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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	ParaguayReviewed	BrazilReviewed	DenmarkReviewed	BotswanaReviewed
Legal family	Civil law	Civil law	Civil law (Nordic)	Mixed Roman-Dutch and English common law
System of government	Unitary presidential republic	Federal presidential republic	Constitutional monarchy	Parliamentary republic
Constitution	Constitution of the Republic of Paraguay	Constituição da República Federativa do Brasil	Constitutional Act of Denmark (Grundloven)	Constitution of Botswana
In force since	1992	1988	1953	1966
Capital	Asunción	Brasília	Copenhagen	Gaborone
Official languages	Spanish, Guaraní	Portuguese	Danish	English, Setswana
Currency	Paraguayan guaraní (PYG)	Brazilian Real (BRL)	Danish krone (DKK)	Botswana pula (BWP)
Population	6,900,000	217,000,000	5,900,000	2,680,000
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.	Presidentialism with a bicameral Congress and an assertive judiciary; the STF hears direct actions of unconstitutionality brought by defined institutional applicants.	Parliamentary government in which the cabinet is drawn from and answerable to the Folketing, with an independent unified judiciary.	Unitary. Districts and sub-districts administer central policy, and the House of Chiefs (Ntlo ya Dikgosi) is an advisory chamber that must be consulted on bills affecting customary law, tribal organisation and tribal property.
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 both chambers, with the initiating chamber reviewing amendments; the President may veto in whole or part, and Congress may override in joint session.	Bills pass three readings in the Folketing and receive royal assent. A minority of members can require certain bills to be put to a referendum.	Bills are introduced in the National Assembly, take three readings with committee scrutiny between the second and third, and go to the President for assent. Bills affecting customary law, tribal property or the organisation of the tribes must first be referred to the Ntlo ya Dikgosi for its opinion, though that opinion does not bind the Assembly.
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.	Law graduates must pass the OAB examination; membership of the Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil is mandatory to practise.	A single advokat profession admitted after a law degree, practical training and a bar course; judges are appointed from experienced lawyers.	A fused profession of attorneys admitted by the High Court after a recognised law degree and articles of pupillage; there is no split between advocates and attorneys, and the Law Society of Botswana regulates practice.

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.