| Country | Legal system |
| Chile | based on Code of 1857 derived from Spanish law and subsequent codes influenced by French and Austrian law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; note - in June 2005, Chile completed overhaul of its criminal justice system to a new, US-style adversarial system |
| China | based on civil law system; derived from Soviet and continental civil code legal principles; legislature retains power to interpret statutes; constitution ambiguous on judicial review of legislation; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| Christmas Island | under the authority of the governor general of Australia and Australian law |
| Clipperton Island | the laws of France, where applicable, apply |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | based upon the laws of Australia and local laws |
| Colombia | based on Spanish law; a new criminal code modeled after US procedures was enacted into law in 2004 and reached full implemention in January 2008; judicial review of executive and legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| Comoros | French and Islamic law in a new consolidated code; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | a new constitution was adopted by referendum 18 December 2005; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
| Congo, Republic of the | based on French civil law system and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| Cook Islands | based on New Zealand law and English common law |
| Coral Sea Islands | the laws of Australia, where applicable, apply |
| Costa Rica | based on Spanish civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; has accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| Cote d'Ivoire | based on French civil law system and customary law; judicial review in the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
| Croatia | based on Austro-Hungarian law system with Communist law influences; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| Cuba | based on Spanish civil law and influenced by American legal concepts, with large elements of Communist legal theory; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| Cyprus | based on English common law, with civil law modifications; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
| Czech Republic | civil law system based on Austro-Hungarian codes; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; legal code modified to bring it in line with Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) obligations and to expunge Marxist-Leninist legal theory |
| Denmark | civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
| Dhekelia | the Sovereign Base Area Administration has its own court system to deal with civil and criminal matters; laws applicable to the Cypriot population are, as far as possible, the same as the laws of the Republic of Cyprus |
| Djibouti | based on French civil law system, traditional practices, and Islamic law; accepts ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
| Dominica | based on English common law; accepts ICJ jurisdiction |
| Dominican Republic | based on French civil codes; Criminal Procedures Code modified in 2004 to include important elements of an accusatory system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| Ecuador | based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| Egypt | based on Islamic and civil law (particularly Napoleonic codes); judicial review by Supreme Court and Council of State (oversees validity of administrative decisions); accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| 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 |
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