Difference between revisions of "Criminal Justice Systems Around the World"

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* Argentina
 
* Argentina
 
* Armenia
 
* Armenia
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* Australia
 
* Azerbaijan
 
* Azerbaijan
 
* [[Bangladesh]]
 
* [[Bangladesh]]
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* Brazil
 
* Brazil
 
* [[Brunei]]
 
* [[Brunei]]
*[[Burundi]]  
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*[[Burundi]]  
 
* Cameroon
 
* Cameroon
*[[Cambodia]]  
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*[[Cambodia]]
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*Canada
 
* Central African Republic
 
* Central African Republic
 
* Chile
 
* Chile
*[[China]]  
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*[[China]]  
 
* Colombia
 
* Colombia
  
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* Egypt
 
* Egypt
 
* El Salvador
 
* El Salvador
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* Ethiopia
 
* France
 
* France
 
** French Guiana
 
** French Guiana
 
* Georgia
 
* Georgia
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*Germany
 
* Ghana
 
* Ghana
 
* Guatemala
 
* Guatemala
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* Iraq
 
* Iraq
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* Ireland
 
* Italy
 
* Italy
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*Jamaica
 
* Jordan
 
* Jordan
 
*[[Kenya]]
 
*[[Kenya]]
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* [[Malaysia]]
 
* [[Malaysia]]
 
*[[Mexico]]
 
*[[Mexico]]
* Mongolia  
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* Mongolia  
 
*[[Myanmar]]
 
*[[Myanmar]]
 
* [[Nepal]]
 
* [[Nepal]]
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* Netherlands
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*New Zealand
 
* Nigeria
 
* Nigeria
 
* North Korea
 
* North Korea
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*[[Rwanda]]  
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*[[Rwanda]]  
 
* Sierra Leone
 
* Sierra Leone
 
* [[South Africa]]
 
* [[South Africa]]
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* Swaziland
 
* Swaziland
 
* Syria
 
* Syria
*[[Tanzania]]  
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*[[Tanzania]]  
 
**[[Zanzibar]]
 
**[[Zanzibar]]
 
*[[Thailand]]
 
*[[Thailand]]
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* Trinidad and Tobago
 
*[[The Republic of the Philippines]]
 
*[[The Republic of the Philippines]]
*[[Uganda]]  
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*[[Uganda]]  
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*United Kingdom
 
*[[United States]]
 
*[[United States]]
* Uruguay  
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* Uruguay  
 
* [[Venezuela]]
 
* [[Venezuela]]
*[[Vietnam]]  
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*[[Vietnam]]  
 
*[[Zimbabwe]]
 
*[[Zimbabwe]]
  

Revision as of 14:30, 25 January 2011

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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