Law Compare

How do countries' laws differ?

Pick two or three countries above to compare their legal system, constitution, courts and key legal ages side by side. 196 countries.

All Civil law 65Not listed 49Common law 25Other / see summary 12Common law + Civil law 8Civil law + Islamic law 8Common law + Islamic law 6Islamic law 5Civil law + Socialist law 5Common law + Civil law + Customary law 4Customary law 2Civil law + Customary law 2Common law + Customary law 1Common law + Civil law + Religious law 1Common law + Civil law + Islamic law 1Civil law + Religious law 1Civil law + Islamic law + Customary law 1

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CountryLegal systemGovernmentAge of majority
Antigua and BarbudaCommon lawconstitutional monarchy–
AustraliaCommon lawrepresentative democracy; federation; constitutional monarchy18
BarbadosCommon lawparliamentary republic; unitary state18
BelizeCommon lawparliamentary monarchy; constitutional monarchy–
BhutanCommon lawconstitutional monarchy18
BrazilCommon lawfederal republic; representative democracy; presidential system18
DominicaCommon law–18
EswatiniCommon lawabsolute monarchy21
FijiCommon law–18
GhanaCommon lawdemocracy–
GrenadaCommon law––
IrelandCommon lawparliamentary republic; unitary state18
JamaicaCommon law–18
KiribatiCommon law––
MyanmarCommon lawrepublic–
NauruCommon law––
NepalCommon lawfederal republic; people's republic16
New ZealandCommon lawparliamentary monarchy20
Saint Kitts and NevisCommon lawfederal monarchy; constitutional monarchy18
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesCommon lawconstitutional monarchy–
The BahamasCommon lawconstitutional monarchy18
TongaCommon law––
Trinidad and TobagoCommon lawparliamentary republic18
TuvaluCommon law––
UgandaCommon lawpresidential system–