word | | Legal system |
| law | Cayman Islands | English common law and local statutes |
| law | Central African Republic | civil law system based on the French model |
| law | Chad | mixed legal system of civil and customary law |
| law | Chile | civil law system influenced by several West European civil legal systems; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court |
| law | 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 |
| law | Christmas Island | legal system is under the authority of the governor general of Australia and Australian law |
| law | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | common law based on the Australian model |
| law | Colombia | civil law system influenced by the Spanish and French civil codes |
| law | Comoros | mixed legal system of Islamic religious law, the French civil code of 1975, and customary law |
| law | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | civil legal system based on Belgian version of French civil law |
| law | Congo, Republic of the | mixed legal system of French civil law and customary law |
| law | Cook Islands | common law similar to New Zealand common law |
| law | Costa Rica | civil law system based on Spanish civil code; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court |
| law | 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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