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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	MauritaniaReviewed	RomaniaReviewed	GreeceReviewed
Legal family	Mixed (Islamic law and French civil law)	Civil law	Civil law
System of government	Unitary presidential republic	Unitary semi-presidential republic	Unitary parliamentary republic
Constitution	Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania	Constitution of Romania	Constitution of Greece
In force since	1991	1991	1975
Capital	Nouakchott	Bucharest	Athens
Official languages	Arabic, French, Pulaar, Soninke, Wolof	Romanian	Greek
Currency	Ouguiya (MRU)	Romanian leu (RON)	Euro (EUR)
Population	4,900,000	19,000,000	10,400,000
Division of powers	Presidential system with a President elected for five years, a unicameral National Assembly since the 2017 abolition of the Senate, and a judiciary that includes Sharia jurisdiction in personal status and certain criminal matters.	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.	A parliamentary republic with a largely ceremonial President, a Government answerable to Parliament and an independent judiciary organised into civil/criminal, administrative and audit branches.
How law is made	Bills are examined in committee and voted by the National Assembly, then promulgated by the President. The Conseil constitutionnel may be seised before promulgation.	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 are passed by the Hellenic Parliament and promulgated by the President; a Special Highest Court resolves disputes over constitutionality.
Legal profession	Avocats admitted through the Ordre national des avocats; training combines French-style procedure with Islamic legal studies.	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.	Dikigoroi (advocates) belong to local bar associations; symvolaiografoi (notaries) authenticate deeds and property transfers.

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