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| Attribute | LibyaIndexed | IndiaReviewed | EritreaIndexed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal family | Civil law with Islamic law as a source | Common law with personal-law pluralism | Civil law with customary law |
| System of government | Provisional government with contested authority | Federal parliamentary republic | Single-party state |
| Constitution | Constitutional Declaration (interim) | Constitution of India | Constitution of Eritrea (ratified 1997, never implemented) |
| In force since | 2011 | 1950 | 1997 |
| Capital | Tripoli | New Delhi | Asmara |
| Official languages | Arabic | Hindi, English, +22 scheduled languages | Tigrinya, Arabic, English |
| Currency | Libyan dinar (LYD) | Indian Rupee (INR) | Eritrean nakfa (ERN) |
| Population | 6,900,000 | 1,441,000,000 | 3,700,000 |
| 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. | Parliamentary federalism with subjects distributed across Union, State and Concurrent Lists; judicial review is entrenched, and writ jurisdiction under Articles 32 and 226 is broad. | Unitary, with six regions and sub-regional administrations whose administrators are centrally appointed. There is no elected regional tier and no legislative devolution. |
| 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 pass three readings in each House; money bills originate only in the Lok Sabha. Presidential assent follows, and ordinances may be promulgated between sessions. | There is no functioning parliamentary process. Law is made by proclamation issued through the executive and published in the Gazette of Eritrean Laws. Because the National Assembly has not sat for more than two decades, the ordinary description of a legislative procedure would be inapplicable. |
| 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. | A single fused profession of advocates enrolled with State Bar Councils under the Advocates Act 1961, subject to the All India Bar Examination. | The profession is very small. Advocates are licensed by the Ministry of Justice, there is no independent bar association, and legal education runs through a limited number of state institutions following the closure of the University of Asmara as a degree-granting body in 2006. Representation is not permitted before the Special Court. Reliable current figures are not available. |
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