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France
Civil law · Europe
United Kingdom
Common law · Europe
United States
Common law · North America
Australia
Common law · Oceania
Brazil
Civil law · South America
Canada
Mixed system · North America
Germany
Civil law · Europe
India
Common law · Asia
Japan
Civil law · Asia
Singapore
Common law · Asia
United Arab Emirates
Mixed system · Middle East
Afghanistan
Religious / Sharia · Asia
Albania
Civil law · Europe
Algeria
Mixed system · Africa
Andorra
Civil law · Europe
Angola
Civil law · Africa
Antigua and Barbuda
Common law · North America
Argentina
Civil law · South America
Armenia
Civil law · Asia
Austria
Civil law · Europe
Azerbaijan
Civil law · Asia
Bahamas
Common law · North America
Bahrain
Mixed system · Middle East
Bangladesh
Common law · Asia
Barbados
Common law · North America
Belarus
Civil law · Europe
Belgium
Civil law · Europe
Belize
Common law · North America
Benin
Civil law · Africa
Bhutan
Mixed system · Asia
Bolivia
Civil law · South America
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Civil law · Europe
Botswana
Mixed system · Africa
Brunei
Mixed system · Asia
Bulgaria
Civil law · Europe
Burkina Faso
Civil law · Africa
Burundi
Civil law · Africa
Cambodia
Civil law · Asia
Cameroon
Mixed system · Africa
Cape Verde
Civil law · Africa
Central African Republic
Civil law · Africa
Chad
Civil law · Africa
Chile
Civil law · South America
China
Civil law · Asia
Colombia
Civil law · South America
Comoros
Mixed system · Africa
Costa Rica
Civil law · North America
Côte d'Ivoire
Civil law · Africa
Croatia
Civil law · Europe
Cuba
Civil law · North America
Cyprus
Mixed system · Europe
Czechia
Civil law · Europe
Denmark
Civil law · Europe
Djibouti
Mixed system · Africa
Dominica
Common law · North America
Dominican Republic
Civil law · North America
DR Congo
Civil law · Africa
Ecuador
Civil law · South America
Egypt
Mixed system · Africa
El Salvador
Civil law · North America
Equatorial Guinea
Civil law · Africa
Eritrea
Civil law · Africa
Estonia
Civil law · Europe
Eswatini
Customary law · Africa
Ethiopia
Civil law · Africa
Fiji
Common law · Oceania
Finland
Civil law · Europe
Gabon
Civil law · Africa
Gambia
Mixed system · Africa
Georgia
Civil law · Asia
Ghana
Common law · Africa
Greece
Civil law · Europe
Grenada
Common law · North America
Guatemala
Civil law · North America
Guinea
Civil law · Africa
Guinea-Bissau
Civil law · Africa
Guyana
Common law · South America
Haiti
Civil law · North America
Honduras
Civil law · North America
Hungary
Civil law · Europe
Iceland
Civil law · Europe
Indonesia
Civil law · Asia
Iran
Religious / Sharia · Middle East
Iraq
Civil law · Middle East
Ireland
Common law · Europe
Israel
Mixed system · Middle East
Italy
Civil law · Europe
Jamaica
Common law · North America
Jordan
Mixed system · Middle East
Kazakhstan
Civil law · Asia
Kenya
Common law · Africa
Kiribati
Common law · Oceania
Kosovo
Civil law · Europe
Kuwait
Mixed system · Middle East
Kyrgyzstan
Civil law · Asia
Laos
Civil law · Asia
Latvia
Civil law · Europe
Lebanon
Civil law · Middle East
Lesotho
Customary law · Africa
Liberia
Common law · Africa
Libya
Mixed system · Africa
Liechtenstein
Civil law · Europe
Lithuania
Civil law · Europe
Luxembourg
Civil law · Europe
Madagascar
Civil law · Africa
Malawi
Common law · Africa
Malaysia
Mixed system · Asia
Maldives
Religious / Sharia · Asia
Mali
Civil law · Africa
Malta
Mixed system · Europe
Marshall Islands
Customary law · Oceania
Mauritania
Religious / Sharia · Africa
Mauritius
Mixed system · Africa
Mexico
Civil law · North America
Micronesia
Customary law · Oceania
Moldova
Civil law · Europe
Monaco
Civil law · Europe
Mongolia
Civil law · Asia
Montenegro
Civil law · Europe
Morocco
Mixed system · Africa
Mozambique
Civil law · Africa
Myanmar
Common law · Asia
Namibia
Mixed system · Africa
Nauru
Common law · Oceania
Nepal
Mixed system · Asia
Netherlands
Civil law · Europe
New Zealand
Common law · Oceania
Nicaragua
Civil law · North America
Niger
Civil law · Africa
Nigeria
Mixed system · Africa
North Korea
Civil law · Asia
North Macedonia
Civil law · Europe
Norway
Civil law · Europe
Oman
Mixed system · Middle East
Pakistan
Mixed system · Asia
Palau
Common law · Oceania
Panama
Civil law · North America
Papua New Guinea
Customary law · Oceania
Paraguay
Civil law · South America
Peru
Civil law · South America
Philippines
Mixed system · Asia
Poland
Civil law · Europe
Portugal
Civil law · Europe
Qatar
Mixed system · Middle East
Republic of the Congo
Civil law · Africa
Romania
Civil law · Europe
Russia
Civil law · Europe
Rwanda
Mixed system · Africa
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Common law · North America
Saint Lucia
Mixed system · North America
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Common law · North America
Samoa
Customary law · Oceania
San Marino
Civil law · Europe
São Tomé and Príncipe
Civil law · Africa
Saudi Arabia
Religious / Sharia · Middle East
Senegal
Civil law · Africa
Serbia
Civil law · Europe
Seychelles
Mixed system · Africa
Sierra Leone
Common law · Africa
Slovakia
Civil law · Europe
Slovenia
Civil law · Europe
Solomon Islands
Customary law · Oceania
Somalia
Mixed system · Africa
South Africa
Mixed system · Africa
South Korea
Civil law · Asia
South Sudan
Common law · Africa
Spain
Civil law · Europe
Sri Lanka
Mixed system · Asia
Sudan
Mixed system · Africa
Suriname
Civil law · South America
Sweden
Civil law · Europe
Switzerland
Civil law · Europe
Syria
Mixed system · Middle East
Tajikistan
Civil law · Asia
Tanzania
Common law · Africa
Thailand
Civil law · Asia
Timor-Leste
Civil law · Asia
Togo
Civil law · Africa
Tonga
Customary law · Oceania
Trinidad and Tobago
Common law · North America
Tunisia
Mixed system · Africa
Turkey
Civil law · Middle East
Turkmenistan
Civil law · Asia
Tuvalu
Common law · Oceania
Uganda
Common law · Africa
Ukraine
Civil law · Europe
Uruguay
Civil law · South America
Uzbekistan
Civil law · Asia
Vanuatu
Customary law · Oceania
Vatican City
Religious / Sharia · Europe
Venezuela
Civil law · South America
Vietnam
Civil law · Asia
Yemen
Mixed system · Middle East
Zambia
Common law · Africa
Zimbabwe
Mixed system · Africa
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