iew of legislative acts in Supreme Court of Justice

Peru:
based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction

Philippines:
based on Spanish and Anglo-American law; accepts
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

Pitcairn Islands:
local island by-laws

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

Portugal:
civil law system; the Constitutional Tribunal reviews the
constitutionality of legislation; accepts compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction, with reservations

Puerto Rico:
based on Spanish civil code

Qatar:
discretionary system of law controlled by the amir, although
civil codes are being implemented; Islamic law is significant in
personal matters

Reunion:
French law

Romania:
former mixture of civil law system and communist legal
theory; is now based on the constitution of France's Fifth Republic

Russia:
based on civil law system; judicial review of legislative
acts

Rwanda:
based on German and Belgian civil law systems and customary
law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; has
not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Saint Helena:
NA

Saint Kitts and Nevis:
based on English common law

Saint Lucia:
based on English common law

Saint Pierre and Miquelon:
French law with special adaptations for
local conditions, such as housing and taxation

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
based on English common law

Samoa:
based on English common law and local customs; judicial
review of legislative acts with respect to fundamental rights of the
citizen; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

San Marino:
based on civil law system with Italian law influences;
has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Sao Tome and Principe:
based on Portuguese legal system and
customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Saudi Arabia:
based on Islamic law, several secular codes have been
introduced; commercial disputes handled by special committees; has
not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

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