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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	ParaguayReviewed	BahrainReviewed	ComorosReviewed	ChadIndexed
Legal family	Civil law	Mixed (civil law and Islamic law)	Mixed French civil law and Islamic law	Mixed (French civil law, customary and Islamic law)
System of government	Unitary presidential republic	Unitary constitutional monarchy	Federal presidential republic	Unitary presidential republic
Constitution	Constitution of the Republic of Paraguay	Constitution of the Kingdom of Bahrain	Constitution of the Union of the Comoros	Constitution of the Republic of Chad
In force since	1992	2002	2001	2023
Capital	Asunción	Manama	Moroni	N'Djamena
Official languages	Spanish, Guaraní	Arabic	Comorian, Arabic, French	French, Arabic
Currency	Paraguayan guaraní (PYG)	Bahraini dinar (BHD)	Comorian franc (KMF)	Central African CFA franc (XAF)
Population	6,900,000	1,500,000	850,000	18,300,000
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.	Unitary. Four governorates administered centrally; elected municipal councils were abolished as a tier in 2014 and their functions transferred to the governorates.	Federal. Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli each have a governor and their own assembly with substantial autonomy over local administration, while the Union handles defence, currency, foreign affairs and nationality.	Presidential system with a Prime Minister, a bicameral Parliament of National Assembly and Senate under the 2023 text, and a judiciary headed by the Supreme Court.
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.	Bills require passage by both chambers. Where they disagree, a joint sitting decides by majority with the Speaker of the appointed Consultative Council presiding and casting the deciding vote, which structurally favours the appointed chamber. The King ratifies and promulgates; a returned bill requires a two-thirds majority of the joint Assembly to be re-enacted. Decree-laws may be issued between sessions and must be submitted to the Assembly afterwards.	Bills originate with the government or members of the Assembly of the Union, are examined in committee and passed by the Assembly, then promulgated by the President. Matters within island competence are legislated by the island assemblies, and disputes over the boundary between Union and island competence are a standing feature of Comorian constitutional practice.	Bills are examined in committee and plenary and passed by the legislature, then promulgated by the President. The Constitutional Council may be seised before promulgation.
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.	Advocates are licensed by the Ministry of Justice; Bahraini nationality is required for rights of audience before the higher courts, and foreign firms practise in association with local counsel. Bahrain is unusual in the region for the number of foreign firms permitted to advise, reflecting its role as a financial centre. Judges are appointed by royal order on the recommendation of the Supreme Judicial Council, and notarial authentication is required for property transfers and powers of attorney.	A small bar of avocats admitted after French-model legal training, supplemented by qadis who require religious-law qualification for the personal-status jurisdiction; many practitioners train in France or Madagascar.	Avocats admitted through the Ordre des avocats du Tchad; the profession is concentrated in N'Djamena.

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