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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	CanadaReviewed	NamibiaReviewed	UruguayReviewed	ComorosReviewed
Legal family	Bijural: common law and Québec civil law	Mixed Roman-Dutch and English common law	Civil law	Mixed French civil law and Islamic law
System of government	Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy	Semi-presidential republic	Unitary presidential republic	Federal presidential republic
Constitution	Constitution Acts, 1867 and 1982	Constitution of the Republic of Namibia	Constitution of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay	Constitution of the Union of the Comoros
In force since	1982	1990	1967	2001
Capital	Ottawa	Windhoek	Montevideo	Moroni
Official languages	English, French	English	Spanish	Comorian, Arabic, French
Currency	Canadian Dollar (CAD)	Namibian dollar (NAD)	Uruguayan peso (UYU)	Comorian franc (KMF)
Population	41,200,000	2,600,000	3,400,000	850,000
Division of powers	Sections 91 and 92 divide federal and provincial competence. Section 33 allows a legislature to override certain Charter rights for renewable five-year periods.	Unitary with 14 administrative regions and elected regional councils, which also constitute the National Council, the upper chamber. Traditional authorities exercise recognised functions over communal land and customary law.	Unitary. Nineteen departments have elected intendentes and juntas with administrative and local taxing competence, and municipalities were added in 2010, but all legislative power belongs to the General Assembly.	Federal. Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli each have a governor and their own assembly with substantial autonomy over local administration, while the Union handles defence, currency, foreign affairs and nationality.
How law is made	Three readings plus committee study in each chamber, then Royal Assent. Money bills must originate in the Commons.	Bills pass the National Assembly through three readings, then go to the National Council for review. The Council may confirm, propose amendments, or object; the Assembly can override an objection by a two-thirds majority. The President then assents, and constitutional amendments require two-thirds of both chambers and may never diminish the rights chapter.	Bills pass both chambers; disagreement is resolved by the General Assembly sitting jointly. The executive may veto, overcome by three-fifths of the joint assembly. Distinctively, 25% of registered voters can force a referendum to repeal a statute within one year of promulgation, and 10% can initiate a constitutional plebiscite.	Bills originate with the government or members of the Assembly of the Union, are examined in committee and passed by the Assembly, then promulgated by the President. Matters within island competence are legislated by the island assemblies, and disputes over the boundary between Union and island competence are a standing feature of Comorian constitutional practice.
Legal profession	Provincial law societies regulate admission: an accredited degree, articles, and bar admission courses. Québec has separate avocat and notaire professions.	A fused profession under the Legal Practitioners Act: a single class of legal practitioner is admitted after a law degree and the Justice Training Centre's postgraduate course, and the Law Society of Namibia regulates practice.	A degree from the Universidad de la República or an accredited private faculty confers the title of abogado, with registration by the Supreme Court. Membership of the Colegio de Abogados del Uruguay is voluntary; the Supreme Court exercises discipline. Escribanos públicos are a separate profession with exclusive competence over conveyancing.	A small bar of avocats admitted after French-model legal training, supplemented by qadis who require religious-law qualification for the personal-status jurisdiction; many practitioners train in France or Madagascar.

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