mmon law, tribal law, and Islamic law;
judicial review in High Court; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction,
with reservations; constitutional amendment of 1982 making Kenya a
de jure one-party state repealed in 1991

Kingman Reef:
the laws of the US, where applicable, apply

Kiribati:
NA

Korea, North:
based on German civil law system with Japanese
influences and Communist legal theory; no judicial review of
legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Korea, South:
combines elements of continental European civil law
systems, Anglo-American law, and Chinese classical thought

Kuwait:
civil law system with Islamic law significant in personal
matters; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Kyrgyzstan:
based on civil law system

Laos:
based on traditional customs, French legal norms and
procedures, and Socialist practice

Latvia:
based on civil law system

Lebanon:
mixture of Ottoman law, canon law, Napoleonic code, and
civil law; no judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Lesotho:
based on English common law and Roman-Dutch law; judicial
review of legislative acts in High Court and Court of Appeal; has
not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Liberia:
dual system of statutory law based on Anglo-American common
law for the modern sector and customary law based on unwritten
tribal practices for indigenous sector

Libya:
based on Italian civil law system and Islamic law; separate
religious courts; no constitutional provision for judicial review of
legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Liechtenstein:
local civil and penal codes; accepts compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction, with reservations

Lithuania:
based on civil law system; no judicial review of
legislative acts

Luxembourg:
based on civil law system; accepts compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction

Macau:
based on Portuguese civil law system

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
based on civil law
system; judicial review of legislative acts

Madagascar:
based on French civil law system and traditional
Malagasy law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Malawi:
based on English common law and customary law; judicial
review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court of Appeal; has not
accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Malaysia:
based on English common