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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	ParaguayReviewed	DenmarkReviewed	MauritiusReviewed	JordanReviewed
Legal family	Civil law	Civil law (Nordic)	Mixed French civil law and English common law	Civil law with Islamic law influence
System of government	Unitary presidential republic	Constitutional monarchy	Parliamentary republic	Unitary constitutional monarchy
Constitution	Constitution of the Republic of Paraguay	Constitutional Act of Denmark (Grundloven)	Constitution of Mauritius	Constitution of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
In force since	1992	1953	1968	1952
Capital	Asunción	Copenhagen	Port Louis	Amman
Official languages	Spanish, Guaraní	Danish	English, French, Mauritian Creole	Arabic
Currency	Paraguayan guaraní (PYG)	Danish krone (DKK)	Mauritian rupee (MUR)	Jordanian dinar (JOD)
Population	6,900,000	5,900,000	1,260,000	11,300,000
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.	Parliamentary government in which the cabinet is drawn from and answerable to the Folketing, with an independent unified judiciary.	Unitary, with Rodrigues holding a statutory autonomous status and its own Regional Assembly, and Agalega and St Brandon administered as outer islands.	Unitary, with twelve governorates administered by centrally appointed governors and elected municipal and governorate councils. The Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority holds delegated regulatory powers within its area, which functions as a limited territorial carve-out rather than devolution.
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 three readings in the Folketing and receive royal assent. A minority of members can require certain bills to be put to a referendum.	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.	Bills go to the House of Representatives first, then the Senate, with disagreements resolved in joint session by a two-thirds majority. The King ratifies, or may return a bill with reasons within six months, which the Assembly may override by two-thirds of each chamber. Provisional laws may be issued when the Assembly is not sitting, but the 2011 amendments narrowed this to urgent matters and require prompt submission to 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.	A single advokat profession admitted after a law degree, practical training and a bar course; judges are appointed from experienced lawyers.	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.	A single profession of lawyers admitted by the Jordan Bar Association after a law degree and a two-year traineeship, with compulsory membership and a graded right of audience by seniority. The Bar is self-governing and disciplines its members. Sharia court advocacy is a separate licensed track, and notarial functions are performed by court-based notaries public rather than an independent notariat.

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.