word | | Legal system |
| Jewish | Lebanon | mixed legal system of civil law based on the French civil code and religious laws covering personal status, marriage, divorce, and other family relations of the Jewish, Islamic, and Christian communities |
| joint | Tunisia | mixed legal system of civil law, based on the French civil code, and Islamic law; some judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court in joint session |
| judicial | 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 |
| judicial | Angola | civil legal system based on Portuguese civil law; no judicial review of legislative acts |
| judicial | Austria | civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts by the Constitutional Court |
| judicial | Barbados | English common law; no judicial review of legislative acts |
| judicial | 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 |
| judicial | Chile | civil law system influenced by several West European civil legal systems; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court |
| judicial | 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 |
| judicial | Costa Rica | civil law system based on Spanish civil code; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court |
| judicial | Cote d'Ivoire | civil law system based on the French civil code; judicial review in the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court |
| judicial | Denmark | civil law; judicial review of legislative acts |
| judicial | Egypt | mixed legal system based on Napoleonic civil law and Islamic religious law; judicial review by Supreme Court and Council of State (oversees validity of administrative decisions) |
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