the Antarctic Treaty. For more
information, contact Permit Office, Office of Polar Programs,
National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia 22230; telephone:
(703) 292-8030, or see their website at www.nsf.gov.

Antigua and Barbuda:
based on English common law

Argentina:
mixture of US and West European legal systems; has not
accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Armenia:
based on civil law system

Aruba:
based on Dutch civil law system, with some English common law
influence

Ashmore and Cartier Islands:
the laws of the Northern Territory of
Australia, where applicable, apply

Australia:
based on English common law; accepts compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction, with reservations

Austria:
civil law system with Roman law origin; judicial review of
legislative acts by the Constitutional Court; separate
administrative and civil/penal supreme courts; has not accepted
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Azerbaijan:
based on civil law system

Bahamas, The:
based on English common law

Bahrain:
based on Islamic law and English common law

Baker Island:
the laws of the US, where applicable, apply

Bangladesh:
based on English common law

Barbados:
English common law; no judicial review of legislative acts

Bassas da India:
the laws of France, where applicable, apply

Belarus:
based on civil law system

Belgium:
civil law system influenced by English constitutional
theory; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction, with reservations

Belize:
English law

Benin:
based on French civil law and customary law; has not accepted
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Bermuda:
English law

Bhutan:
based on Indian law and English common law; has not accepted
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Bolivia:
based on Spanish law and Napoleonic Code; has not accepted
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Bosnia and Herzegovina:
based on civil law system

Botswana:
based on Roman-Dutch law and local customary law; judicial
review limited to matters of interpretation; has not accepted
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Bouvet Island:
the laws of Norway, where applicable, apply

Brazil:
based on Roman codes; has not accepted compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction

British Indian Ocean Territory:
the laws of the UK, where
applicable, apply

British Virgin Islands:
English law

Brunei:
based on English common law; fo