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| Attribute | ParaguayReviewed | GuyanaReviewed | KuwaitReviewed | GabonIndexed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legal family | Civil law | Mixed common and civil law | Mixed (civil law and Islamic law) | Civil law (French tradition) |
| System of government | Unitary presidential republic | Unitary presidential republic | Unitary constitutional monarchy | Unitary presidential republic |
| Constitution | Constitution of the Republic of Paraguay | Constitution of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana | Constitution of the State of Kuwait | Constitution of the Gabonese Republic |
| In force since | 1992 | 1980 | 1962 | 2024 |
| Capital | Asunción | Georgetown | Kuwait City | Libreville |
| Official languages | Spanish, Guaraní | English | Arabic | French |
| Currency | Paraguayan guaraní (PYG) | Guyanese dollar (GYD) | Kuwaiti dinar (KWD) | Central African CFA franc (XAF) |
| Population | 6,900,000 | 810,000 | 4,300,000 | 2,500,000 |
| 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, with ten regions run by elected Regional Democratic Councils and a Local Government Commission. Indigenous Amerindian communities hold titled village lands under the Amerindian Act 2006 with village councils exercising defined local authority. | Unitary. Six governorates administered by appointed governors, with no legislative competence. | Presidential system under the 2024 constitution, with a bicameral Parliament of National Assembly and Senate and a judiciary headed by the Court of Cassation, Council of State and 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 are read three times in the National Assembly, considered in committee, and assented to by the President, who may withhold assent and return a bill once. Money bills are the executive's initiative. Ordinary amendment of the Constitution needs two-thirds of all elected members; deeply entrenched articles additionally require approval at a referendum. | Under the constitution as designed, bills passed by the National Assembly required Emiri sanction, and the Emir could return a bill for reconsideration which the Assembly could override by a two-thirds majority. With the Assembly dissolved and the relevant articles suspended since May 2024, legislation is made by Emiri decree on the proposal of the Council of Ministers and published in the Official Gazette (Kuwait Al-Youm). | Bills pass committee and plenary in both chambers and are promulgated by the President. The Constitutional Court may review a text before promulgation on referral. |
| 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: an attorney-at-law both advises and appears. Qualification is normally an LLB from the University of Guyana followed by the Legal Education Certificate from a Council of Legal Education school, then admission by the High Court. The Guyana Bar Association represents practitioners while discipline rests with the courts. | Advocacy is reserved to Kuwaiti nationals enrolled with the Ministry of Justice and the Kuwait Bar Association, with foreign lawyers acting as consultants and unable to appear; pleadings are in Arabic. Judges are appointed by the Supreme Judicial Council, and a significant proportion of the bench has historically been seconded from other Arab states. Notarial authentication at the Ministry of Justice is required for powers of attorney, property transfers and company formation documents. | Avocats admitted through the Ordre des avocats du Gabon; notaires and huissiers are separate regulated professions. |
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