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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	Equatorial GuineaIndexed	SpainReviewed	MongoliaReviewed
Legal family	Civil law (Spanish tradition)	Civil law	Civil law
System of government	Unitary presidential republic	Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy	Semi-presidential republic
Constitution	Fundamental Law of Equatorial Guinea	Spanish Constitution	Constitution of Mongolia
In force since	1991	1978	1992
Capital	Malabo	Madrid	Ulaanbaatar
Official languages	Spanish, French, Portuguese	Spanish	Mongolian
Currency	Central African CFA franc (XAF)	Euro (EUR)	Mongolian tögrög (MNT)
Population	1,700,000	48,400,000	3,500,000
Division of powers	Presidential system with a Vice-President and Prime Minister, a bicameral Parliament of Chamber of Deputies and Senate, and a judiciary headed by the Supreme Court of Justice.	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.	Unitary. Twenty-one provinces (aimags) plus the capital, subdivided into soums and districts. Local self-governing assemblies (hurals) sit alongside centrally appointed governors, who are nominated locally but confirmed by the Prime Minister — a hybrid that keeps substantial central control over local administration.
How law is made	Bills pass the Chamber of Deputies and Senate and are promulgated by the President, who may return a text for reconsideration.	Bills pass both chambers of the Cortes Generales, with the Congress of Deputies able to override the Senate, and receive royal assent.	Bills are introduced by members of the State Great Khural, the President or the Cabinet, considered in standing committee and then in plenary. The President may veto a bill in whole or in part, and the veto is overridden by a two-thirds majority. Laws take effect ten days after publication in the State Information Bulletin unless the statute provides otherwise. The Law on Legislation requires regulatory impact assessment and public consultation for draft laws.
Legal profession	Abogados admitted through the Ilustre Colegio de Abogados; practice requires competence in both Spanish codes and French-language OHADA texts.	Abogados belong to local bar associations (colegios de abogados); procuradores represent parties procedurally and notaries authenticate deeds and company acts.	Advocates are licensed under the Law on the Legal Status of Lawyers 2012, which separated the profession into advocates, prosecutors and notaries and created the Mongolian Bar Association as a self-governing body with mandatory membership. Entry requires a law degree, a qualifying examination and a period of supervised practice. Notaries hold a distinct licence and their involvement is mandatory for many property and corporate transactions, a survival of the Soviet-era formality requirements.

A comparison table flattens nuance by design. Where a difference matters to a decision you are making, open both portals and read the section in full — the constitutional detail behind a one-line summary is often the part that governs the outcome.