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| Attribute | ParaguayReviewed | IndiaReviewed | LithuaniaReviewed | KenyaReviewed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legal family | Civil law | Common law with personal-law pluralism | Civil law | Mixed (common law, customary law, Islamic law) |
| System of government | Unitary presidential republic | Federal parliamentary republic | Unitary semi-presidential republic | Unitary presidential republic with devolved counties |
| Constitution | Constitution of the Republic of Paraguay | Constitution of India | Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania | Constitution of Kenya |
| In force since | 1992 | 1950 | 1992 | 2010 |
| Capital | Asunción | New Delhi | Vilnius | Nairobi |
| Official languages | Spanish, Guaraní | Hindi, English, +22 scheduled languages | Lithuanian | English, Swahili |
| Currency | Paraguayan guaraní (PYG) | Indian Rupee (INR) | Euro (EUR) | Kenyan Shilling (KES) |
| Population | 6,900,000 | 1,441,000,000 | 2,860,000 | 55,100,000 |
| 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 federalism with subjects distributed across Union, State and Concurrent Lists; judicial review is entrenched, and writ jurisdiction under Articles 32 and 226 is broad. | 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. | Presidential system with no Prime Minister, a bicameral Parliament of National Assembly and Senate, 47 county governments with their own assemblies and executives, and an independent judiciary supervised by the Judicial Service Commission. |
| 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 each House; money bills originate only in the Lok Sabha. Presidential assent follows, and ordinances may be promulgated between sessions. | Bills are adopted by the Seimas and signed by the President, who may veto and return a bill for reconsideration. | Bills are read three times with committee scrutiny and public participation, which the courts treat as a justiciable requirement. Bills concerning counties must pass both chambers. The President assents or refers the bill back with reservations, which Parliament may override by two-thirds. |
| 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 fused profession of advocates enrolled with State Bar Councils under the Advocates Act 1961, subject to the All India Bar Examination. | Advocates belong to the Lithuanian Bar Association; notaries handle property, company and succession formalities. | Fused: an LLB, the Kenya School of Law advocates training programme, and admission by the Chief Justice produce an advocate of the High Court. The Law Society of Kenya is the professional body; Senior Counsel is the senior rank. |
A comparison table flattens nuance by design. Where a difference matters to a decision you are making, open both portals and read the section in full — the constitutional detail behind a one-line summary is often the part that governs the outcome.