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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	ChadIndexed	KuwaitReviewed	BelizeReviewed
Legal family	Mixed (French civil law, customary and Islamic law)	Mixed (civil law and Islamic law)	Common law
System of government	Unitary presidential republic	Unitary constitutional monarchy	Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Constitution	Constitution of the Republic of Chad	Constitution of the State of Kuwait	Belize Constitution
In force since	2023	1962	1981
Capital	N'Djamena	Kuwait City	Belmopan
Official languages	French, Arabic	Arabic	English, Spanish, Belize Kriol, Q'eqchi', Mopan
Currency	Central African CFA franc (XAF)	Kuwaiti dinar (KWD)	Belize dollar (BZD)
Population	18,300,000	4,300,000	410,000
Division of powers	Presidential system with a Prime Minister, a bicameral Parliament of National Assembly and Senate under the 2023 text, and a judiciary headed by the Supreme Court.	Unitary. Six governorates administered by appointed governors, with no legislative competence.	Unitary, with six districts and elected town and village councils. Maya communal land rights in Toledo are recognised through the courts rather than by statute, and implementation is supervised by the CCJ.
How law is made	Bills are examined in committee and plenary and passed by the legislature, then promulgated by the President. The Constitutional Council may be seised before promulgation.	Under the constitution as designed, bills passed by the National Assembly required Emiri sanction, and the Emir could return a bill for reconsideration which the Assembly could override by a two-thirds majority. With the Assembly dissolved and the relevant articles suspended since May 2024, legislation is made by Emiri decree on the proposal of the Council of Ministers and published in the Official Gazette (Kuwait Al-Youm).	A bill passes three readings in the House of Representatives, then the Senate, and receives the Governor-General's assent. Money bills originate in the House. Constitutional amendments need a two-thirds majority of all House members, and certain entrenched provisions require three-quarters.
Legal profession	Avocats admitted through the Ordre des avocats du Tchad; the profession is concentrated in N'Djamena.	Advocacy is reserved to Kuwaiti nationals enrolled with the Ministry of Justice and the Kuwait Bar Association, with foreign lawyers acting as consultants and unable to appear; pleadings are in Arabic. Judges are appointed by the Supreme Judicial Council, and a significant proportion of the bench has historically been seconded from other Arab states. Notarial authentication at the Ministry of Justice is required for powers of attorney, property transfers and company formation documents.	A fused profession of attorneys-at-law admitted by the High Court under the Legal Profession Act, with the Bar Association of Belize exercising disciplinary functions. Commonwealth qualifications are recognised on application, which keeps a small bar workable.

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