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Alphabetical index of political entities, languages and corresponding legal systems
POLITICAL ENTITIES |
LEGAL SYSTEMS |
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES |
Muslim |
Pashtu, dari |
|
ALBANIA |
Civilist |
Albanian |
ALGERIA |
Mixed |
Arabic, + |
AMERICAN SAMOA |
Common law |
English |
ANDORRA |
Customary |
Catalan |
ANGOLA |
Civilist |
Portuguese |
ANGUILLA (UK) |
Common law |
English |
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA |
Common law |
English |
ARGENTINA |
Civilist |
Spanish |
ARMENIA |
Civilist |
Armenian |
ARUBA (NL) |
Civilist |
Dutch |
AUSTRALIA (AU) |
Common law |
English |
AUSTRIA |
Civilist |
German, + |
Civilist |
Azerbaijani |
|
Civilist |
Portuguese |
|
BAHAMAS |
Common law |
English |
BAHRAIN |
Mixed |
Arabic |
BANGLADESH |
Mixed |
Bengali |
BARBADOS |
Common Law |
English |
BELARUS |
Civilist |
Belarussian, russian |
BELGIUM |
Civilist |
Dutch, french, german |
BELIZE |
Common Law |
English |
BENIN |
Civilist |
French |
BERMUDA (UK) |
Common Law |
English |
BHUTAN |
Mixed |
Dzong-kha |
BOLIVIA |
Civilist |
Spanish |
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA |
Civilist |
Bosnian, serbian, croatian |
BOTSWANA |
Mixed |
English |
BRAZIL |
Civilist |
Portuguese |
BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY (UK) |
Common law |
English |
BRITISH TERRITORIES OF ANTARTICA (UK) |
Common law |
English |
BRUNEI |
Mixed |
Malay, english |
BULGARIA |
Civilist |
Bulgarian |
BURKINA FASO |
Mixed |
French |
BURUNDI |
Mixed |
Kirundi, french |
CAMBODIA |
Civilist |
Khmer |
CAMEROON |
Mixed |
French, english |
CANADA (CD) (minus QUEBEC) |
Common Law |
French, english, + |
CANARY ISLANDS (SP) |
Civilist |
Spanish |
CAPE VERDE |
Civilist |
Portuguese, + |
CAYMANS ISLANDS (UK) |
Common Law |
English |
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC |
Civilist |
French, sangho |
CHAD |
Mixed |
Arabic, french |
CHILE |
Civilist |
Spanish |
CHINA (CN) (minus MACAU) |
Mixed |
Chinois |
COLOMBIA |
Civilist |
Spanish |
COMOROS ISLANDS |
Mixed |
French, sikomor, arabic |
CONGO |
Mixed |
French |
CONGO, POPULAR DEMOCRATIC |
Mixed |
French |
COOK ISLANDS (NZ) |
Common law |
English |
COSTA RICA |
Civilist |
Spanish |
COTE D'IVOIRE |
Mixed |
French |
CROATIA |
Civilist |
Croatian |
CUBA |
Civilist |
Spanish |
Mixed |
Greek, turkish |
|
CZECH REPUBLIC |
Civilist |
Czech |
DENMARK (DK) |
Civilist |
Danish, + |
DJIBOUTI |
Mixed |
French, arabic |
DOMINICA |
Common law |
English |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC |
Civilist |
Spanish |
ECUADOR |
Civilist |
Spanish, + |
EGYPT |
Mixed |
Arabic |
EL SALVADOR |
Civilist |
Spanish |
EQUATORIAL GUINEA |
Civilist |
Spanish, French |
ERITREA |
Mixed |
Tigrinya, arabic |
ESTONIA |
Civilist |
Estonian |
ETHIOPIA |
Mixed |
Amharic, + |
FALKLAND ISLANDS (UK) |
Common law |
English |
FAROE ISLANDS (DK) |
Civilist |
Faroen, danish |
FIJI ISLANDS |
Common law |
English, + |
FINLAND |
Civilist |
Finnish, swedish |
FRANCE (FR) |
Civilist |
French |
FRENCH GUYANA (FR) |
Civilist |
French |
FRENCH POLYNESIA (FR) |
Civilist |
French |
FRENCH SOUTHERN AND |
Civilist |
French |
GABON |
Mixed |
French |
GAMBIA |
Mixed |
English |
GEORGIA |
Civilist |
Georgian |
Civilist |
German |
|
GHANA |
Mixed |
English |
GIBRALTAR (UK) |
Common law |
English |
GREECE |
Civilist |
Greek |
GREENLAND (DK) |
Civilist |
Greenlandish, danish |
GRENADA |
Common law |
English |
GUADELOUPE (FR) |
Civilist |
French |
GUAM (USA) |
Common law |
English, chamorro |
GUATEMALA |
Civilist |
Spanish |
GUERNSEY (UK) |
Customary |
English, + |
GUINEA |
Mixed |
French |
GUINEA-BISSAU |
Mixed |
Portuguese |
GUYANA |
Mixed |
English |
HAITI |
Civilist |
French, creole |
HAWAII (USA) |
Common law |
English, hawaiian |
HOLY SEE/VATICAN |
Civilist |
Italian, latin |
HONDURAS |
Civilist |
Spanish |
HONG KONG (CN) |
Mixed |
Chinese, english |
HUNGARY |
Civilist |
Hungarian |
ICELAND |
Civilist |
Icelandic |
INDIA |
Mixed |
Hindi, english, + |
INDONESIA |
Mixed |
Bahasa Indonesia |
IRAN |
Mixed |
Persan (farsi) |
IRAQ |
Mixed |
Arabic, kurdish, + |
IRELAND |
Common Law |
English, Irish |
ISRAEL |
Mixed |
Hebrew, arabic |
ITALY |
Civilist |
Italian |
JAMAICA |
Common Law |
English |
JAPAN |
Mixed |
Japanese |
JERSEY (UK) |
Customary |
English, + |
JORDAN |
Mixed |
Arabic |
KAZAKSTAN |
Civilist |
Kazakh, russian |
KENYA |
Mixed |
English, swahili |
KIRIBATI |
Common Law |
English, kiribati |
KOREA NORTH |
Mixed |
Korean |
KOREA SOUTH |
Mixed |
Korean |
KUWAIT |
Mixed |
Arabic |
KYRGYZSTAN |
Civilist |
Kyrgyz, russian |
LAOS |
Civilist |
Lao |
LATVIA |
Civilist |
Latvian |
LEBANON |
Mixed |
Arabic, + |
LESOTHO |
Mixed |
Sesotho, english |
LIBERIA |
Mixed |
English |
LIBYA |
Mixed |
Arabic |
LIECHTENSTEIN |
Civilist |
German |
LITHUANIA |
Civilist |
Lithuanian |
LOUISIANA (USA) |
Mixed |
English |
LUXEMBOURG |
Civilist |
French, german, luxembourgish |
MACAU (CN) |
Civilist |
Chinese, portuguese |
MACEDONIA (FYROM) |
Civilist |
Macedonian, + |
MADAGASCAR |
Mixed |
Malagasy, french |
MADEIRA (PG) |
Civilist |
Portuguese |
MALAWI |
Mixed |
English, + |
MALAYSIA |
Mixed |
Malay |
MALDIVES ISLANDS |
Muslim |
Dhivehi |
MALI |
Mixed |
French |
MALTA |
Mixed |
Maltese, english |
MAN, ISLE OF (UK) |
Common Law |
English, manx |
MARIANA (USA) |
Common Law |
English, + |
MARSHALL ISLANDS |
Common Law |
English |
MARTINIQUE (FR) |
Civilist |
French |
MAURITANIA |
Mixed |
Arabic, + |
MAURITIUS |
Mixed |
English, french |
MAYOTTE ISLAND (FR) |
Civilist |
French |
MEXICO |
Civilist |
Spanish |
MICRONESIA |
Mixed |
English, + |
MOLDOVA |
Civilist |
Romanian (Moldovan) |
MONACO |
Civilist |
French |
MONGOLIA |
Mixed |
Mongol |
MONTSERRAT (UK) |
Common Law |
English |
MONTENEGRO |
Civilist |
Serbian |
MOROCCO |
Mixed |
Arabic, + |
MOZAMBIQUE |
Mixed |
Portuguese |
MYANMAR |
Mixed |
Burmese |
NAMIBIA |
Mixed |
English, + |
NAURU |
Common law |
Nauruan, english |
NEPAL |
Mixed |
Nepali |
NETHERLANDS (NL) |
Civilist |
Dutch |
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES (NL) |
Civilist |
Dutch |
NEW CALEDONIA (FR) |
Civilist |
French |
NEW ZEALAND (NZ) |
Common Law |
English, + |
NICARAGUA |
Civilist |
Spanish |
NIGER |
Mixed |
French |
NIGERIA |
Mixed |
English, + |
NIUE (NZ) |
Common Law |
English, niuean |
NORFOLK (AU) |
Common Law |
English |
NORTHERN IRELAND (UK) |
Common Law |
English, + |
NORWAY |
Civilist |
Norwegian |
OMAN |
Mixed |
Arabic |
PAKISTAN |
Mixed |
Urdu, english |
PALAU |
Common Law |
English, + |
PALESTINE |
Mixed |
Arabic |
PANAMA |
Civilist |
Spanish |
PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
Mixed |
Anglais, + |
PARAGUAY |
Civilist |
Spanish, guarani |
PERU |
Civilist |
Spanish, + |
PHILIPPINES |
Mixed |
Tagalog (filipino), english |
PITCAIRN ISLANDS (UK) |
Common Law |
English |
POLAND |
Civilist |
Polish |
PORTUGAL (PG) |
Civilist |
Portuguese |
PUERTO RICO (ASS. USA) |
Mixed |
Spanish, english |
QATAR |
Mixed |
Arabic |
QUEBEC (CD) |
Mixed |
French, english |
REUNION ISLANDS (FR) |
Civilist |
French |
ROMANIA |
Civilist |
Romanian |
RUSSIA |
Civilist |
Russian, + |
RWANDA |
Mixed |
Kinyarwanda, french, english |
SAINT-BARTHELEMY (FR) |
Civilist |
French |
SAINT HELENA (UK) |
Common Law |
English |
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS |
Common Law |
English |
SAINT LUCIA |
Mixed |
English |
SAINT MARTIN (FR) |
Civilist |
French |
SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON (FR) |
Civilist |
French |
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRANADINES |
Common Law |
English |
SAN MARINO |
Civilist |
Italian |
SAMOA |
Mixed |
English, Samoan |
SAO TOMÉ AND PRINCIPE |
Mixed |
Portuguese |
SAUDI ARABIA |
Muslim |
Arabic |
SCOTLAND (UK) |
Mixed |
English, + |
SENEGAL |
Mixed |
French |
SERBIA |
Civilist |
Serbian |
SEYCHELLES |
Mixed |
Creole, english, french |
SIERRA LEONE |
Mixed |
English |
SINGAPORE |
Mixed |
English, chinese, malay, tamil |
SLOVAKIA |
Civilist |
Slovak |
SLOVENIA |
Civilist |
Slovenian |
SOLOMON ISLANDS |
Mixed |
English |
SOMALIA |
Mixed |
Somali |
SOUTH AFRICA |
Mixed |
English, Africaans, + |
SOUTH GEORGIA AND SANDWICH ISLANDS (UK) |
Common law |
English |
SPAIN (SP) |
Civilist |
Spanish, + |
SRI LANKA |
Mixed |
Sinhala, tamil |
SUDAN |
Mixed |
Arabic |
SURINAME |
Civilist |
Dutch |
SWAZILAND |
Mixed |
Swati, english |
SWEDEN |
Civilist |
Swedish |
SWITZERLAND |
Civilist |
German, french, italian, + |
SYRIA |
Mixed |
Arabic |
TAIWAN |
Mixed |
Chinese |
TAJIKISTAN |
Civilist |
Tajik (farsi) |
TANZANIA |
Mixed |
Swahili, english |
THAILAND |
Civilist |
Thai |
TIMOR-LESTE |
Mixed |
Portuguese, tetum |
TOGO |
Mixed |
French |
TOKELAU (NZ) |
Common Law |
Tokelauan, english |
TONGA |
Common Law |
English, tongan |
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO |
Common Law |
English |
TUNISIA |
Mixed |
Arabic |
TURKEY |
Civilist |
Turkish |
TURKMENISTAN |
Civilist |
Turkmen, russian |
TURKS AND CAICOS |
Common Law |
English |
TUVALU |
Common Law |
English, tuvaluan |
UGANDA |
Mixed |
English |
UKRAINE |
Civilist |
Ukrainian, + |
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
Mixed |
Arabic |
UNITED KINGDOM (UK) (minus SCOTLAND, JERSEY and GUERNSEY) |
Common Law |
English, + |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA) (minus LOUISIANA) |
Common Law |
English |
URUGUAY |
Civilist |
Spanish |
UZBEKISTAN |
Civilist |
Uzbek, + |
VANUATU |
Mixed |
English, bislama, french |
VENEZUELA |
Civilist |
Spanish |
VIETNAM |
Civilist |
Vietnamese |
VIRGIN ISLANDS (USA) |
Common Law |
English |
VIRGIN ISLANDS (UK) |
Common Law |
English |
WALLIS AND FUTUNA (FR) |
Civilist |
French |
WESTERN SAMOA |
Mixed |
English, samoan |
YEMEN |
Mixed |
Arabic |
ZAMBIA |
Mixed |
English |
ZIMBABWE |
Mixed |
English |