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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	ParaguayReviewed	GrenadaReviewed	LiberiaReviewed	IndiaReviewed
Legal family	Civil law	Common law	Mixed (American common law and customary law)	Common law with personal-law pluralism
System of government	Unitary presidential republic	Constitutional monarchy	Unitary presidential republic	Federal parliamentary republic
Constitution	Constitution of the Republic of Paraguay	The Grenada Constitution	Constitution of the Republic of Liberia	Constitution of India
In force since	1992	1973	1986	1950
Capital	Asunción	Saint George's	Monrovia	New Delhi
Official languages	Spanish, Guaraní	English	English, Kpelle, Bassa	Hindi, English, +22 scheduled languages
Currency	Paraguayan guaraní (PYG)	East Caribbean dollar (XCD)	Liberian Dollar (LRD)	Indian Rupee (INR)
Population	6,900,000	126,000	5,400,000	1,441,000,000
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. The state comprises Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique; Carriacou and Petite Martinique have a Ministry and local administration but no separate legislature.	American-style separation: an executive president, a bicameral legislature of Senate and House of Representatives, and a Supreme Court of five justices.	Parliamentary federalism with subjects distributed across Union, State and Concurrent Lists; judicial review is entrenched, and writ jurisdiction under Articles 32 and 226 is broad.
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 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 both houses in identical form and go to the President, who signs or vetoes; a two-thirds vote of both houses overrides a veto.	Bills pass three readings in each House; money bills originate only in the Lok Sabha. Presidential assent follows, and ordinances may be promulgated between sessions.
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 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.	Fused; graduates of the Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law are admitted by the Supreme Court as counsellors-at-law, with the Liberian National Bar Association as the professional body.	A single fused profession of advocates enrolled with State Bar Councils under the Advocates Act 1961, subject to the All India Bar Examination.

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