anic laws as of July 1999; open, adversarial
court system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Vietnam:
based on communist legal theory and French civil law system

Virgin Islands:
based on US laws

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

Wallis and Futuna:
French legal system

World:
all members of the UN plus Switzerland are parties to the
statute that established the International Court of Justice (ICJ) or
World Court

Yemen:
based on Islamic law, Turkish law, English common law, and
local tribal customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction

Yugoslavia:
based on civil law system

Zambia:
based on English common law and customary law; judicial
review of legislative acts in an ad hoc constitutional council; has
not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Zimbabwe:
mixture of Roman-Dutch and English common law

Taiwan:
based on civil law system; accepts compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction, with reservations

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@Legislative branch

Afghanistan:
non-functioning as of June 1993

Albania:
unicameral People's Assembly or Kuvendi Popullor (155
seats; most members are elected by direct popular vote and some by
proportional vote for four-year terms)

elections: last held 29 June 1997 (next held 24 June 2001, 2nd
round 8 July 2001)

election results: percent of vote by party - PS 53.36%, PD 25.33%,
PSD 2.5%, PBDNJ 2.78%, PBK 2.36%, PAD 2.85%, PR 2.25%, PLL 3.09%,
PDK 1.00%, PBSD 0.84%; seats by party - PS 101, PD 27, PSD 8, PBDNJ
4, PBK 3, PAD 2, PR 2, PLL 2, PDK 1, PBSD 1, PUK 1, independents 3

Algeria:
bicameral Parliament consists of the National People's
Assembly or Al-Majlis Ech-Chaabi Al-Watani (380 seats; members
elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) and the Council of
Nations (144 seats; one-third of the members appointed by the
president, two-thirds elected by indirect vote; members serve
six-year terms; the constitution requires half the council to be
renewed every three years)

elections: National People's Assembly - last held 5 June 1997 (next
to be held NA 2002); Council of Nations - last held 30 December 2000
(next to be held NA 2003)

election results: National People's Assembly - percent of vote by
party - RND 40.8%, MSP 18.2%, FLN 16.8%, Nahda Movement 8.9%, FFS
5%, RCD 5%