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States & Legal Systems

StatesLegal Systems
AfghanistanMuslim
South AfricaCivil/Common law/Customary
AlbaniaCivil
AlgeriaCivil/Muslim
GermanyCivil
AndorraCustomary
AngolaCivil
Antigua and BarbudaCommon law
Saudi ArabiaMuslim
ArgentinaCivil
ArmeniaCivil
AustraliaCommon law
AustriaCivil
AzerbaijanCivil
BahamasCommon law
BahrainMuslim/Civil/Common law/Customary
BangladeshMuslim/Common law
BarbadosCommon law
BelarusCivil
BelgiumCivil
BelizeCommon law
BeninCivil
BhutanCustomary/Common law
BoliviaCivil
Bosnia and HerzegovinaCivil
BotswanaCivil/Common law/Customary
BrazilCivil
BruneiMuslim/Common law/Customary
BulgariaCivil
Burkina FasoCivil/Customary
BurundiCivil/Customary
CambodiaCivil
CameroonCiviliste/ Common law/Coutumier
CanadaCommon law (except Québec: Civil/Common Law)
Cap VerdeCivil
Central African RepublicCivil
ChileCivil
ChinaCivil/Customary (except Hong Kong: Common law/Customary and Macao: Civil)
CyprusCommon law/Civil
ColombiaCivil
Comoros IslandsCivil/Muslim
CongoCivil/Customary
North KoreaCivil/Customary
South KoreaCivil/Customary
Costa RicaCivil
Ivory CoastCivil/Customary
CroatiaCivil
CubaCivil
DenmarkCivil
DjiboutiCivil/Muslim/Customary
DominicaCommon law
EgyptMuslim/Civil
El SalvadorCivil
United Arab EmiratesMuslim/Customary
EcuadorCivil
EritreaCivil/Customary/Muslim
SpainCivil
EstoniaCivil
United States of AmericaCommon law (except Louisiana: Civil/Common Law)
EthiopiaCivil/Customary
FijiCommon law
FinlandCivil
FranceCivil
GabonCivil/Customary
GambiaMuslim/Common law/Customary
GeorgiaCivil
GhanaCommon law/Customary
GreeceCivil
GrenadeCommon law
GuatemalaCivil
GuineaCivil/Customary
Guinea BissauCivil/Customary
Equatorial GuineaCivil/Customary
GuyanaCommon law/Civil
HaitiCivil
HondurasCivil
HungaryCivil
IndiaCommon law/Muslim/Customary
IndonesiaCivil/Muslim/Customary
IranMuslim/Civil
IraqCivil/Muslim
IrelandCommon law
IcelandCivil
IsraelCivil/Common law/Jewish/Muslim
ItalyCivil
JamaicaCommon law
JapanCivil/Customary
JordanCivil/Muslim/Customary
KazakhstanCivil
KenyaCommon law/Customary/Muslim
KyrgyzstanCivil
KiribatiCommon law
KosovoCivil
KuwaitMuslim/Civil/Customary
LaosCivil
LesothoCommon law/Civil/Customary
LatviaCivil
LebanonCivil/Muslim
LiberiaCommon law/Customary
Libya (transition)2
LiechtensteinCivil
LithuaniaCivil
LuxembourgCivil
Macedonia (FYROM)Civil
MadagascarCivil/Customary
MalaysiaMuslim/Common law/Customary
MalawiCommon law/Customary
Maldives IslandsMuslim
MaliCivil/Customary
MaltaCivil/Common law
MoroccoMuslim/Civil
Marshall IslandsCommon law
MauritiusCivil/Common law
MauritaniaMuslim/Civil
MexicoCivil
MicronesiaCommon law/Customary
MoldovaCivil
MonacoCivil
MongoliaCivil/Customary
MontenegroCivil
MozambiqueCivil/Customary
MyanmarCommon law/Customary
NamibiaCommon law/Civil
NauruCommon law
NepalCommon law/Customary
NicaraguaCivil
NigerCivil/Customary
NigeriaCommon law/Muslim/Customary
NorwayCivil
New ZealandCommon law
OmanMuslim/Customary/Civil
UgandaCommon law/Customary
UzbekistanCivil
PakistanMuslim/Common law
PalauCommon law
Palestinian AuthorityCivil/Muslim
PanamaCivil
Papua New GuineaCustomary/Common law
ParaguayCivil
NetherlandsCivil
PeruCivil
PhilippinesCommon law/Civil
PolandCivil
PortugalCivil
QatarMuslim/Civil/Common law/Customary
Democratic Republic of the CongoCivil/Customary
Dominican RepublicCivil
Czech RepublicCivil
RomaniaCivil
United KingdomCommon law (except Scotland: Civil/Common law and Guernesey and Jersey: Customary)
RussiaCivil
RwandaCivil/Customary
Saint Kitts and NevisCommon law
San MarinoCivil
St. Vincent and the GrenadinesCommon law
St. LuciaCivil/Common law
Solomon IslandsCommon law/Customary
SamoaCommon law/Customary
Sao Tome and PrincipeCivil/Customary
SenegalCivil/Customary
SerbiaCiviliste
SeychellesCommon law/Civil
Sierra LeoneCommon law/Customary
SingaporeCommon law/Muslim
SlovakiaCivil
SloveniaCivil
Somalia (transition)3
SudanMuslim/Common law
Sudan South (transition)4
Sri LankaCivil/Common law/Customary
SwedenCivil
SwitzerlandCivil
SurinameCivil
SwazilandCivil/Customary
SyriaCivil/Muslim
TadjikistanCivil
TaiwanCivil
TanzaniaCommon law/Customary
ChadCivil/Customary
ThailandCivil
Timor LesteCivil/Muslim/Customary
TogoCivil/Customary
TongaCommon law
Trinidad and TobagoCommon law
TunisiaCivil/Muslim
TurkmenistanCivil
TurkeyCivil
TuvaluCommon law
UkraineCivil
UruguayCivil
VanuatuCivil/Customary/Common law
Vatican / Holy SeeCivil
VenezuelaCivil
VietnamCivil
YemenMuslim/Civil/Common law/Customary
ZambiaCommon law/Customary
ZimbabweCivil/Common law/Customary
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