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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	ParaguayReviewed	DenmarkReviewed	UruguayReviewed	MonacoReviewed	LithuaniaReviewed
Legal family	Civil law	Civil law (Nordic)	Civil law	Civil law	Civil law
System of government	Unitary presidential republic	Constitutional monarchy	Unitary presidential republic	Constitutional hereditary monarchy	Unitary semi-presidential republic
Constitution	Constitution of the Republic of Paraguay	Constitutional Act of Denmark (Grundloven)	Constitution of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay	Constitution of the Principality of Monaco	Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania
In force since	1992	1953	1967	1962	1992
Capital	Asunción	Copenhagen	Montevideo	Monaco	Vilnius
Official languages	Spanish, Guaraní	Danish	Spanish	French	Lithuanian
Currency	Paraguayan guaraní (PYG)	Danish krone (DKK)	Uruguayan peso (UYU)	Euro (EUR)	Euro (EUR)
Population	6,900,000	5,900,000	3,400,000	39,000	2,860,000
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. Nineteen departments have elected intendentes and juntas with administrative and local taxing competence, and municipalities were added in 2010, but all legislative power belongs to the General Assembly.	A unitary state of about two square kilometres with a single commune. Legislative power is exercised jointly by the Prince and the National Council; executive power belongs to the Prince, exercised through the Minister of State and the Government Council; judicial power is delegated by the Prince to the courts, with the Tribunal Suprême acting as both constitutional and supreme administrative court.	Semi-presidential government with a directly elected President focused on foreign and security policy, a Government answerable to the Seimas, and a separate Constitutional Court.
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 both chambers; disagreement is resolved by the General Assembly sitting jointly. The executive may veto, overcome by three-fifths of the joint assembly. Distinctively, 25% of registered voters can force a referendum to repeal a statute within one year of promulgation, and 10% can initiate a constitutional plebiscite.	A bill may be initiated by the Prince or proposed by the National Council. Government bills are laid before the Council, examined in committee and voted; adoption requires the agreement of both the Prince and the Council. The Prince then promulgates the law by sovereign ordinance and it is published in the Journal de Monaco.	Bills are adopted by the Seimas and signed by the President, who may veto and return a bill for reconsideration.
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 degree from the Universidad de la República or an accredited private faculty confers the title of abogado, with registration by the Supreme Court. Membership of the Colegio de Abogados del Uruguay is voluntary; the Supreme Court exercises discipline. Escribanos públicos are a separate profession with exclusive competence over conveyancing.	A small bar of avocats-défenseurs, avocats and avocats stagiaires, organised as the Ordre des Avocats, with admission requiring Monegasque nationality preference, a law degree and a traineeship. French avocats may appear in specified circumstances. Notaries are appointed by sovereign ordinance and are few in number.	Advocates belong to the Lithuanian Bar Association; notaries handle property, company and succession formalities.

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