Tonga
based on English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction
Trinidad and Tobago
based on English common law; judicial review of
legislative acts in the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory
ICJ jurisdiction
Tunisia
based on French civil law system and Islamic law; some
judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court in joint
session; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Turkey
civil law system derived from various European continental
legal systems; note - member of the European Court of Human Rights
(ECHR), although Turkey claims limited derogations on the ratified
European Convention on Human Rights; has not accepted compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction
Turkmenistan
based on civil law system and Islamic law; has not
accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Turks and Caicos Islands
based on laws of England and Wales with a
few adopted from Jamaica and The Bahamas
Tuvalu
English common law supplemented by local customary law
Uganda
in 1995, the government restored the legal system to one
based on English common law and customary law; accepts compulsory
ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
Ukraine
based on civil law system; judicial review of legislative
acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
United Arab Emirates
based on a dual system of Sharia and civil
courts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction