courts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

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

Tanzania:
based on English common law; judicial review of
legislative acts limited to matters of interpretation; has not
accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Thailand:
based on civil law system, with influences of common law;
has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Togo:
French-based court system

Tokelau:
British and local statutes

Tonga:
based on English law

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

Tromelin Island:
the laws of France, where applicable, apply

Tunisia:
based on French civil law system and Islamic law; some
judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court in joint
session

Turkey:
derived from various European continental legal systems;
accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

Turkmenistan:
based on civil law system

Turks and Caicos Islands:
based on laws of England and Wales, with a
small number adopted from Jamaica and The Bahamas

Tuvalu:
NA

Uganda:
in 1995, the government restored the legal system to one
based on English common law and customary law; accepts compulsory
ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

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

United Arab Emirates:
federal court system introduced in 1971; all
emirates except Dubayy (Dubai) and Ra's al Khaymah have joined the
federal system; all emirates have secular and Islamic law for civil,
criminal, and high courts

United Kingdom:
common law tradition with early Roman and modern
continental influences; no judicial review of Acts of Parliament;
accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations; British
courts and legislation are increasingly subject to review by
European Union courts

United States:
based on English common law; judicial review of
legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with
reservations

Uruguay:
based on Spanish civil law system; accepts compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction

Uzbekistan:
evolution of Soviet civil law; still lacks independent
judicial system

Vanuatu:
unified system being created from former dual French and
British systems

Venezuela:
based on org