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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	ParaguayReviewed	BrazilReviewed	GrenadaReviewed	MauritiusReviewed
Legal family	Civil law	Civil law	Common law	Mixed French civil law 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	The Grenada Constitution	Constitution of Mauritius
In force since	1992	1988	1973	1968
Capital	Asunción	Brasília	Saint George's	Port Louis
Official languages	Spanish, Guaraní	Portuguese	English	English, French, Mauritian Creole
Currency	Paraguayan guaraní (PYG)	Brazilian Real (BRL)	East Caribbean dollar (XCD)	Mauritian rupee (MUR)
Population	6,900,000	217,000,000	126,000	1,260,000
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.	Unitary. The state comprises Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique; Carriacou and Petite Martinique have a Ministry and local administration but no separate legislature.	Unitary, with Rodrigues holding a statutory autonomous status and its own Regional Assembly, and Agalega and St Brandon administered as outer islands.
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 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.	Bills pass three readings in the National Assembly with committee scrutiny and receive presidential assent. Constitutional amendments require a three-quarters majority, and certain entrenched provisions — including the electoral and 'best loser' arrangements — require both a three-quarters majority and, for some, a referendum.
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 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.	A three-branch profession unusual in the region: barristers hold rights of audience, attorneys handle procedure and instruct barristers, and notaries deal with conveyancing and authenticated instruments under the civil-law tradition.

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