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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	LibyaIndexed	HondurasReviewed	ZimbabweReviewed
Legal family	Civil law with Islamic law as a source	Civil law	Mixed Roman-Dutch and English common law
System of government	Provisional government with contested authority	Unitary presidential republic	Presidential republic
Constitution	Constitutional Declaration (interim)	Constitution of the Republic of Honduras	Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20)
In force since	2011	1982	2013
Capital	Tripoli	Tegucigalpa	Harare
Official languages	Arabic	Spanish, Garifuna, Miskito	English, Shona, Ndebele
Currency	Libyan dinar (LYD)	Honduran lempira (HNL)	Zimbabwe Gold (ZWG)
Population	6,900,000	10,600,000	16,300,000
Division of powers	Nominally unitary with governorates and municipalities. In practice authority is divided between competing administrations and local armed actors, and municipal councils have in many places become the most functional layer of government.	Unitary, with 18 departments and 298 municipalities. Municipal autonomy is constitutionally protected, and the Garifuna and Miskito communities hold collectively titled coastal land recognised in Inter-American Court judgments.	Constitutionally devolved to ten provinces with provincial and metropolitan councils, but implementation has lagged and central government retains effective control of provincial administration and revenue.
How law is made	There is no single functioning legislative process. The House of Representatives passes laws that the High Council of State contests, and the rival administrations issue decrees within their areas of control. Whether a given instrument is law therefore depends on which authority is recognised, which is exactly why this profile is marked as requiring research rather than described as settled.	Bills are debated and approved article by article in Congress. The President may veto within ten days; Congress overrides with two-thirds. Constitutional amendments require two-thirds in two consecutive ordinary sessions, and cannot touch the entrenched articles.	Bills are gazetted, then pass both the National Assembly and the Senate with committee scrutiny, and the Parliamentary Legal Committee reports on whether a bill or statutory instrument is consistent with the constitution — a step with no direct equivalent in the region. The President assents; constitutional amendments require two-thirds of the membership of each chamber, and some provisions additionally require a referendum.
Legal profession	Advocates are admitted through the Libyan Bar Association, and the profession has continued to function, including in human-rights litigation, despite serious risks to practitioners. Judicial appointments run through the Supreme Judicial Council. Reliable current information on admission requirements and numbers is limited, which is reflected in the verification status of this entry.	Practice requires membership of the Colegio de Abogados de Honduras. Lawyers are admitted as abogado and may obtain a separate notarial commission from the Supreme Court after five years of practice.	A fused profession of legal practitioners registered under the Legal Practitioners Act after a law degree and practical training, regulated by the Law Society of Zimbabwe; senior practitioners may be appointed Senior Counsel.

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