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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	MauritiusReviewed	MonacoReviewed	MoldovaReviewed
Legal family	Mixed French civil law and English common law	Civil law	Civil law
System of government	Parliamentary republic	Constitutional hereditary monarchy	Unitary parliamentary republic
Constitution	Constitution of Mauritius	Constitution of the Principality of Monaco	Constitution of the Republic of Moldova
In force since	1968	1962	1994
Capital	Port Louis	Monaco	Chișinău
Official languages	English, French, Mauritian Creole	French	Romanian
Currency	Mauritian rupee (MUR)	Euro (EUR)	Moldovan leu (MDL)
Population	1,260,000	39,000	2,400,000
Division of powers	Unitary, with Rodrigues holding a statutory autonomous status and its own Regional Assembly, and Agalega and St Brandon administered as outer islands.	A unitary state of about two square kilometres with a single commune. Legislative power is exercised jointly by the Prince and the National Council; executive power belongs to the Prince, exercised through the Minister of State and the Government Council; judicial power is delegated by the Prince to the courts, with the Tribunal Suprême acting as both constitutional and supreme administrative court.	Parliamentary, though the President has been directly elected since 2016; the Constitutional Court arbitrates between the two.
How law is made	Bills pass three readings in the National Assembly with committee scrutiny and receive presidential assent. Constitutional amendments require a three-quarters majority, and certain entrenched provisions — including the electoral and 'best loser' arrangements — require both a three-quarters majority and, for some, a referendum.	A bill may be initiated by the Prince or proposed by the National Council. Government bills are laid before the Council, examined in committee and voted; adoption requires the agreement of both the Prince and the Council. The Prince then promulgates the law by sovereign ordinance and it is published in the Journal de Monaco.	Bills are adopted by Parliament, usually in two readings, and promulgated by the President, who may return a bill once for reconsideration. Publication in Monitorul Oficial is a condition of entry into force.
Legal profession	A three-branch profession unusual in the region: barristers hold rights of audience, attorneys handle procedure and instruct barristers, and notaries deal with conveyancing and authenticated instruments under the civil-law tradition.	A small bar of avocats-défenseurs, avocats and avocats stagiaires, organised as the Ordre des Avocats, with admission requiring Monegasque nationality preference, a law degree and a traineeship. French avocats may appear in specified circumstances. Notaries are appointed by sovereign ordinance and are few in number.	Lawyers are licensed by the Union of Advocates after examination and traineeship; notaries, bailiffs and authorised administrators are separate licensed professions.

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