Liechtenstein:
local civil and penal codes; accepts compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction, with reservations
Lithuania:
based on civil law system; no judicial review of
legislative acts
Luxembourg:
based on civil law system; accepts compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction
Macau:
based on Portuguese civil law system
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
based on civil law
system; judicial review of legislative acts
Madagascar:
based on French civil law system and traditional
Malagasy law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Malawi:
based on English common law and customary law; judicial
review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court of Appeal; has not
accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Malaysia:
based on English common law; judicial review of
legislative acts in the Supreme Court at request of supreme head of
the federation; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Maldives:
based on Islamic law with admixtures of English common law
primarily in commercial matters; has not accepted compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction
Mali:
based on French civil law system and customary law; judicial
review of legislative acts in Constitutional Court (which was
formally established on 9 March 1994); has not accepted compulsory
ICJ jurisdiction