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Criminal legal 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]].
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 | core values]]. In addition, most criminal justice systems have adopted a [[Legality Principle | legality principle]]. Almost every criminal justice system is made of of similar [[Actors in the Criminal Justice System | actors]].


== Common Law ==
==Country Pages==
===England===
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===United States===
* [[Stages in a Criminal Trial - US]]


===India===
*[[Afghanistan]]
===Zimbabwe===
*[[Albania]]
* [[Zimbabwe Criminal Defender's Manual]]
*[[Algeria]]
*[[Andorra]]
*[[Angola]]
*[[Antigua and Barbuda]]
*[[Argentina]]
*Armenia
*[[Australia]]
*[[Austria]]
*[[Azerbaijan]]
*[[The Bahamas]]
*Bahrain
*[[Bangladesh]]
*Barbados
*[[Belarus]]
*[[Belgium]]
*[[Belize]]
*[[Benin]]
*[[Bhutan]]
*[[Bolivia]]
*[[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
*[[Botswana]]
*[[Brazil]]
*[[Brunei]]
*[[Bulgaria]]
*[[Burkina Faso]]
*[[Burundi]]
*[[Cambodia]]
*[[Cameroon]]
*[[Canada]]
*[[Cape Verde]]
*[[République Centrafricaine|Central African Republic]]
*[[Chad]]
*[[Chile]]
*[[China]]
**[[Hong Kong]]
**[[Taiwan]]
*[[Colombia]]
*[[Comoros]]
*[[Congo, Democratic Republic of the]]
*[[ République du Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)|Congo, Republic of the]]
*[[Costa Rica]]
*[[Croatia]]
*[[Cuba]]
*[[Cyprus]]
*[[Czech Republic]]
*[[Denmark]]
*Djibouti
*Dominica
*[[Dominican Republic]]
*East Timor
*[[Ecuador]]
*[[Egypt]]
*[[El Salvador]]
*[[Equatorial Guinea]]
*[[Eritrea]]
*Estonia
*[[Ethiopia]]
*Fiji
*[[Finland]]
*[[France]]
**French Guiana
**[[French Polynesia]]
*[[Gabon]]
*[[Gambia, The]]
*[[Georgia]]


== Civil Law ==
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===France===


== Islamic Law ==
*[[Germany]]
*[[Ghana]]
*[[Greece]]
*Grenada
*[[Guatemala]]
*[[Guinea]]
*[[Guinea-Bissau]]
*Guyana
*Haiti
*[[Honduras]]
*[[Hungary]]
*Iceland
*[[India]]
*[[Indonesia]]
*Iran
*[[Iraq]]
*[[Ireland]]
*[[Island of Guam]]
*[[Israel]]
*[[Italy]]
*[[Côte d’Ivoire|Ivory Coast]]
*[[Jamaica]]
*[[Japan]]
*Jordan
*[[Kazakhstan]]
*[[Kenya]]
*Kiribati
*[[Korea, North]]
*[[South Korea|Korea, South]]
*Kosovo
*Kuwait
*[[Kyrgyzstan]]
*[[Laos]]
*Latvia
*[[Lebanon]]
*[[Lesotho]]
*[[Liberia]]
*Libya
*Liechtenstein
*[[Lithuania]]
*[[Luxembourg]]
*Macedonia
*[[Madagascar]]
*[[Malawi]]
*[[Malaysia]]
*Maldives
*[[Mali]]
*Malta
*Marshall Islands
*[[Mauritania]]
*[[Mauritius]]
*[[Mexico]]
*Micronesia
*[[Moldova]]
*Monaco
*[[Mongolia]]
*Montenegro 
*[[Morocco]]
*[[Mozambique]]
*[[Myanmar]]
*[[Namibia]]
*Nauru
*[[Nepal]]
*[[Netherlands]]
*[[New Zealand]]
*[[Nicaragua]]
*[[Niger]]
*[[Nigeria]]
*Norway
*[[Oman]]


== Confucian System ==
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  * China Toolkit


== Community-Based Justice ==
*[[Pakistan]]
*Palau
*Palestine
*[[Panama]]
*[[Papua New Guinea]]
*Paraguay
*[[Peru]]
*[[Philippines]]
*[[Poland]]
*[[Portugal]]
*[[Qatar]]
*[[Romania]]
*[[Russia]]
*[[Rwanda]]
*Saint Kitts and Nevis
*[[Saint Lucia]]
*Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
*Samoa
*San Marino
*São Tomé and Príncipe
*[[Saudi Arabia]]
*[[Senegal]]
*[[Serbia]]
*[[Seychelles]]
*[[Sierra Leone]]
*[[Singapore]]
*Slovakia
*Slovenia
*[[Solomon Islands]]
*[[Somalia]]
*[[South Africa]]
*[[South Sudan]]
*[[Spain]]
*[[Sri Lanka]]
*[[Sudan]]
*Suriname
*[[Swaziland]]
*[[Sweden]]
*[[Switzerland]]
*[[Syria]]
*[[Tajikistan]]
*[[Tanzania]] 
**[[Zanzibar]]
*[[Thailand]]
*[[Togo]]
*[[Tonga]]
*[[Trinidad and Tobago]]
*[[Tunisia]]
*[[Turkey]]
*[[Turkmenistan]]
*[[Tuvalu]] 
*[[Uganda]] 
*[[Ukraine]]
*[[United Arab Emirates]]
*United Kingdom
**[[England and Wales]]
**[[Scotland]]
*[[United States]]
**[[Puerto Rico]]
*[[Uruguay]] 
*[[Uzbekistan]]
*Vanuatu
*[[Venezuela]]
*[[Vietnam]] 
*[[Yemen]]
*[[Zambia]]
*[[Zimbabwe]] 
 
 
 
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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.

Country Pages

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