word | | Legal system |
| jurisdiction | Slovakia | civil law system based on Austro-Hungarian codes; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; legal code modified to comply with the obligations of Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and ... |
| jurisdiction | Slovenia | based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| jurisdiction | Solomon Islands | English common law, which is widely disregarded; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| jurisdiction | Somalia | no national system; a mixture of English common law, Italian law, Islamic Shari'a, and Somali customary law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| jurisdiction | South Africa | based on Roman-Dutch law and English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| jurisdiction | Spain | civil law system, with regional applications; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| jurisdiction | Sri Lanka | a highly complex mixture of English common law, Roman-Dutch, Kandyan, and Jaffna Tamil law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| jurisdiction | Sudan | ... CPA establishes some protections for non-Muslims in Khartoum; some separate religious courts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; the southern legal system is still developing under the CPA following the civil ... |
| jurisdiction | Suriname | based on Dutch legal system incorporating French penal theory; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| jurisdiction | Swaziland | based on South African Roman-Dutch law in statutory courts and Swazi traditional law and custom in traditional courts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| jurisdiction | Sweden | civil law system influenced by customary law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| jurisdiction | Switzerland | civil law system influenced by customary law; judicial review of legislative acts, except with respect to federal decrees of general obligatory character; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| jurisdiction | Syria | based on a combination of French and Ottoman civil law; Islamic law is used in the family court system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| jurisdiction | Taiwan | based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| jurisdiction | Tajikistan | based on civil law system; no judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| jurisdiction | Tanzania | based on English common law; judicial review of legislative acts limited to matters of interpretation; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| jurisdiction | Thailand | based on civil law system, with influences of common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| jurisdiction | Timor-Leste | ... law remains in place but is to be replaced by civil and penal codes based on Portuguese law; these have passed but have not been promulgated; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| jurisdiction | Togo | French-based court system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
| jurisdiction | Tonga | based on English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| jurisdiction | Trinidad and Tobago | based on English common law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| jurisdiction | Tunisia | based on French civil law system and Islamic law; some judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court in joint session; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| jurisdiction | Turkey | ... continental legal systems; note - member of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), although Turkey claims limited derogations on the ratified European Convention on Human Rights; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| jurisdiction | Turkmenistan | based on civil law system and Islamic law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| jurisdiction | Uganda | in 1995, the government restored the legal system to one based on English common law and customary law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
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