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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	NigerIndexed	GrenadaReviewed	LibyaIndexed
Legal family	Civil law (French tradition)	Common law	Civil law with Islamic law as a source
System of government	Republic under military-led government	Constitutional monarchy	Provisional government with contested authority
Constitution	Constitution of the Seventh Republic (suspended)	The Grenada Constitution	Constitutional Declaration (interim)
In force since	2010	1973	2011
Capital	Niamey	Saint George's	Tripoli
Official languages	French, Hausa, Zarma	English	Arabic
Currency	West African CFA franc (XOF)	East Caribbean dollar (XCD)	Libyan dinar (LYD)
Population	26,200,000	126,000	6,900,000
Division of powers	Under the suspended constitution, a semi-presidential system with a President, Prime Minister and National Assembly. Currently executive and legislative authority is concentrated in the CNSP and an appointed government.	Unitary. The state comprises Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique; Carriacou and Petite Martinique have a Ministry and local administration but no separate legislature.	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.
How law is made	Legislation is currently made by order of the governing authority and published in the Journal Officiel. The suspended constitution provided for ordinary parliamentary passage and presidential promulgation.	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.	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.
Legal profession	Avocats admitted through the Barreau du Niger after a law degree and traineeship; notaires and huissiers are separate offices.	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 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.

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