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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	ParaguayReviewed	GrenadaReviewed	MaliIndexed	LiberiaReviewed
Legal family	Civil law	Common law	Civil law (French tradition)	Mixed (American common law and customary law)
System of government	Unitary presidential republic	Constitutional monarchy	Republic under transitional military-led government	Unitary presidential republic
Constitution	Constitution of the Republic of Paraguay	The Grenada Constitution	Constitution of Mali	Constitution of the Republic of Liberia
In force since	1992	1973	2023	1986
Capital	Asunción	Saint George's	Bamako	Monrovia
Official languages	Spanish, Guaraní	English	French, Bambara	English, Kpelle, Bassa
Currency	Paraguayan guaraní (PYG)	East Caribbean dollar (XCD)	West African CFA franc (XOF)	Liberian Dollar (LRD)
Population	6,900,000	126,000	23,300,000	5,400,000
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.	Formally a presidential system with a Prime Minister and bicameral legislature under the 2023 text; in practice transitional authorities exercise combined executive and legislative functions pending elections.	American-style separation: an executive president, a bicameral legislature of Senate and House of Representatives, and a Supreme Court of five justices.
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.	Under the transition, texts are adopted by the Conseil national de transition or issued as ordinances and promulgated by the President of the Transition. The 2023 constitution provides for ordinary bicameral passage once institutions are restored.	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.
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.	Avocats admitted through the Barreau du Mali after a law degree and traineeship; notaires and huissiers are separate ministerial offices.	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.

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