Cook Islands
based on New Zealand law and English common law

Coral Sea Islands
the laws of Australia where applicable apply

Costa Rica
based on Spanish civil law system; judicial review of
legislative acts in the Supreme Court; accepts compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction

Cote d'Ivoire
based on French civil law system and customary law;
judicial review in the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court;
accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations

Croatia
based on Austro-Hungarian law system with Communist law
influences; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Cuba
based on Spanish civil law and influenced by American legal
concepts with large elements of Communist legal theory; has not
accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Curacao
based on Dutch civil law system with some English common law
influence

Cyprus
based on English common law with civil law modifications;
accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations

Czech Republic
civil law system based on Austro-Hungarian codes;
legal code modified to bring it in line with European Union
obligations and to expunge Marxist-Leninist legal theory; has not
accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Denmark
civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts;
accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations