r Muslims, Islamic Shari'a
law supersedes civil law in a number of areas

Bulgaria:
civil law and criminal law based on Roman law; accepts
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Burkina Faso:
based on French civil law system and customary law

Burma:
has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Burundi:
based on German and Belgian civil codes and customary law;
has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Cambodia:
primarily a civil law mixture of French-influenced codes
from the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC)
period, royal decrees, and acts of the legislature, with influences
of customary law and remnants of communist legal theory; increasing
influence of common law in recent years

Cameroon:
based on French civil law system, with common law
influence; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Canada:
based on English common law, except in Quebec, where civil
law system based on French law prevails; accepts compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction, with reservations

Cape Verde:
derived from the legal system of Portugal

Cayman Islands:
British common law and local statutes

Central African Republic:
based on French law

Chad:
based on French civil law system and Chadian customary law;
has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Chile:
based on Code 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

China:
a complex amalgam of custom and statute, largely criminal
law; rudimentary civil code in effect since 1 January 1987; new
legal codes in effect since 1 January 1980; continuing efforts are
being made to improve civil, administrative, criminal, and
commercial law

Christmas Island:
under the authority of the governor general of
Australia and Australian law

Clipperton Island:
the laws of France, where applicable, apply

Cocos (Keeling) Islands:
based upon the laws of Australia and local
laws

Colombia:
based on Spanish law; a new criminal code modeled after US
procedures was enacted in 1992-93; judicial review of executive and
legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with
reservations

Comoros:
French and Muslim law in a new consolidated code

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:
based on Belgian civil law system
and tribal