Law in South America
The law of South America is one of the most unified in the world. All countries but Guyana[1] can be said to follow civil law systems, although recent developments in the law of Brazil suggest a move towards the stare decisis doctrine.
Supranational agreements
- Andean Community
- Mercosur
- Union of South American Nations
Countries
- Law of Argentina
- Law of Bolivia
- Law of Brazil
- Law of Chile
- Law of Colombia
- Law of Ecuador
- Law of Guyana
- Law of Panama
- Law of Paraguay
- Law of Peru
- Law of Suriname
- Law of Trinidad and Tobago
- Law of Uruguay
- Law of Venezuela
Territories
- Law of Aruba
- Law of Falkland Islands
- Law of French Guiana
- Law of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
See also
References
- ^ Newman, Graeme R. (2010-10-19). Crime and Punishment around the World (entry: "Guyana"). ABC-CLIO. p. 189. ISBN 978-0-313-35134-1.
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Law in the Americas
- United States and Canada
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- Latin America
- Hispanic
- North America
- Northern
- Caribbean
- Central America
- South America
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Canada
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Jamaica
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Suriname
- Trinidad and Tobago
- United States
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
- Anguilla
- Aruba
- Bermuda
- Bonaire
- British Virgin Islands
- Cayman Islands
- Curaçao
- Falkland Islands
- French Guiana
- Greenland
- Guadeloupe
- Martinique
- Montserrat
- Puerto Rico
- Saba
- Saint Barthélemy
- Saint Martin
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Sint Eustatius
- Sint Maarten
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- U.S. Virgin Islands
