Samoa
2026
STATUSAbolitionist
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES0
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary republic
- CONSTITUTION
- January 1, 1962
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on English common law and local traditions; judicial review of legislative acts regarding civil rights
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Legislative Assembly (Fono)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, Court of Appeals
RELIGIONS
34.8% Congregationalists, 20% Catholics, 15% Methodists, other