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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	ParaguayReviewed	AndorraReviewed	LithuaniaReviewed	IndiaReviewed	CanadaReviewed
Legal family	Civil law	Civil law	Civil law	Common law with personal-law pluralism	Bijural: common law and Québec civil law
System of government	Unitary presidential republic	Parliamentary co-principality	Unitary semi-presidential republic	Federal parliamentary republic	Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Constitution	Constitution of the Republic of Paraguay	Constitution of the Principality of Andorra	Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania	Constitution of India	Constitution Acts, 1867 and 1982
In force since	1992	1993	1992	1950	1982
Capital	Asunción	Andorra la Vella	Vilnius	New Delhi	Ottawa
Official languages	Spanish, Guaraní	Catalan	Lithuanian	Hindi, English, +22 scheduled languages	English, French
Currency	Paraguayan guaraní (PYG)	Euro (EUR)	Euro (EUR)	Indian Rupee (INR)	Canadian Dollar (CAD)
Population	6,900,000	80,000	2,860,000	1,441,000,000	41,200,000
Division of powers	Unitary with seventeen departments and the capital district, each with an elected governor and departmental board holding administrative and limited fiscal competence. Legislative power is national.	A co-principality in which two co-princes act as ceremonial heads of state, a Head of Government leads an executive answerable to the General Council, and an independent judiciary applies the law.	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.	Parliamentary federalism with subjects distributed across Union, State and Concurrent Lists; judicial review is entrenched, and writ jurisdiction under Articles 32 and 226 is broad.	Sections 91 and 92 divide federal and provincial competence. Section 33 allows a legislature to override certain Charter rights for renewable five-year periods.
How law is made	Bills may start in either chamber and must pass both. The President may object in whole or part; Congress overcomes an objection by absolute majority in both chambers. Constitutional amendment requires a two-thirds vote of each chamber and ratification by referendum; wholesale reform requires a constituent assembly.	Laws are passed by the General Council and enacted with the sanction and promulgation of the two co-princes.	Bills are adopted by the Seimas and signed by the President, who may veto and return a bill for reconsideration.	Bills pass three readings in each House; money bills originate only in the Lok Sabha. Presidential assent follows, and ordinances may be promulgated between sessions.	Three readings plus committee study in each chamber, then Royal Assent. Money bills must originate in the Commons.
Legal profession	A law degree and registration of the title with the Supreme Court, which maintains the roll and exercises discipline. Bar membership is voluntary. Because both Spanish and Guaraní are official, courts must provide interpretation, and practitioners outside Asunción are commonly bilingual.	Advocats belong to the Andorran Bar Association (Col·legi d’Advocats); notaries authenticate deeds and company acts.	Advocates belong to the Lithuanian Bar Association; notaries handle property, company and succession formalities.	A single fused profession of advocates enrolled with State Bar Councils under the Advocates Act 1961, subject to the All India Bar Examination.	Provincial law societies regulate admission: an accredited degree, articles, and bar admission courses. Québec has separate avocat and notaire professions.

A comparison table flattens nuance by design. Where a difference matters to a decision you are making, open both portals and read the section in full — the constitutional detail behind a one-line summary is often the part that governs the outcome.