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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	MongoliaReviewed	DenmarkReviewed	GrenadaReviewed	LithuaniaReviewed
Legal family	Civil law	Civil law (Nordic)	Common law	Civil law
System of government	Semi-presidential republic	Constitutional monarchy	Constitutional monarchy	Unitary semi-presidential republic
Constitution	Constitution of Mongolia	Constitutional Act of Denmark (Grundloven)	The Grenada Constitution	Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania
In force since	1992	1953	1973	1992
Capital	Ulaanbaatar	Copenhagen	Saint George's	Vilnius
Official languages	Mongolian	Danish	English	Lithuanian
Currency	Mongolian tögrög (MNT)	Danish krone (DKK)	East Caribbean dollar (XCD)	Euro (EUR)
Population	3,500,000	5,900,000	126,000	2,860,000
Division of powers	Unitary. Twenty-one provinces (aimags) plus the capital, subdivided into soums and districts. Local self-governing assemblies (hurals) sit alongside centrally appointed governors, who are nominated locally but confirmed by the Prime Minister — a hybrid that keeps substantial central control over local administration.	Parliamentary government in which the cabinet is drawn from and answerable to the Folketing, with an independent unified judiciary.	Unitary. The state comprises Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique; Carriacou and Petite Martinique have a Ministry and local administration but no separate legislature.	Semi-presidential government with a directly elected President focused on foreign and security policy, a Government answerable to the Seimas, and a separate Constitutional Court.
How law is made	Bills are introduced by members of the State Great Khural, the President or the Cabinet, considered in standing committee and then in plenary. The President may veto a bill in whole or in part, and the veto is overridden by a two-thirds majority. Laws take effect ten days after publication in the State Information Bulletin unless the statute provides otherwise. The Law on Legislation requires regulatory impact assessment and public consultation for draft laws.	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.	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.	Bills are adopted by the Seimas and signed by the President, who may veto and return a bill for reconsideration.
Legal profession	Advocates are licensed under the Law on the Legal Status of Lawyers 2012, which separated the profession into advocates, prosecutors and notaries and created the Mongolian Bar Association as a self-governing body with mandatory membership. Entry requires a law degree, a qualifying examination and a period of supervised practice. Notaries hold a distinct licence and their involvement is mandatory for many property and corporate transactions, a survival of the Soviet-era formality requirements.	A single advokat profession admitted after a law degree, practical training and a bar course; judges are appointed from experienced lawyers.	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.	Advocates belong to the Lithuanian Bar Association; notaries handle property, company and succession formalities.

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