Jan Mayen
the laws of Norway where applicable apply
Japan
modeled after European civil law systems with English-American
influence; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court;
accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
Jersey
the laws of the UK where applicable apply and local statutes;
justice is administered by the Royal Court
Jordan
based on Islamic law and French codes; judicial review of
legislative acts in a specially provided High Tribunal; has not
accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Kazakhstan
based on Islamic law and Roman law; has not accepted
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Kenya
based on Kenyan statutory law, Kenyan and English common law,
tribal law, and Islamic law; judicial review in High Court; accepts
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; constitutional
amendment of 1982 making Kenya a de jure one-party state repealed in
1991
Kiribati
English common law supplemented by local, customary law;
has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Korea, North
based on Prussian civil law system with Japanese
influences and Communist legal theory; no judicial review of
legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Korea, South
combines elements of continental European civil law
systems, Anglo-American law, and Chinese classical thought; has not
accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Kosovo
evolving legal system based on terms of former UN Special
Envoy Martti AHTISAARI's Plan for Kosovo's supervised independence;
has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction