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Legal Systems-Commonwealth Countries

This document lists the legal systems of various Commonwealth members. It shows that most countries have a mixed legal system comprising aspects of common law, civil law, customary law, and in some cases Muslim law. A few countries like Australia and Canada solely follow common law. The majority of Commonwealth nations incorporate common law into their mixed legal frameworks.

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Legal Systems-Commonwealth Countries

This document lists the legal systems of various Commonwealth members. It shows that most countries have a mixed legal system comprising aspects of common law, civil law, customary law, and in some cases Muslim law. A few countries like Australia and Canada solely follow common law. The majority of Commonwealth nations incorporate common law into their mixed legal frameworks.

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Legal Systems of Commonwealth Members

POLITICAL ENTITY LEGAL SYSTEM


Antigua & Barbuda Common Law
Australia Common Law
The Bahamas Common Law
Bangladesh Mixed (Common Law / Muslim Law)
Barbados Common Law
Belize Common Law
Botswana Mixed (Common Law / Civil Law)
Brunei Darussalam Mixed (Muslim Law / Common Law / Customary Law)
Cameroon Mixed (Civil Law / Common Law / Customary Law)
Canada Common Law
Cyprus Mixed (Common Law / Civil Law)
Dominica Common Law
Fiji Islands Common Law
The Gambia Mixed (Muslim Law / Common Law / Customary Law)
Ghana Mixed (Common Law / Customary Law)
Grenada Common Law
Guyana Mixed (Common Law / Civil Law)
India Mixed ( Common Law / Customary Law / Muslim Law)
Jamaica Common Law
Kenya Mixed ( Common Law / Customary Law / Muslim Law)
Kiribati Common Law
Lesotho Mixed ( Common Law / Customary Law / Civil Law)
Malawi Mixed ( Common Law / Customary Law)
Malaysia Mixed (Muslim Law / Common Law / Customary Law)
Maldives Muslim Law
Malta Mixed (Common Law / Civil Law)
Mauritius Mixed (Common Law / Civil Law)
Mozambique Mixed (Common Law / Customary Law)
Namibia Mixed (Common Law / Civil Law)
Nauru Common Law
New Zealand Common Law
Nigeria Mixed ( Common Law / Customary Law / Muslim Law)
Pakistan Mixed ( Common Law / Muslim Law)
Papua New Guinea Mixed (Common Law / Customary Law)
Samoa Mixed (Common Law / Customary Law)
Seychelles Mixed (Common Law / Civil Law)
Sierra Leone Mixed (Common Law / Customary Law)
Singapore Mixed ( Common Law / Muslim Law)
Solomon Islands Mixed (Common Law / Customary Law)
South Africa Mixed (Common Law / Civil Law)
Sri Lanka Mixed ( Common Law / Customary Law / Civil Law)
St Kitts & Nevis Common Law
St Lucia Mixed (Common Law / Civil Law)
St Vincent & The Grenadines Common Law
Swaziland Mixed ( Common Law / Customary Law / Civil Law)
United Republic of Tanzania Mixed (Common Law / Customary Law)
Tonga Common Law
Trinidad & Tobago Common Law
Tuvalu Common Law
Uganda Mixed (Common Law / Customary Law)
United Kingdom Common Law
Vanuatu Mixed (Common Law / Civil Law)
Zambia Mixed (Common Law / Customary Law)
Zimbabwe Mixed (Common Law / Customary Law / Civil Law)

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