Senegal
based on French civil law system; judicial review of
legislative acts in Constitutional Court; the Council of State
audits the government's accounting office; accepts compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction with reservations
Serbia
based on civil law system
Seychelles
based on English common law, French civil law, and
customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Sierra Leone
based on English law and customary laws indigenous to
local tribes; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Singapore
based on English common law; has not accepted compulsory
ICJ jurisdiction
Slovakia
civil law system based on Austro-Hungarian codes; accepts
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; legal code modified
to comply with the obligations of Organization on Security and
Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and to expunge Marxist-Leninist legal
theory
Slovenia
based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction
Solomon Islands
English common law, which is widely disregarded; has
not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Somalia
no national system; a mixture of English common law, Italian
law, Islamic Sharia, and Somali customary law; accepts compulsory
ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
South Africa
based on Roman-Dutch law and English common law; has
not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction