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*[[Germany]]
*[[Germany]]
*[[Ghana]]
*[[Ghana]]
*Greece
*[[Greece]]
*Grenada
*Grenada
*[[Guatemala]]
*[[Guatemala]]
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*[[Iraq]]
*[[Iraq]]
*[[Ireland]]
*[[Ireland]]
*Israel
*[[Island of Guam]]
*[[Israel]]
*[[Italy]]
*[[Italy]]
*[[Côte d’Ivoire|Ivory Coast]]
*[[Côte d’Ivoire|Ivory Coast]]
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*Liechtenstein
*Liechtenstein
*[[Lithuania]]
*[[Lithuania]]
*Luxembourg
*[[Luxembourg]]
*Macedonia
*Macedonia
*[[Madagascar]]
*[[Madagascar]]
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*Palestine
*Palestine
*[[Panama]]
*[[Panama]]
*Papua New Guinea
*[[Papua New Guinea]]
*Paraguay
*Paraguay
*[[Peru]]
*[[Peru]]
*[[Philippines]]
*[[Philippines]]
*[[Poland]]
*[[Poland]]
*Portugal
*[[Portugal]]
*[[Qatar]]
*[[Qatar]]
*[[Romania]]
*[[Romania]]
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*[[Switzerland]]
*[[Switzerland]]
*[[Syria]]
*[[Syria]]
*Tajikistan
*[[Tajikistan]]
*[[Tanzania]]   
*[[Tanzania]]   
**[[Zanzibar]]
**[[Zanzibar]]
*[[Thailand]]
*[[Thailand]]
*[[Togo]]
*[[Togo]]
*Tonga
*[[Tonga]]
*Trinidad and Tobago  
*[[Trinidad and Tobago]]
*[[Tunisia]]
*[[Tunisia]]
*[[Turkey]]
*[[Turkey]]
*Turkmenistan
*[[Turkmenistan]]
*[[Tuvalu]]   
*[[Tuvalu]]   
*[[Uganda]]   
*[[Uganda]]   
*[[Ukraine]]
*[[Ukraine]]
*United Arab Emirates
*[[United Arab Emirates]]
*United Kingdom
*United Kingdom
**[[England and Wales]]
**[[England and Wales]]
**[[Scotland]]
**[[Scotland]]
*[[United States]]
*[[United States]]
**Puerto Rico
**[[Puerto Rico]]
*[[Uruguay]]   
*[[Uruguay]]   
*Uzbekistan
*[[Uzbekistan]]
*Vanuatu
*Vanuatu
*[[Venezuela]]
*[[Venezuela]]

Latest revision as of 11:05, 1 April 2025

Criminal justice systems can be loosely classified as either common, civil, Islamic or socialist law in nature. However, today many jurisdictions have adopted hybrid models that combine elements of various legal systems. Many of these systems share a common set of core values. In addition, most criminal justice systems have adopted a legality principle. Almost every criminal justice system is made of of similar actors.

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