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English common law; no judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
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based on civil law system influenced by English constitutional theory; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
www.exxun.com/Belgium/d_gv.html
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based on Roman-Dutch law and local customary law; judicial review limited to matters of interpretation; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
www.exxun.com/Botswana/d_gv.html
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... of 1857 derived from Spanish law and subsequent codes influenced by French and Austrian law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; note - in ...
www.exxun.com/Chile/d_gv.html
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... on civil law system; derived from Soviet and continental civil code legal principles; legislature retains power to interpret statutes; constitution ambiguous on judicial review of legislation; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/China/d_gv.html
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... criminal code modeled after US procedures was enacted into law in 2004 and reached full implemention in January 2008; judicial review of executive and legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/Colombia/d_gv.html
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based on Spanish civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; has accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/CostaRica/d_gv.html
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... four chambers: Judicial Chamber for criminal cases, Audit Chamber for financial cases, Constitutional Chamber for judicial review cases, and Administrative Chamber for civil cases; there is no legal limit to the number ...
www.exxun.com/Cote_d_Ivoire/d_gv.html
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civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
www.exxun.com/Denmark/d_gv.html
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based on Islamic and civil law (particularly Napoleonic codes); judicial review by Supreme Court and Council of State (oversees validity of administrative decisions); accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
www.exxun.com/Egypt/d_gv.html
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based on civil and Roman law with traces of common law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/ElSalvador/d_gv.html
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civil law system based on Swedish law; the president may request the Supreme Court to review laws; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
www.exxun.com/Finland/d_gv.html
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civil law system with indigenous concepts; review of administrative but not legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/France/d_gv.html
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based on French civil law system and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/Gabon/d_gv.html
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civil law system with indigenous concepts; judicial review of legislative acts in the Federal Constitutional Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/Germany/d_gv.html
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civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/Guatemala/d_gv.html
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based on English common law; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; separate personal law codes apply to Muslims, Christians, and Hindus
www.exxun.com/India/d_gv.html
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ratified on 15 October 2005 (subject to review by the Constitutional Review Committee and a possible public referendum )
www.exxun.com/Iraq/d_gv.html
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based on English common law, substantially modified by indigenous concepts; judicial review of legislative acts in Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/Ireland/d_gv.html
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based on civil law system; appeals treated as new trials; judicial review under certain conditions in Constitutional Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/Italy/d_gv.html
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modeled after German civil law system with English-American influence; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
www.exxun.com/Japan/d_gv.html
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based on Islamic law and French codes; judicial review of legislative acts in a specially provided High Tribunal; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/Jordan/d_gv.html
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... campaign centered on an anticorruption platform. KIBAKI's NARC coalition splintered in 2005 over the constitutional review process. Government defectors joined with KANU to form a new opposition coalition, the Orange Democratic ...
www.exxun.com/Kenya/a_fg.html
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... based on Kenyan statutory law, Kenyan and English common law, tribal law, and Islamic law; judicial review in High Court; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; constitutional amendment of 1982 making Kenya ...
www.exxun.com/Kenya/d_gv.html
