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	Legal system (2002)	Legal system (2003)
Comoros	French and Muslim law in a new consolidated code	French and Sharia (Islamic) law in a new consolidated code
East Timor	NA	UN-drafted legal system based on Indonesian law (2002)
Holy See (Vatican City)	based on canon law and revisions to it	based on Code of Canon Law and revisions to it
Iraq	based on Islamic law in special religious courts, civil law system elsewhere; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction	in transition following April 2003 defeat of SADDAM Husayn regime by US-led coalition
Japan	modeled after European civil law system with English-American influence; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations	modeled after European civil law system with English-American influence; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
Jersey	English law and local statute	English law and local statute; justice is administered by the Royal Court
Laos	based on traditional customs, French legal norms and procedures, and Socialist practice	based on traditional customs, French legal norms and procedures, and socialist practice
Mongolia	blend of Russian, Chinese, Turkish, and Western systems of law that combines aspects of a parliamentary system with some aspects of a presidential system; constitution ambiguous on judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction	blend of Soviet, German, and US systems of law that combines aspects of a parliamentary system with some aspects of a presidential system; constitution ambiguous on judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
New Zealand	based on English law, with special land legislation and land courts for Maoris; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations	based on English law, with special land legislation and land courts for the Maori; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
Poland	mixture of Continental (Napoleonic) civil law and holdover Communist legal theory; changes being gradually introduced as part of broader democratization process; limited judicial review of legislative acts although under the new constitution, the Constitutional Tribunal ruling will become final as of October 1999; court decisions can be appealed to the European Court of Justice in Strasbourg	mixture of Continental (Napoleonic) civil law and holdover Communist legal theory; changes being gradually introduced as part of broader democratization process; limited judicial review of legislative acts, but rulings of the Constitutional Tribunal are final; court decisions can be appealed to the European Court of Justice in Strasbourg
Puerto Rico	based on Spanish civil code and adapted US state laws	based on Spanish civil code and within the US Federal system of justice
United Kingdom	common law tradition with early Roman and modern continental influences; no judicial review of Acts of Parliament; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations; British courts and legislation are increasingly subject to review by European Union courts	common law tradition with early Roman and modern continental influences; has judicial review of Acts of Parliament under the Human Rights Act of 1998; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

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