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Historical Values
Year Value
1990 mixture of US and West European legal systems; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
1991 mixture of US and West European legal systems; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
1992 mixture of US and West European legal systems; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
1993 mixture of US and West European legal systems; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
1994 mixture of US and West European legal systems; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
1995 mixture of US and West European legal systems; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
1996 mixture of US and West European legal systems; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
1997 mixture of US and West European legal systems; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
1998 mixture of US and West European legal systems; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
1999 mixture of US and West European legal systems; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
2000 mixture of US and West European legal systems; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
2001 mixture of US and West European legal systems; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
2002 mixture of US and West European legal systems; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
2003 mixture of US and West European legal systems; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
2004 mixture of US and West European legal systems; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
2005 mixture of US and West European legal systems; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
2006 mixture of US and West European legal systems; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
2007 mixture of US and West European legal systems; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
2008 mixture of US and West European legal systems; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
2009 mixture of US and West European legal systems; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
2010 mixture of US and West European legal systems; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
2011 civil law system based on West European legal systems; note - efforts at civil code reform begun in the mid-1980s has stagnated
2012 civil law system based on West European legal systems; note - efforts at civil code reform begun in the mid-1980s has stagnated
2013 civil law system based on West European legal systems; note - efforts at civil code reform begun in the mid-1980s has stagnated
2014 civil law system based on West European legal systems; note - as of January 2013, Congress was deliberating a government-backed reform to the civil code
2015 civil law system based on West European legal systems; note - in 2014, Congress passed government-backed reform to the civil code that will go into effect in 2016
2016 civil law system based on West European legal systems; note - in 2014, Congress passed government-backed reform to the civil code that will go into effect in 2016
2017 civil law system based on West European legal systems; note - in mid-2015, Argentina adopted a new civil code, replacing the old one in force since 1871
2018 civil law system based on West European legal systems; note - in mid-2015, Argentina adopted a new civil code, replacing the old one in force since 1871
2019 civil law system based on West European legal systems; note - in mid-2015, Argentina adopted a new civil code, replacing the old one in force since 1871
2020 civil law system based on West European legal systems; note - in mid-2015, Argentina adopted a new civil code, replacing the old one in force since 1871
2021 civil law system based on West European legal systems; note - in mid-2015, Argentina adopted a new civil code, replacing the old one in force since 1871
2022 civil law system based on West European legal systems; note - in mid-2015, Argentina adopted a new civil code, replacing the old one in force since 1871
2023 civil law system based on West European legal systems; note - in mid-2015, Argentina adopted a new civil code, replacing the old one in force since 1871
2024 civil law system based on West European legal systems; note - in mid-2015, Argentina adopted a new civil code, replacing the old one in force since 1871
2025 civil law system based on Western European legal systems note: in 2015, Argentina adopted a new civil code, replacing the old one in force since 1871