laws of France, where applicable, apply
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):
English common law
Faroe Islands:
Danish
Fiji:
based on British system
Finland:
civil law system based on Swedish law; Supreme Court may
request legislation interpreting or modifying laws; accepts
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
France:
civil law system with indigenous concepts; review of
administrative but not legislative acts
French Guiana:
French legal system
French Polynesia:
based on French system
French Southern and Antarctic Lands:
the laws of France, where
applicable, apply
Gabon:
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
Gambia, The:
based on a composite of English common law, Koranic
law, and customary law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with
reservations
Georgia:
based on civil law system
Germany:
civil law system with indigenous concepts; judicial review
of legislative acts in the Federal Constitutional Court; has not
accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Ghana:
based on English common law and customary law; has not
accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Gibraltar:
English law
Glorioso Islands:
the laws of France, where applicable, apply
Greece:
based on codified Roman law; judiciary divided into civil,
criminal, and administrative courts
Greenland:
Danish
Grenada:
based on English common law
Guadeloupe:
French legal system
Guam:
modeled on US; US federal laws apply
Guatemala:
civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts;
has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Guernsey:
English law and local statute; justice is administered by
the Royal Court
Guinea:
based on French civil law system, customary law, and decree;
legal codes currently being revised; has not accepted compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction
Guinea-Bissau:
NA
Guyana:
based on English common law with certain admixtures of
Roman-Dutch law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Haiti:
based on Roman civil law system; accepts compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction
Heard Island and McDonald Islands:
the laws of Australia, where
applicable, apply
Holy See (Vatican City):
NA
Honduras:
rooted in Roman and Spanish civil law with increasin
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