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The Commonwealth
Regroups 53 States
Head Office: London
Website: www.thecommonwealth.org
Legal Systems: 19 of Common law; 10 of Civil law/Common law; 8 of Common law/ Customary law; 6 of Common law/Muslim law/Customary law; 4 of Civil law/Common law/Customary law; 3 of Common law/Muslim law; 2 of Civil law/Customary law; 1 of Muslim law
Alphabetical Index of the Commonwealth Member States and corresponding legal systems
| Antigua and Barbuda | Common law |
| Australia | Common law |
| Bahamas | Common law |
| Bangladesh | Muslim law / Common law |
| Barbados | Common law |
| Belize | Common law |
| Botswana | Civil law / Common law |
| Brunei | Muslim law / Common law / Customary law |
| Cameroon | Civil law / Common law / Customary law |
| Canada | Common law (except Quebec) |
| Cyprus | Common law / Civil law |
| Dominica | Common law |
| Fiji* Islands | Common law |
| Gambia | Muslim law /Common law / Customary law |
| Ghana | Common law / Customary law |
| Grenada | Common law |
| Guyana | Common law / Civil law |
| India | Common law / Muslim law / Customary law |
| Jamaica | Common law |
| Kenya | Common law / Customary law / Muslim law |
| Kiribati | Common law |
| Lesotho | Common law /Civil law / Customary law |
| Malawi | Common law / Customary law |
| Malaysia | Muslim law / Common law / Customary law |
| Maldives | Muslim law |
| Malta | Civil law / Common law |
| Mauritius | Civil law / Common law |
| Mozambique | Customary law / Civil law |
| Namibia | Common law / Civil law |
| Nauru** | Common law |
| New Zealand | Common law |
| Nigeria | Common law / Muslim law / Customary law |
| Pakistan*** | Muslim law / Common law |
| Papoua New Guinea | Customary law / Common law |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Common law |
| Saint Lucia | Civil law / Common law |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadine | Common law |
| Samoa | Common law / Customary law |
| Seychelles | Common law / Civil law |
| Sierra Leone | Common law / Customary law |
| Singapore | Common law / Muslim law |
| Solomon Islands | Common law / Customary law |
| South Africa | Civil law / Common law |
| Sri Lanka | Civil law / Common law / Customary law |
| Swaziland | Civil law/ Customary law |
| Tanzania | Common law / Customary law |
| Tonga | Common law |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Common law |
| Tuvalu | Common law |
| Uganda | Common law / Customary law |
| United Kingdom | Common law (except Scotland) |
| Vanuatu | Civil law / Common law / Customary law |
| Zambia | Common law / Customary law |
* Fiji Islands was suspended from the Councils of the Commonwealth in December 2006 following a military coup.
** Nauru is a member in arrears
*** Pakistan was suspended in november 2007