enegal:
based on French civil law system; judicial review of
legislative acts in Constitutional Court; the Council of State
audits the government's accounting office; has not accepted
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Seychelles:
based on English common law, French civil law, and
customary law

Sierra Leone:
based on English law and customary laws indigenous to
local tribes; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Singapore:
based on English common law; has not accepted compulsory
ICJ jurisdiction

Slovakia:
civil law system based on Austro-Hungarian codes; has not
accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; legal code modified to comply
with the obligations of Organization on Security and Cooperation in
Europe (OSCE) and to expunge Marxist-Leninist legal theory

Slovenia:
based on civil law system

Solomon Islands:
English common law

Somalia:
NA

South Africa:
based on Roman-Dutch law and English common law;
accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands:
the laws of the UK,
where applicable, apply

Spain:
civil law system, with regional applications; has not
accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Sri Lanka:
a highly complex mixture of English common law,
Roman-Dutch, Muslim, Sinhalese, and customary law; has not accepted
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Sudan:
based on English common law and Islamic law; as of 20 January
1991, the now defunct Revolutionary Command Council imposed Islamic
law in the northern states; Islamic law applies to all residents of
the northern states regardless of their religion; some separate
religious courts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with
reservations

Suriname:
based on Dutch legal system incorporating French penal
theory

Svalbard:
NA

Swaziland:
based on South African Roman-Dutch law in statutory
courts and Swazi traditional law and custom in traditional courts;
has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Sweden:
civil law system influenced by customary law; accepts
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

Switzerland:
civil law system influenced by customary law; judicial
review of legislative acts, except with respect to federal decrees
of general obligatory character; accepts compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction, with reservations

Syria:
based on Islamic law and civil law system; special religious