| Country | Legal system |
| Central African Republic | civil law system based on the French model |
| Chad | mixed legal system of civil and customary law |
| Chile | civil law system influenced by several West European civil legal systems; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court |
| 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 |
| Christmas Island | legal system is under the authority of the governor general of Australia and Australian law |
| Clipperton Island | the laws of France, where applicable, apply |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | common law based on the Australian model |
| Colombia | civil law system influenced by the Spanish and French civil codes |
| Comoros | mixed legal system of Islamic religious law, the French civil code of 1975, and customary law |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | civil legal system based on Belgian version of French civil law |
| Congo, Republic of the | mixed legal system of French civil law and customary law |
| Cook Islands | common law similar to New Zealand common law |
| Coral Sea Islands | the legal system of Australia, where applicable, applies |
| Costa Rica | civil law system based on Spanish civil code; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court |
| Cote d'Ivoire | civil law system based on the French civil code; judicial review in the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court |
| Croatia | civil law system based on Yugoslav civil codes; note - Croatian legislation is changing the former Yugoslav legal model |
| Cuba | civil law system based on Spanish civil code |
| Curacao | based on Dutch civil law system with some English common law influence |
| Cyprus | mixed legal system of English common law and civil law with Greek Orthodox religious law influence |
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