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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	ParaguayReviewed	GuineaIndexed	LithuaniaReviewed	BelizeReviewed	BotswanaReviewed
Legal family	Civil law	Civil law (French tradition)	Civil law	Common law	Mixed Roman-Dutch and English common law
System of government	Unitary presidential republic	Republic under transitional military-led government	Unitary semi-presidential republic	Parliamentary constitutional monarchy	Parliamentary republic
Constitution	Constitution of the Republic of Paraguay	Constitution of Guinea	Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania	Belize Constitution	Constitution of Botswana
In force since	1992	2025	1992	1981	1966
Capital	Asunción	Conakry	Vilnius	Belmopan	Gaborone
Official languages	Spanish, Guaraní	French, Pular, Maninka, Susu	Lithuanian	English, Spanish, Belize Kriol, Q'eqchi', Mopan	English, Setswana
Currency	Paraguayan guaraní (PYG)	Guinean Franc (GNF)	Euro (EUR)	Belize dollar (BZD)	Botswana pula (BWP)
Population	6,900,000	14,200,000	2,860,000	410,000	2,680,000
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.	Transitional arrangements have concentrated authority in the CNRD and an appointed government; the 2025 constitution provides for a presidential system with a legislature.	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.	Unitary, with six districts and elected town and village councils. Maya communal land rights in Toledo are recognised through the courts rather than by statute, and implementation is supervised by the CCJ.	Unitary. Districts and sub-districts administer central policy, and the House of Chiefs (Ntlo ya Dikgosi) is an advisory chamber that must be consulted on bills affecting customary law, tribal organisation and tribal property.
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.	Transitional texts have been adopted by the Conseil national de la transition or issued as ordinances; the 2025 constitution provides for ordinary legislative passage and promulgation.	Bills are adopted by the Seimas and signed by the President, who may veto and return a bill for reconsideration.	A bill passes three readings in the House of Representatives, then the Senate, and receives the Governor-General's assent. Money bills originate in the House. Constitutional amendments need a two-thirds majority of all House members, and certain entrenched provisions require three-quarters.	Bills are introduced in the National Assembly, take three readings with committee scrutiny between the second and third, and go to the President for assent. Bills affecting customary law, tribal property or the organisation of the tribes must first be referred to the Ntlo ya Dikgosi for its opinion, though that opinion does not bind 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.	Avocats admitted through the Barreau de Guinée after a law degree and traineeship; notaires and huissiers are separate offices.	Advocates belong to the Lithuanian Bar Association; notaries handle property, company and succession formalities.	A fused profession of attorneys-at-law admitted by the High Court under the Legal Profession Act, with the Bar Association of Belize exercising disciplinary functions. Commonwealth qualifications are recognised on application, which keeps a small bar workable.	A fused profession of attorneys admitted by the High Court after a recognised law degree and articles of pupillage; there is no split between advocates and attorneys, and the Law Society of Botswana regulates practice.

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