POLITICAL ENTITIES |
LEGAL SYSTEMS |
MIXED SYSTEMS COMPONENTS |
| AFGHANISTAN |
Muslim |
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| ALBANIA |
Civil law |
|
| ALGERIA |
Mixed |
Civil law/Muslim |
| ANDORRA |
Customary |
|
| ANGOLA |
Civil law |
|
| ANGUILLA (UK) |
Common law |
|
| ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA |
Common law |
|
| ARGENTINA |
Civil law |
|
| ARMENIA |
Civil law |
|
| ARUBA (NL) |
Civil law |
|
| AUSTRALIA (AU) |
Common law |
|
| AUSTRIA |
Civil law |
|
| AZERBAIJAN |
Civil law |
|
| AZORES (PG) |
Civil law |
|
| BAHAMAS |
Common law |
|
| BAHRAIN |
Mixed |
Muslim/Civil law/Common law/Customary law |
| BANGLADESH |
Mixed |
Muslim/Common law |
| BARBADOS |
Common law |
|
| BELARUS |
Civil law |
|
| BELGIUM |
Civil law |
|
| BELIZE |
Common law |
|
| BENIN |
Civil law |
|
| BERMUDA (UK) |
Common law |
|
| BHUTAN |
Mixed |
Customary/Common law |
| BOLIVIA |
Civil law |
|
| BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA |
Civil law |
|
| BOTSWANA |
Mixed |
Civil law/Common law |
| BRAZIL |
Civil law |
|
| BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY (UK) |
Common law |
|
| BRITISH TERRITORIES OF ANTARTICA (UK) |
Common law |
|
| BRUNEI |
Mixed |
Muslim/Common law/Customary |
| BULGARIA |
Civil law |
|
| BURKINA FASO |
Mixed |
Civil law/Customary |
| BURUNDI |
Mixed |
Civil law/Customary |
| CAMBODIA |
Civil law |
|
| CAMEROON |
Mixed |
Civil law/Common law/Customary |
| CANADA (CD) (minus QUEBEC) |
Common law |
|
| CANARY ISLANDS (SP) |
Civil law |
|
| CAPE VERDE |
Civil law |
|
| CAYMANS- (UK) |
Common law |
|
| CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC |
Civil law |
|
| CHAD |
Mixed |
Civil law/Customary |
| CHILE |
Civil law |
|
| CHINA (CN) (minus H-K and MACAU) |
Mixed |
Civil law/Customary |
| COLOMBIA |
Civil law |
|
| COMOROS |
Mixed |
Civil law/Muslim |
| CONGO |
Mixed |
Civil law/Customary |
CONGO, POPULAR DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF |
Mixed |
Civil law/Customary |
| COOK ISLANDS (NZ) |
Common law |
|
| COSTA RICA |
Civil law |
|
| COTE D'IVOIRE |
Mixed |
Civil law/Customary |
| CROATIA |
Civil law |
|
| CUBA |
Civil law |
|
| CYPRUS |
Mixed |
Common law/Civil law |
| CZECH REPUBLIC |
Civil law |
|
| DENMARK (DK) |
Civil law |
|
| DJIBOUTI |
Mixed |
Civil law/Muslim/Customary |
| DOMINICA |
Common law |
|
| DOMINICAN REPUBLIC |
Civil law |
|
| EAST TIMOR |
Mixed |
Civil law/Muslim/Customary |
| ECUADOR |
Civil law |
|
| EGYPT |
Mixed |
Muslim/Civil law |
| EL SALVADOR |
Civil law |
|
| EQUATORIAL GUINEA |
Mixed |
Civil law/Customary |
| ERITREA |
Mixed |
Civil law/Customary/Muslim |
| ESTONIA |
Civil law |
|
| ETHIOPIA |
Mixed |
Civil law/Customary |
| FAROE ISLANDS (DK) |
Civil law |
|
| FIJI ISLANDS |
Common law |
|
| FINLAND |
Civil law |
|
| FRANCE (FR) |
Civil law |
|
| FRENCH GUYANA (FR) |
Civil law |
|
| FRENCH POLYNESIA (FR) |
Civil law |
|
| FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LANDS (FR) |
Civil law |
|
| GABON |
Mixed |
Civil law/Customary |
| GAMBIA |
Mixed |
Muslim/Common law/Customary |
| GEORGIA |
Civil law |
|
| GERMANY |
Civil law |
|
| GHANA |
Mixed |
Common law/Customary |
| GIBRALTAR (UK) |
Common law |
|
| GREECE |
Civil law |
|
| GRENADA |
Common law |
|
| GREENLAND (DK) |
Civil law |
|
| GUADELOUPE (FR) |
Civil law |
|
| GUAM (USA) |
Common law |
|
| GUATEMALA |
Civil law |
|
| GUERNSEY (UK) |
Customary |
|
| GUINEA |
Mixed |
Civil law/Customary |
| GUINEA-BISSAU |
Mixed |
Civil law/Customary |
| GUYANA |
Mixed |
Common law/Civil law |
| HAITI |
Civil law |
|
| HAWAII (USA) |
Common law |
|
| HONDURAS |
Civil law |
|
| HONG KONG (CN) |
Mixed |
Common law/Customary |
| HUNGARY |
Civil law |
|
| ICELAND |
Civil law |
|
| INDIA |
Mixed |
Common law/Muslim/Customary |
| INDONESIA |
Mixed |
Civil law/Muslim/Customary |
| IRAN |
Mixed |
Muslim/Civil law |
| IRAQ |
Mixed |
Civil law/Muslim |
| IRELAND |
Common law |
|
| ISRAEL |
Mixed |
Civil law/Common law/Jewish/Muslim |
| ITALY |
Civil law |
|
| JAMAICA |
Common law |
|
| JAPAN |
Mixed |
Civil law/Customary |
| JERSEY (UK) |
Customary |
|
| JORDAN |
Mixed |
Civil law/Muslim/Customary |
| KAZAKHSTAN |
Civil law |
|
| KENYA |
Mixed |
Common law/Customary /Muslim |
| KIRIBATI |
Common law |
|
| KOREA NORTH |
Mixed |
Civil law/Customary |
| KOREA SOUTH |
Mixed |
Civil law/Customary |
| KUWAIT |
Mixed |
Muslim/Civil law/Customary |
| KYRGYZSTAN |
Civil law |
|
| LAOS |
Civil law |
|
| LATVIA |
Civil law |
|
| LEBANON |
Mixed |
Civil law/Muslim |
| LESOTHO |
Mixed |
Common law/Civil law/Customary |
| LIBERIA |
Mixed |
Common law/Customary |
| LIBYA |
Mixed |
Muslim/Civil law |
| LIECHTENSTEIN |
Civil law |
|
| LITHUANIA |
Civil law |
|
| LOUISIANA (USA) |
Mixed |
Civil law/Common law |
| LUXEMBOURG |
Civil law |
|
| MACAU (CN) |
Civil law |
|
| MACEDONIA (FYROM) |
Civil law |
|
| MADAGASCAR |
Mixed |
Civil law/Customary |
| MADEIRA (PG) |
Civil law |
|
| MALAWI |
Mixed |
Common law/Customary |
| MALAYSIA |
Mixed |
Muslim/Common law/Customary |
| MALDIVES ISLANDS |
Muslim |
|
| MALI |
Mixed |
Civil law/Customary |
| MALOUINES/FALKLAND ISLES (UK) |
Common law |
|
| MALTA |
Mixed |
Civil law/Common law |
| MAN ISLE OF (UK) |
Common law |
|
| MARIANA (USA) |
Common law |
|
| MARSHALL ISLANDS |
Common law |
|
| MARTINIQUE (FR) |
Civil law |
|
| MAURITANIA |
Mixed |
Muslim/Civil law |
| MAURITIUS |
Mixed |
Civil law/Common law |
| MAYOTTE ISLAND (FR) |
Civil law |
|
| MEXICO |
Civil law |
|
| MICRONESIA |
Mixed |
Common law/Customary |
| MOLDOVA |
Civil law |
|
| MONACO |
Civil law |
|
| MONGOLIA |
Mixed |
Customary/Civil law |
| MONTSERRAT (UK) |
Common law |
|
| MONTENEGRO |
Civil law |
|
| MOROCCO |
Mixed |
Muslim/Civil law |
| MOZAMBIQUE |
Mixed |
Customary/Civil law |
| MYANMAR |
Mixed |
Common law/Customary |
| NAMIBIA |
Mixed |
Common law/Civil law |
| NAURU |
Common law |
|
| NEPAL |
Mixed |
Common law/Customary |
| NETHERLANDS (NL) |
Civil law |
|
| NETHERLANDS ANTILLES (NL) |
Civil law |
|
| NEW CALEDONIA (FR) |
Civil law |
|
| NEW ZEALAND (NZ) |
Common law |
|
| NICARAGUA |
Civil law |
|
| NIGER |
Mixed |
Civil law/Customary |
| NIGERIA |
Mixed |
Common law/Muslim/Customary |
| NIUE ISLAND (NZ) |
Common law |
|
| NORFOLK ISLAND (AU) |
Common law |
|
| NORTHERN IRELAND (UK) |
Common law |
|
| NORWAY |
Civil law |
|
| OMAN |
Mixed |
Muslim/Customary/Civil law |
| PAKISTAN |
Mixed |
Muslim/Common law |
| PALAU |
Common law |
|
| PALESTINE |
Mixed |
Civil law/Muslim |
| PANAMA |
Civil law |
|
| PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
Mixed |
Customary/Common law |
| PARAGUAY |
Civil law |
|
| PERU |
Civil law |
|
| PHILIPPINES |
Mixed |
Common law/Civil law |
| PITCAIRN (UK) |
Common law |
|
| POLAND |
Civil law |
|
| PORTO RICO (ASS. USA) |
Mixed |
Civil law/Common law |
| PORTUGAL (PG) |
Civil law |
|
| QATAR |
Mixed |
Muslim/Civil law/Common law/Customary |
| QUEBEC (CD) |
Mixed |
Civil law/Common law |
| REUNION ISLAND (FR) |
Civil law |
|
| ROMANIA |
Civil law |
|
| RUSSIA |
Civil law |
|
| RWANDA |
Mixed |
Civil law/Customary |
| SAINT-BARTHELEMY (FR) |
Civil law |
|
| SAINT HELENA (UK) |
Common law |
|
| SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS |
Common law |
|
| SAINT LUCIA |
Mixed |
Civil law/Common law |
| SAINT MARTIN (FR) |
Civil law |
|
| SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON (FR) |
Civil law |
|
| SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRANADINES |
Common law |
|
| SAMOA |
Mixed |
Common law/Customary |
| SAMOA, AMERICAN (USA) |
Common law |
|
| SAN MARINO |
Civil law |
|
| SAO TOMÉ AND PRINCIPE |
Mixed |
Civil law/Customary |
| SAUDI ARABIA |
Muslim |
|
| SCOTLAND (UK) |
Mixed |
Civil law/Common law |
| SENEGAL |
Mixed |
Civil law/Customary |
| SERBIA |
Civil law |
|
| SEYCHELLES |
Mixed |
Common law/Civil law |
| SIERRA LEONE |
Mixed |
Common law/Customary |
| SINGAPORE |
Mixed |
Common law/Muslim |
| SLOVAKIA |
Civil law |
|
| SLOVENIA |
Civil law |
|
| SOLOMON ISLANDS |
Mixed |
Common law/Customary |
| SOMALIA |
Mixed |
Muslim/Civil law/Common law/Customary |
| SOUTH AFRICA |
Mixed |
Civil law/Common law |
| SOUTH GEORGIA AND SANDWICH ISLANDS (UK) |
Common law |
|
| SPAIN (SP) |
Civil law |
|
| SRI LANKA |
Mixed |
Civil law/Common law/Customary |
| SUDAN |
Mixed |
Muslim/Common law |
| SURINAME |
Civil law |
|
| SWAZILAND |
Mixed |
Civil law/Customary |
| SWEDEN |
Civil law |
|
| SWITZERLAND |
Civil law |
|
| SYRIA |
Mixed |
Civil law/Muslim |
| TAIWAN |
Mixed |
Civil law/Customary |
| TAJIKISTAN |
Civil law |
|
| TANZANIA |
Mixed |
Common law/Customary |
| THAILAND |
Civil law |
|
| TOGO |
Mixed |
Civil law/Customary |
| TOKELAU (NZ) |
Common law |
|
| TONGA |
Common law |
|
| TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO |
Common law |
|
| TUNISIA |
Mixed |
Civil law/Muslim |
| TURKEY |
Civil law |
|
| TURKMENISTAN |
Civil law |
|
| TURKS AND CAICOS (UK) |
Common law |
|
| TUVALU |
Common law |
|
| UGANDA |
Mixed |
Common law/Customary |
| UKRAINE |
Civil law |
|
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
Mixed |
Muslim/Customary |
| UNITED KINGDOM (UK) (minus SCOTLAND, GUERNSEY AND JERSEY) |
Common law |
|
| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA) (minus LOUISIANA) |
Common law |
|
| URUGUAY |
Civil law |
|
| UZBEKISTAN |
Civil law |
|
| VANUATU |
Mixed |
Civil law/Customary/Common law |
| VATICAN/HOLY SEE |
Civil law |
|
| VENEZUELA |
Civil law |
|
| VIETNAM |
Civil law |
|
| VIRGIN ISLANDS (USA) |
Common law |
|
| VIRGIN ISLANDS (UK) |
Common law |
|
| WALLIS AND FUTUNA (FR) |
Civil law |
|
| YEMEN |
Mixed |
Muslim/Civil law/Common law/Customary |
| ZAMBIA |
Mixed |
Common law/Customary |
| ZIMBABWE |
Mixed |
Civil law/Common law/Customary |
