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*Afghanistan
 
*Afghanistan
* Algeria
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*Algeria
* Angola
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*Angola
* [[Argentina]]
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*[[Argentina]]
* Armenia
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*Armenia
 
*[[Australia]]
 
*[[Australia]]
 
*[[Austria]]
 
*[[Austria]]
* [[Azerbaijan]]
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*[[Azerbaijan]]
* Bahamas
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*Bahamas
* [[Bangladesh]]
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*[[Bangladesh]]
* [[Belgium]]
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*[[Belgium]]
 
*[[Benin]]
 
*[[Benin]]
* [[Bolivia]]
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*[[Bolivia]]
* [[Brazil]]
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*[[Brazil]]
* [[Brunei]]
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*[[Brunei]]
* [[Burundi]]   
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*[[Burundi]]   
* [[Cameroon]]
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*[[Cameroon]]
 
*[[Cambodia]]
 
*[[Cambodia]]
* [[Canada]]
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*[[Canada]]
* Central African Republic
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*Central African Republic
* Chad
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*Chad
* [[Chile]]
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*[[Chile]]
 
*[[China]]   
 
*[[China]]   
 
*[[Colombia]]
 
*[[Colombia]]
* Côte d'Ivoire
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*Côte d'Ivoire
* [[Cuba]]
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*[[Cuba]]
* Cyprus
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*Cyprus
* [[Democratic Republic of Congo]]
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*[[Democratic Republic of Congo]]
* [[Ecuador]]
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*[[Ecuador]]
* [[Egypt]]
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*[[Egypt]]
* El Salvador
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*El Salvador
 
*[[England and Wales]]
 
*[[England and Wales]]
* Ethiopia
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*Ethiopia
* Finland
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*Finland
* [[France]]
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*[[France]]
** French Guiana
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**French Guiana
 
**[[French Polynesia]]
 
**[[French Polynesia]]
* Gabon
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*Gabon
* [[Georgia]]
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*[[Georgia]]
 
*[[Germany]]
 
*[[Germany]]
 
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* Ghana
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*Ghana
* Greece
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*Greece
* Guatemala
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*Guatemala
* Guinea
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*Guinea
* Guinea Bissau
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*Guinea Bissau
* Guyana
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*Guyana
* Haiti
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*Haiti
 
*[[Hong Kong]]
 
*[[Hong Kong]]
 
*[[India]]
 
*[[India]]
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*[[Ireland]]
 
*[[Ireland]]
 
*Israel
 
*Israel
* [[Italy]]
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*[[Italy]]
 
*[[Jamaica]]
 
*[[Jamaica]]
 
*[[Japan]]
 
*[[Japan]]
* Jordan
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*Jordan
 
*[[Kenya]]
 
*[[Kenya]]
 
*[[Laos]]
 
*[[Laos]]
* Lebanon
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*Lebanon
* [[Liberia]]
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*[[Liberia]]
* Malawi
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*Malawi
* [[Malaysia]]
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*[[Malaysia]]
* Maldova
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*Moldova
* Mali
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*Mali
 
*[[Mexico]]
 
*[[Mexico]]
 
*[[Mongolia]]
 
*[[Mongolia]]
* Montenegro   
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*Montenegro   
* Morocco
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*Morocco
 
*[[Myanmar]]
 
*[[Myanmar]]
* [[Nepal]]
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*[[Nepal]]
* Netherlands
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*[[Netherlands]]
 
*New Zealand
 
*New Zealand
* [[Nigeria]]
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*[[Nigeria]]
* North Korea
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*North Korea
* Norway
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*Norway
  
 
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* [[Pakistan]]
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*[[Pakistan]]
* Paraguay
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*Paraguay
* [[Peru]]
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*[[Peru]]
* Poland
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*Poland
* [[Romania]]
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*[[Romania]]
* [[Rwanda]]
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*[[Rwanda]]
* [[Russia]]
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*[[Russia]]
* [[Saudi Arabia]]
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*[[Saudi Arabia]]
* Scotland
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*Scotland
* [[Senegal]]
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*[[Senegal]]
* Serbia
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*Serbia
* Sierra Leone
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*Sierra Leone
* [[Singapore]]
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*[[Singapore]]
* [[Solomon Islands]]
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*[[Solomon Islands]]
* [[South Africa]]
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*[[South Africa]]
 
*[[South Korea]]
 
*[[South Korea]]
* Spain
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*Spain
 
*[[Sri Lanka]]
 
*[[Sri Lanka]]
* Sudan
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*Sudan
* Suriname
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*Suriname
* [[Swaziland]]
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*[[Swaziland]]
* [[Sweden]]
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*[[Sweden]]
* [[Switzerland]]
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*[[Switzerland]]
* Syria
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*Syria
 
*[[Taiwan]]
 
*[[Taiwan]]
 
*[[Tanzania]]   
 
*[[Tanzania]]   
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*[[Thailand]]
 
*[[Thailand]]
 
*Togo
 
*Togo
* Trinidad and Tobago  
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*Trinidad and Tobago  
 
*[[The Republic of the Philippines]]
 
*[[The Republic of the Philippines]]
 
*[[Tunisia]]
 
*[[Tunisia]]
* Turkey
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*Turkey
 
*[[Uganda]]   
 
*[[Uganda]]   
* Ukraine
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*Ukraine
 
*United Arab Emirates
 
*United Arab Emirates
 
*[[United States]]
 
*[[United States]]
* Uruguay   
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*Uruguay   
* Uzbekistan
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*Uzbekistan
* [[Venezuela]]
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*[[Venezuela]]
 
*[[Vietnam]]   
 
*[[Vietnam]]   
* Yemen  
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*Yemen  
 
*[[Zimbabwe]]
 
*[[Zimbabwe]]
  

Revision as of 15:02, 2 March 2015

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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