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MIXED LEGAL SYSTEMS

The term "mixed", which we have chosen over other terms such as "hybrid" or "composite", should not be construed restrictively, as certain authors have done. Thus this category includes political entities where two or more systems apply cumulatively or interactively, but also entities where there is a juxtaposition of systems as a result of more or less clearly defined fields of application.

MIXED SYSTEMS OF CIVIL LAW AND COMMON LAW

  • SOUTH AFRICA
  • BOTSWANA
  • CYPRUS
  • SCOTLAND (UK)
  • GUYANA
  • LOUISIANA (USA)
  • MALTA
  • MAURITIUS
  • NAMIBIA
  • PHILIPPINES
  • PORTO RICO (ASS. USA)
  • QUEBEC (CD)
  • SAINT LUCIA
  • SEYCHELLES

MIXED SYSTEMS OF CIVIL LAW AND CUSTOMARY LAW

  • BURKINA FASO
  • BURUNDI
  • CHAD
  • CHINA (CN) (minus H-K and MACAU)
  • CONGO
  • CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF
  • COTE D'IVOIRE
  • ETHIOPIA
  • EQUATORIAL GUINEA
  • GABON
  • GUINEA
  • GUINEA-BISSAU
  • JAPAN
  • KOREA SOUTH
  • KOREA NORTH
  • MADAGASCAR
  • MALI
  • MONGOLIA
  • MOZAMBIQUE
  • NIGER
  • RWANDA
  • SAO TOMÉ AND PRINCIPE
  • SENEGAL
  • SWAZILAND
  • TAIWAN
  • TOGO

MIXED SYSTEMS OF CIVIL LAW AND MUSLIM LAW

  • ALGERIA
  • COMOROS ISLANDS
  • EGYPT
  • IRAN
  • IRAQ
  • LEBANON
  • LIBYA
  • MAURITANIA
  • MOROCCO
  • PALESTINE
  • SYRIA
  • TUNISIA

MIXED SYSTEMS OF COMMON LAW AND CUSTOMARY LAW

  • BHUTAN
  • GHANA
  • HONG KONG (CN)
  • LIBERIA
  • MALAWI
  • MICRONESIA
  • MYANMAR
  • NEPAL
  • PAPUA NEW GUINEA
  • SAMOA
  • SIERRA LEONE
  • SALOMON, ISLANDS
  • TANZANIA
  • UGANDA
  • ZAMBIA

MIXED SYSTEMS OF COMMON LAW AND MUSLIM LAW

  • BANGLADESH
  • PAKISTAN
  • SINGAPORE
  • SUDAN

MIXED SYSTEMS OF CIVIL LAW, MUSLIM LAW AND CUSTOMARY LAW

  • DJIBOUTI
  • ERITREA
  • INDONESIA
  • JORDAN
  • KUWAIT
  • OMAN
  • TIMOR LESTE

MIXED SYSTEMS OF COMMON LAW, MUSLIM LAW AND CUSTOMARY LAW

  • BRUNEI
  • GAMBIA
  • INDIA
  • KENYA
  • MALAYSIA
  • NIGERIA

MIXED SYSTEMS OF CIVIL LAW, COMMON LAW AND CUSTOMARY LAW

  • CAMEROUN
  • LESOTHO
  • SRI LANKA
  • VANUATU
  • ZIMBABWE

MIXED SYSTEMS OF COMMON LAW, CIVIL LAW, MUSLIM LAW AND CUSTOMARY LAW

  • BAHRAIN
  • QATAR
  • SOMALIA
  • YEMEN

MIXED SYSTEM OF CIVIL LAW, COMMON LAW, JEWISH LAW AND MUSLIM LAW

  • ISRAEL
 

MIXED SYSTEM OF MUSLIM LAW AND CUSTOMARY LAW

  • UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

MIXED LEGAL SYSTEMS BIBLIOGRAPHY

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