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AttributeCzechiaReviewedGrenadaReviewedSpainReviewed
Legal familyCivil lawCommon lawCivil law
System of governmentUnitary parliamentary republicConstitutional monarchyUnitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
ConstitutionConstitution of the Czech RepublicThe Grenada ConstitutionSpanish Constitution
In force since199319731978
CapitalPragueSaint George'sMadrid
Official languagesCzechEnglishSpanish
CurrencyCzech koruna (CZK)East Caribbean dollar (XCD)Euro (EUR)
Population10,500,000126,00048,400,000
Division of powersParliamentary government with a directly elected President since 2013 whose powers remain mostly formal, checked by a Constitutional Court that may annul both statutes and judicial decisions.Unitary. The state comprises Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique; Carriacou and Petite Martinique have a Ministry and local administration but no separate legislature.A constitutional monarchy with the King as head of state, an executive led by the President of the Government, a bicameral parliament and an independent judiciary, overlaid by extensive regional self-government.
How law is madeThree readings in the Chamber of Deputies, then the Senate within 30 days; the Chamber may override the Senate, and a presidential veto, by an absolute majority of all deputies. Publication in the Collection of Laws is a condition of validity.Bills pass three readings in both Houses and receive the Governor-General's assent. Constitutional amendments to entrenched provisions need a two-thirds majority in the House of Representatives and then approval by a referendum, a double lock that has defeated every reform package put to voters.Bills pass both chambers of the Cortes Generales, with the Congress of Deputies able to override the Senate, and receive royal assent.
Legal professionA single advocacy profession (advokรกti) regulated by the Czech Bar Association, entered after a three-year traineeship and examination. Notaries, executors and insolvency administrators are separate professions.A fused profession of legal practitioners admitted by the High Court under the Legal Profession Act, after a law degree and the Legal Education Certificate. The Grenada Bar Association represents practitioners.Abogados belong to local bar associations (colegios de abogados); procuradores represent parties procedurally and notaries authenticate deeds and company acts.

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