Common Law Countries 2025

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Common Law Status

No

Partial

Yes

Common Law Status

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Country
Common Law Status
Legal System
IndiaYesCommon
United StatesYesCommon
TanzaniaYesCommon
United KingdomYesCommon
CanadaYesCommon
AustraliaYesCommon
SingaporeYesCommon
LiberiaYesMixed
IrelandYesCommon
New ZealandYesCommon
JamaicaYesCommon
Trinidad and TobagoYesCommon
FijiYesCommon
GuyanaYesCommon
BelizeYesCommon
BahamasYesCommon
BarbadosYesCommon
Saint LuciaYesCommon
GuamYesCommon
KiribatiYesCommon
GrenadaYesCommon
TongaYesCommon
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesYesCommon
Antigua and BarbudaYesCommon
United States Virgin IslandsYesCommon
Isle of ManYesCommon
Cayman IslandsYesCommon
DominicaYesCommon
BermudaYesCommon
Saint Kitts and NevisYesCommon
GibraltarYesCommon
British Virgin IslandsYesCommon
AnguillaYesCommon
Cook IslandsYesCommon
MontserratYesCommon
Falkland IslandsYesCommon
TokelauYesCommon
NiueYesCommon
PakistanPartialMixed
NigeriaPartialMixed
BangladeshPartialMixed
EgyptPartialMixed
PhilippinesPartialMixed
ThailandPartialMixed
South AfricaPartialMixed
KenyaPartialMixed
MyanmarPartialMixed
South KoreaPartialMixed
SudanPartialMixed
UgandaPartialMixed
IraqPartialMixed
YemenPartialMixed
MoroccoPartialMixed
MalaysiaPartialMixed
MozambiquePartialMixed
GhanaPartialMixed
MadagascarPartialMixed
CameroonPartialMixed
NepalPartialMixed
NigerPartialMixed
SyriaPartialMixed
MaliPartialMixed
Sri LankaPartialMixed
MalawiPartialMixed
ZambiaPartialMixed
ChadPartialMixed
SomaliaPartialMixed
ZimbabwePartialMixed
RwandaPartialMixed
BurundiPartialMixed
TunisiaPartialMixed
JordanPartialMixed
United Arab EmiratesPartialMixed
Papua New GuineaPartialMixed
IsraelPartialMixed
Sierra LeonePartialMixed
Hong KongPartialMixed
Republic of the CongoPartialMixed
LebanonPartialMixed
NorwayPartialMixed
OmanPartialMixed
MauritaniaPartialMixed
KuwaitPartialMixed
EritreaPartialMixed
QatarPartialMixed
NamibiaPartialMixed
GambiaPartialMixed
GabonPartialMixed
BotswanaPartialMixed
LesothoPartialMixed
Guinea-BissauPartialMixed
Equatorial GuineaPartialMixed
BahrainPartialMixed
CyprusPartialMixed
MauritiusPartialMixed
EswatiniPartialMixed
DjiboutiPartialMixed
ComorosPartialMixed
Solomon IslandsPartialMixed
MaltaPartialMixed
MaldivesPartialMixed
BruneiPartialMixed
VanuatuPartialMixed
Sao Tome and PrincipePartialMixed
SamoaPartialMixed
SeychellesPartialMixed
MicronesiaPartialMixed
JerseyPartialMixed
GuernseyPartialMixed
Turks and Caicos IslandsPartialMixed
American SamoaPartialMixed
Sint MaartenPartialMixed
Marshall IslandsPartialMixed
PalauPartialMixed
NauruPartialMixed
TuvaluPartialMixed
ChinaNoCivil
IndonesiaNoCivil
BrazilNoCivil
RussiaNoCivil
EthiopiaNoCivil
MexicoNoCivil
JapanNoCivil
DR CongoNoCivil
VietnamNoCivil
IranNoReligious
TurkeyNoCivil
GermanyNoCivil
FranceNoCivil
ItalyNoCivil
ColombiaNoCivil
SpainNoCivil
AlgeriaNoMixed
ArgentinaNoCivil
AfghanistanNoReligious
AngolaNoCivil
UkraineNoCivil
PolandNoCivil
UzbekistanNoCivil
PeruNoCivil
Saudi ArabiaNoIslamic
Ivory CoastNoCivil
VenezuelaNoCivil
North KoreaNoCivil
Burkina FasoNoMixed
TaiwanNoCivil
KazakhstanNoCivil
ChileNoCivil
SenegalNoCivil
RomaniaNoCivil
GuatemalaNoCivil
NetherlandsNoCivil
EcuadorNoCivil
CambodiaNoMixed
GuineaNoCivil
BeninNoCivil
BoliviaNoCivil
HaitiNoCivil
BelgiumNoCivil
Dominican RepublicNoCivil
HondurasNoCivil
CubaNoCivil
TajikistanNoCivil
SwedenNoCivil
Czech RepublicNoCivil
PortugalNoCivil
AzerbaijanNoCivil
GreeceNoCivil
TogoNoCustomary
HungaryNoCivil
AustriaNoCivil
BelarusNoCivil
SwitzerlandNoCivil
LaosNoCivil
TurkmenistanNoCivil
LibyaNoMixed
KyrgyzstanNoCivil
ParaguayNoCivil
NicaraguaNoCivil
BulgariaNoCivil
SerbiaNoCivil
El SalvadorNoCivil
DenmarkNoCivil
FinlandNoCivil
Central African RepublicNoCivil
SlovakiaNoCivil
Costa RicaNoCivil
PanamaNoCivil
CroatiaNoCivil
GeorgiaNoCivil
MongoliaNoCivil
UruguayNoCivil
Puerto RicoNoCivil
Bosnia and HerzegovinaNoCivil
MoldovaNoCivil
ArmeniaNoCivil
LithuaniaNoCivil
AlbaniaNoCivil
SloveniaNoCivil
LatviaNoCivil
North MacedoniaNoCivil
Timor-LesteNoCivil
EstoniaNoCivil
BhutanNoCivil
MacauNoCivil
LuxembourgNoCivil
SurinameNoCivil
MontenegroNoCivil
Cape VerdeNoCivil
IcelandNoCivil
New CaledoniaNoCivil
French PolynesiaNoCivil
CuracaoNoCivil
ArubaNoCivil
AndorraNoMixed
Faroe IslandsNoCivil
GreenlandNoMixed
Northern Mariana IslandsNoMixed
LiechtensteinNoCivil
MonacoNoCivil
San MarinoNoCivil
Saint MartinNoCivil
Saint BarthelemyNoCivil
Wallis and FutunaNoCivil
Saint Pierre and MiquelonNoCivil
Vatican CityNoReligious