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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	GeorgiaReviewed	PalestineReviewed
Legal family	Civil law	Mixed civil, common and Islamic law
System of government	Unitary parliamentary republic	Semi-presidential republic under occupation
Constitution	Constitution of Georgia	Palestinian Basic Law
In force since	1995	2002
Capital	Tbilisi	Ramallah
Official languages	Georgian	Arabic
Currency	Lari (GEL)	New shekel (ILS)
Population	3,700,000	5,500,000
Division of powers	Unitary, with the Autonomous Republic of Adjara holding its own constitution and supreme council, and Abkhazia recognised in Georgian law as an autonomous republic. Abkhazia and South Ossetia are outside the effective control of the central government, and the atlas records Georgian law as it stands while noting that it is not applied there in practice.	Formally unitary over the West Bank and Gaza Strip. In practice the West Bank is divided into Areas A, B and C under the Oslo arrangements with differing Palestinian and Israeli competences, Area C remaining under Israeli civil and security administration, and Gaza has been separately administered since 2007. East Jerusalem is administered by Israel. The atlas records this fragmentation rather than describing a single uniform jurisdiction.
How law is made	Bills may be introduced by the Government, members of Parliament, a committee, the representative bodies of the autonomous republics or by an initiative of 25,000 voters. They pass three readings, and the President may veto with remarks, which Parliament overrides by a majority of its full composition. Organic laws require an absolute majority. Laws take effect on publication in the Legislative Herald.	The Basic Law contemplates bills passing the Legislative Council in three readings and being promulgated by the President. Since 2007, with the Council not sitting, legislation has been issued as presidential decree-law under Article 43, published in the Official Gazette al-Waqa'i al-Filastiniyya. Because Article 43 requires later presentation to the Council, the standing of the accumulated body of decree-laws is itself a live constitutional question.
Legal profession	Advocates are admitted by the Georgian Bar Association after a qualifying examination and hold a monopoly on representation in criminal cases and, since 2017, in cassation. The Bar is a self-governing body with its own ethics commission. Notaries are licensed and their role in property and corporate acts was deliberately narrowed during the reform decade in favour of direct electronic registration, which is why Georgian conveyancing is faster and cheaper than in most civil-law systems.	Lawyers are admitted by the Palestinian Bar Association after a law degree and a two-year traineeship, with compulsory membership. Practice is complicated by movement restrictions and by the divergence between West Bank and Gaza law, so practitioners tend to specialise territorially. Sharia court advocacy is separately licensed. Legal aid is provided mainly through the Bar's committees and by non-governmental clinics rather than a state defender service.

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