Liechtenstein
local civil and penal codes; accepts compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction, with reservations
Lithuania
based on civil law system; legislative acts can be
appealed to the constitutional court
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