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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	NicaraguaReviewed	MauritiusReviewed
Legal family	Civil law	Mixed French civil law and English common law
System of government	Unitary presidential republic	Parliamentary republic
Constitution	Political Constitution of the Republic of Nicaragua	Constitution of Mauritius
In force since	1987	1968
Capital	Managua	Port Louis
Official languages	Spanish, Miskito, Creole English	English, French, Mauritian Creole
Currency	Nicaraguan córdoba (NIO)	Mauritian rupee (MUR)
Population	6,800,000	1,260,000
Division of powers	Unitary, with 15 departments and two autonomous regions — the Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Norte and Sur — which have regional councils and recognised communal property.	Unitary, with Rodrigues holding a statutory autonomous status and its own Regional Assembly, and Agalega and St Brandon administered as outer islands.
How law is made	Bills are approved in general and then article by article by the National Assembly. The President may veto in whole or part within 15 days; the Assembly overrides with an absolute majority of all deputies — a lower threshold than most of the region.	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.
Legal profession	Admission historically ran through the Supreme Court with the Colegio de Abogados y Notarios; the association lost its legal personality in the mass cancellations after 2018, so licensing now sits effectively with the court alone. Many practitioners work in exile.	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.

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