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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	LibyaIndexed	NamibiaReviewed	DenmarkReviewed	RomaniaReviewed	GrenadaReviewed
Legal family	Civil law with Islamic law as a source	Mixed Roman-Dutch and English common law	Civil law (Nordic)	Civil law	Common law
System of government	Provisional government with contested authority	Semi-presidential republic	Constitutional monarchy	Unitary semi-presidential republic	Constitutional monarchy
Constitution	Constitutional Declaration (interim)	Constitution of the Republic of Namibia	Constitutional Act of Denmark (Grundloven)	Constitution of Romania	The Grenada Constitution
In force since	2011	1990	1953	1991	1973
Capital	Tripoli	Windhoek	Copenhagen	Bucharest	Saint George's
Official languages	Arabic	English	Danish	Romanian	English
Currency	Libyan dinar (LYD)	Namibian dollar (NAD)	Danish krone (DKK)	Romanian leu (RON)	East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
Population	6,900,000	2,600,000	5,900,000	19,000,000	126,000
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 14 administrative regions and elected regional councils, which also constitute the National Council, the upper chamber. Traditional authorities exercise recognised functions over communal land and customary law.	Parliamentary government in which the cabinet is drawn from and answerable to the Folketing, with an independent unified judiciary.	Semi-presidential: a directly elected President shares executive power with a Government answerable to Parliament, and constitutional conflicts between them are themselves justiciable before the Constitutional Court.	Unitary. The state comprises Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique; Carriacou and Petite Martinique have a Ministry and local administration but no separate legislature.
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 the National Assembly through three readings, then go to the National Council for review. The Council may confirm, propose amendments, or object; the Assembly can override an objection by a two-thirds majority. The President then assents, and constitutional amendments require two-thirds of both chambers and may never diminish the rights chapter.	Bills pass three readings in the Folketing and receive royal assent. A minority of members can require certain bills to be put to a referendum.	A bill goes to a first-notified chamber and then to the decisional chamber, whose vote is final. The President may return it once for reconsideration or refer it to the Constitutional Court before promulgation and publication in Monitorul Oficial.	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.
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 fused profession under the Legal Practitioners Act: a single class of legal practitioner is admitted after a law degree and the Justice Training Centre's postgraduate course, and the Law Society of Namibia regulates practice.	A single advokat profession admitted after a law degree, practical training and a bar course; judges are appointed from experienced lawyers.	Lawyers (avocați) are admitted through local bars affiliated to the UNBR after examination and a two-year traineeship; notaries and judicial enforcement officers 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.

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