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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	ParaguayReviewed	CyprusReviewed	CanadaReviewed	MoroccoReviewed
Legal family	Civil law	Mixed common law and civil law	Bijural: common law and Québec civil law	Civil law with Islamic law in personal status
System of government	Unitary presidential republic	Unitary presidential republic	Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy	Constitutional monarchy
Constitution	Constitution of the Republic of Paraguay	Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus	Constitution Acts, 1867 and 1982	Constitution of the Kingdom of Morocco
In force since	1992	1960	1982	2011
Capital	Asunción	Nicosia	Ottawa	Rabat
Official languages	Spanish, Guaraní	Greek, Turkish	English, French	Arabic, Tamazight
Currency	Paraguayan guaraní (PYG)	Euro (EUR)	Canadian Dollar (CAD)	Moroccan dirham (MAD)
Population	6,900,000	1,260,000	41,200,000	37,500,000
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, with districts administered centrally and elected municipalities. In practice the government exercises effective control over roughly the southern two-thirds of the island; the north has been separately administered since 1974 under an entity recognised only by Turkey, and the application of the EU acquis is suspended there under Protocol 10 to the Accession Treaty. The atlas describes the law of the Republic and notes where it is not effectively applied.	Sections 91 and 92 divide federal and provincial competence. Section 33 allows a legislature to override certain Charter rights for renewable five-year periods.	Unitary but substantially regionalised since 2015, with twelve regions holding directly elected councils and their own budgets under the advanced regionalisation programme. Regions have executive competences in development planning and transport; they do not legislate.
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 are introduced by ministers or members and passed by the House of Representatives. The President may return a law for reconsideration or refer it to the Supreme Court for a constitutionality ruling before promulgation; if the Court finds no conflict, promulgation follows. Laws enter into force on publication in the Official Gazette unless otherwise provided, and EU obligations are frequently implemented by harmonising statute and regulation.	Three readings plus committee study in each chamber, then Royal Assent. Money bills must originate in the Commons.	Bills may be introduced by the head of government or by members of either chamber. They pass through committee and plenary in both houses, with the House of Representatives having the final word where the chambers disagree. Organic laws must be referred to the Constitutional Court before promulgation. The King promulgates statutes by dahir within thirty days, and may ask parliament to reconsider a bill or submit it to 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.	A fused profession of advocates admitted under the Advocates Law after a law degree, the Legal Council examinations and a twelve-month pupillage, with compulsory membership of the Cyprus Bar Association. Many practitioners qualify in the United Kingdom or Greece, and English-language practice is standard in commercial work. Advocates hold a monopoly on court representation and on certifying company documents, and the profession is unusually large per head of population because of the international corporate and trusts business.	Provincial law societies regulate admission: an accredited degree, articles, and bar admission courses. Québec has separate avocat and notaire professions.	Avocats are admitted to one of the regional bars and organised nationally through the Association des Barreaux du Maroc; practice before the Court of Cassation requires additional seniority. Notaries and adouls coexist — the notaire handles conveyancing and company documents in the French tradition, while the adoul draws up marriage and inheritance instruments under Islamic law. Judges are career appointments trained at the Institut Supérieur de la Magistrature.

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