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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	ParaguayReviewed	BelarusReviewed	ComorosReviewed	PolandReviewed
Legal family	Civil law	Civil law	Mixed French civil law and Islamic law	Civil law
System of government	Unitary presidential republic	Unitary presidential republic	Federal presidential republic	Unitary parliamentary republic
Constitution	Constitution of the Republic of Paraguay	Constitution of the Republic of Belarus	Constitution of the Union of the Comoros	Constitution of the Republic of Poland
In force since	1992	1994	2001	1997
Capital	Asunción	Minsk	Moroni	Warsaw
Official languages	Spanish, Guaraní	Belarusian, Russian	Comorian, Arabic, French	Polish
Currency	Paraguayan guaraní (PYG)	Belarusian rouble (BYN)	Comorian franc (KMF)	Polish złoty (PLN)
Population	6,900,000	9,100,000	850,000	36,700,000
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.	Strongly presidential: the President legislates by decree, appoints half of the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court leadership, and the All-Belarusian People’s Assembly holds constitutional functions above the ordinary branches.	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.	A tripartite separation under Article 10, with a directly elected President holding a legislative veto that only a three-fifths Sejm majority can override.
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 pass the House of Representatives and the Council of the Republic and are signed by the President, who may return them. Separately, the President may issue decrees and edicts with the force of law, including on matters otherwise reserved to statute.	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.	A bill passes three readings in the Sejm, goes to the Senate, which may amend or reject within 30 days, returns to the Sejm, and is then signed by the President — who may instead veto it or refer it to the Constitutional Tribunal.
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.	Advocacy is organised through territorial bar collegiums under close Ministry of Justice supervision; 2021 amendments abolished independent practice and required membership of a legal consultancy office.	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.	Two advocacy professions exist side by side: adwokaci and radcowie prawni, both with rights of audience after a bar traineeship and examination. Notaries and bailiffs are separate regulated professions.

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