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*[[Afghanistan]]
 
*[[Afghanistan]]
 
*[[Albania]]
 
*[[Albania]]
*Algeria
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*[[Algeria]]
*Angola
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*Andorra
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*[[Angola]]
 
*Antigua and Barbuda
 
*Antigua and Barbuda
 
*[[Argentina]]
 
*[[Argentina]]
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*[[Bangladesh]]
 
*[[Bangladesh]]
 
*Barbados
 
*Barbados
*Belarus
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*[[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]]
*Bulgaria
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*[[Bulgaria]]
 
*[[Burkina Faso]]
 
*[[Burkina Faso]]
 
*[[Burundi]]  
 
*[[Burundi]]  
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*[[Cameroon]]
 
*[[Cameroon]]
 
*[[Canada]]
 
*[[Canada]]
*Cape Verde
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*[[Cape Verde]]
 
*[[République Centrafricaine|Central African Republic]]
 
*[[République Centrafricaine|Central African Republic]]
*Chad
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*[[Chad]]
 
*[[Chile]]
 
*[[Chile]]
 
*[[China]]
 
*[[China]]
 
**[[Hong Kong]]
 
**[[Hong Kong]]
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**[[Taiwan]]
 
*[[Colombia]]
 
*[[Colombia]]
*Comoros
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*[[Comoros]]
 
*[[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
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*[[Croatia]]
 
*[[Cuba]]
 
*[[Cuba]]
*Cyprus
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*[[Cyprus]]
 
*Czech Republic
 
*Czech Republic
*Denmark
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*[[Denmark]]
 
*Djibouti
 
*Djibouti
 
*Dominica
 
*Dominica
*Dominican Republic
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*[[Dominican Republic]]
 
*East Timor
 
*East Timor
 
*[[Ecuador]]
 
*[[Ecuador]]
 
*[[Egypt]]
 
*[[Egypt]]
*El Salvador
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*[[El Salvador]]
*Equatorial Guinea
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*[[Equatorial Guinea]]
*Eritrea
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*[[Eritrea]]
 
*Estonia
 
*Estonia
 
*[[Ethiopia]]
 
*[[Ethiopia]]
 
*Fiji
 
*Fiji
*Finland
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*[[Finland]]
 
*[[France]]
 
*[[France]]
 
**French Guiana
 
**French Guiana
 
**[[French Polynesia]]
 
**[[French Polynesia]]
*Gabon
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*[[Gabon]]
*Gambia, The
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*[[Gambia, The]]
 
*[[Georgia]]
 
*[[Georgia]]
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*[[Germany]]
 
*[[Germany]]
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*[[Ghana]]
 
 
*Ghana
 
 
*Greece
 
*Greece
*Guatemala
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*Grenada
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*[[Guatemala]]
 
*[[Guinea]]
 
*[[Guinea]]
*Guinea-Bissau
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*[[Guinea-Bissau]]
 
*Guyana
 
*Guyana
 
*Haiti
 
*Haiti
*Honduras
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*[[Honduras]]
 
*Hungary
 
*Hungary
 
*Iceland
 
*Iceland
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*[[Indonesia]]
 
*[[Indonesia]]
 
*Iran
 
*Iran
*Iraq
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*[[Iraq]]
 
*[[Ireland]]
 
*[[Ireland]]
 
*Israel
 
*Israel
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*[[Japan]]
 
*[[Japan]]
 
*Jordan
 
*Jordan
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*[[Kazakhstan]]
 
*[[Kenya]]
 
*[[Kenya]]
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*Kiribati
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*Korea, North
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*[[South Korea|Korea, South]]
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*Kosovo
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*Kuwait
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*Kyrgyzstan
 
*[[Laos]]
 
*[[Laos]]
*Lebanon
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*Latvia
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*[[Lebanon]]
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*[[Lesotho]]
 
*[[Liberia]]
 
*[[Liberia]]
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*Libya
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*Liechtenstein
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*Lithuania
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*Luxembourg
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*Macedonia
 
*[[Madagascar]]
 
*[[Madagascar]]
*Malawi
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*[[Malawi]]
 
*[[Malaysia]]
 
*[[Malaysia]]
*Mali
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*Maldives
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*[[Mali]]
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*Malta
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*Marshall Islands
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*[[Mauritania]]
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*[[Mauritius]]
 
*[[Mexico]]
 
*[[Mexico]]
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*Micronesia
 
*[[Moldova]]
 
*[[Moldova]]
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*Monaco
 
*[[Mongolia]]
 
*[[Mongolia]]
 
*Montenegro   
 
*Montenegro   
 
*[[Morocco]]
 
*[[Morocco]]
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*[[Mozambique]]
 
*[[Myanmar]]
 
*[[Myanmar]]
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*Namibia
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*Nauru
 
*[[Nepal]]
 
*[[Nepal]]
 
*[[Netherlands]]
 
*[[Netherlands]]
*New Zealand
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*[[New Zealand]]
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*[[Nicaragua]]
 
*[[Niger]]
 
*[[Niger]]
 
*[[Nigeria]]
 
*[[Nigeria]]
*North Korea
 
 
*Norway
 
*Norway
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*Oman
  
 
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*[[Pakistan]]
 
*[[Pakistan]]
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*Palau
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*Palestine
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*[[Panama]]
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*Papua New Guinea
 
*Paraguay
 
*Paraguay
 
*[[Peru]]
 
*[[Peru]]
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*[[Philippines]]
 
*[[Poland]]
 
*[[Poland]]
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*Portugal
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*Qatar
 
*[[Romania]]
 
*[[Romania]]
 
*[[Russia]]
 
*[[Russia]]
 
*[[Rwanda]]
 
*[[Rwanda]]
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*Saint Kitts and Nevis
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*[[Saint Lucia]]
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*Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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*Samoa
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*San Marino
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*São Tomé and Príncipe
 
*[[Saudi Arabia]]
 
*[[Saudi Arabia]]
*Scotland
 
 
*[[Senegal]]
 
*[[Senegal]]
*Serbia
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*[[Serbia]]
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*[[Seychelles]]
 
*Sierra Leone
 
*Sierra Leone
 
*[[Singapore]]
 
*[[Singapore]]
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*Slovakia
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*Slovenia
 
*[[Solomon Islands]]
 
*[[Solomon Islands]]
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*Somalia
 
*[[South Africa]]
 
*[[South Africa]]
*[[South Korea]]
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*[[South Sudan]]
 
*[[Spain]]
 
*[[Spain]]
 
*[[Sri Lanka]]
 
*[[Sri Lanka]]
*Sudan
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*[[Sudan]]
 
*Suriname
 
*Suriname
 
*[[Swaziland]]
 
*[[Swaziland]]
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*[[Switzerland]]
 
*[[Switzerland]]
 
*[[Syria]]
 
*[[Syria]]
*[[Taiwan]]
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*Tajikistan
 
*[[Tanzania]]   
 
*[[Tanzania]]   
 
**[[Zanzibar]]
 
**[[Zanzibar]]
 
*[[Thailand]]
 
*[[Thailand]]
 
*[[Togo]]
 
*[[Togo]]
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*Tonga
 
*Trinidad and Tobago  
 
*Trinidad and Tobago  
*[[The Republic of the Philippines]]
 
 
*[[Tunisia]]
 
*[[Tunisia]]
 
*[[Turkey]]
 
*[[Turkey]]
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*Turkmenistan
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*Tuvalu
 
*[[Uganda]]   
 
*[[Uganda]]   
 
*[[Ukraine]]
 
*[[Ukraine]]
 
*United Arab Emirates
 
*United Arab Emirates
*[[U.K. - England and Wales]]
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*United Kingdom
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**[[England and Wales]]
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**Scotland
 
*[[United States]]
 
*[[United States]]
*Uruguay   
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**Puerto Rico
 +
*[[Uruguay]]    
 
*Uzbekistan
 
*Uzbekistan
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*Vanuatu
 
*[[Venezuela]]
 
*[[Venezuela]]
 
*[[Vietnam]]   
 
*[[Vietnam]]   
*Yemen  
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*Yemen
*[[Zimbabwe]]
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*[[Zambia]]
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*[[Zimbabwe]]
  
  
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{{Languages|Criminal Justice Systems Around the World}}
 
{{Languages|Criminal Justice Systems Around the World}}
  
==Other Countries==
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See [[Legal Aid Systems and Supporting NGOs around the world]]
 
See [[Legal Aid Systems and Supporting NGOs around the world]]

Latest revision as of 09:30, 16 August 2022

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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