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*[[Afghanistan]]
 
*[[Afghanistan]]
 
*[[Albania]]
 
*[[Albania]]
*Algeria
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*[[Algeria]]
 
*Andorra
 
*Andorra
 
*Angola
 
*Angola
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*Belarus
 
*Belarus
 
*[[Belgium]]
 
*[[Belgium]]
*Belize
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*[[Belize]]
 
*[[Benin]]
 
*[[Benin]]
 
*Bhutan
 
*Bhutan
 
*[[Bolivia]]
 
*[[Bolivia]]
 
*Bosnia and Herzegovina
 
*Bosnia and Herzegovina
*Botswana
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*[[Botswana]]
 
*[[Brazil]]
 
*[[Brazil]]
 
*[[Brunei]]
 
*[[Brunei]]
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*Cape Verde
 
*Cape Verde
 
*[[République Centrafricaine|Central African Republic]]
 
*[[République Centrafricaine|Central African Republic]]
*Chad
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*[[Chad]]
 
*[[Chile]]
 
*[[Chile]]
 
*[[China]]
 
*[[China]]
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*[[Congo, Democratic Republic of the]]
 
*[[Congo, Democratic Republic of the]]
 
*[[ République du Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)|Congo, Republic of the]]
 
*[[ République du Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)|Congo, Republic of the]]
*Costa Rica
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*[[Costa Rica]]
 
*Croatia
 
*Croatia
 
*[[Cuba]]
 
*[[Cuba]]
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*[[Egypt]]
 
*[[Egypt]]
 
*[[El Salvador]]
 
*[[El Salvador]]
*Equatorial Guinea
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*[[Equatorial Guinea]]
*Eritrea
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*[[Eritrea]]
 
*Estonia
 
*Estonia
 
*[[Ethiopia]]
 
*[[Ethiopia]]
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**French Guiana
 
**French Guiana
 
**[[French Polynesia]]
 
**[[French Polynesia]]
*Gabon
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*[[Gabon]]
 
*[[Gambia, The]]
 
*[[Gambia, The]]
 
*[[Georgia]]
 
*[[Georgia]]
  
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*[[Germany]]
 
*[[Germany]]
 
*[[Ghana]]
 
*[[Ghana]]
 
*Greece
 
*Greece
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*Grenada
 
*[[Guatemala]]
 
*[[Guatemala]]
 
*[[Guinea]]
 
*[[Guinea]]
*Guinea-Bissau
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*[[Guinea-Bissau]]
 
*Guyana
 
*Guyana
 
*Haiti
 
*Haiti
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*[[Indonesia]]
 
*[[Indonesia]]
 
*Iran
 
*Iran
*Iraq
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*[[Iraq]]
 
*[[Ireland]]
 
*[[Ireland]]
 
*Israel
 
*Israel
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*[[Laos]]
 
*[[Laos]]
 
*Latvia
 
*Latvia
*Lebanon
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*[[Lebanon]]
 
*[[Lesotho]]
 
*[[Lesotho]]
 
*[[Liberia]]
 
*[[Liberia]]
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*[[Malaysia]]
 
*[[Malaysia]]
 
*Maldives
 
*Maldives
*Mali
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*[[Mali]]
 
*Malta
 
*Malta
 
*Marshall Islands
 
*Marshall Islands
*Mauritania
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*[[Mauritania]]
*Mauritius
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*[[Mauritius]]
 
*[[Mexico]]
 
*[[Mexico]]
 
*Micronesia
 
*Micronesia
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*Panama
 
*Panama
 
*Papua New Guinea
 
*Papua New Guinea
*[[Paraguay]]
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*Paraguay
 
*[[Peru]]
 
*[[Peru]]
 
*[[Philippines]]
 
*[[Philippines]]
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*Serbia
 
*Serbia
 
*[[Seychelles]]
 
*[[Seychelles]]
*[[Sierra Leone]]
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*Sierra Leone
 
*[[Singapore]]
 
*[[Singapore]]
 
*Slovakia
 
*Slovakia
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*Somalia
 
*Somalia
 
*[[South Africa]]
 
*[[South Africa]]
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*South Sudan
 
*[[Spain]]
 
*[[Spain]]
 
*[[Sri Lanka]]
 
*[[Sri Lanka]]
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**Scotland
 
**Scotland
 
*[[United States]]
 
*[[United States]]
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**Puerto Rico
 
*Uruguay   
 
*Uruguay   
 
*Uzbekistan
 
*Uzbekistan
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*Yemen
 
*Yemen
 
*Zambia
 
*Zambia
*[[Zimbabwe]]
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*[[Zimbabwe]]
  
  

Revision as of 15:34, 18 July 2019

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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