | Guinea-Bissau | based on French civil law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| jurisdiction | Guyana | based on English common law with certain admixtures of Roman-Dutch law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| jurisdiction | Haiti | based on Roman civil law system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| jurisdiction | Honduras | ... Roman and Spanish civil law with increasing influence of English common law; recent judicial reforms include abandoning Napoleonic legal codes in favor of the oral adversarial system; accepts ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| jurisdiction | Hungary | based on the German-Austrian legal system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| jurisdiction | Iceland | civil law system based on Danish law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| jurisdiction | India | based on English common law; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; separate personal law codes apply to Muslims, Christians, and Hindus |
| jurisdiction | Indonesia | based on Roman-Dutch law, substantially modified by indigenous concepts and by new criminal procedures and election codes; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| jurisdiction | Iran | based on Sharia law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| jurisdiction | Iraq | based on European civil and Islamic law under the framework outlined in the Iraqi Constitution; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
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