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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	ParaguayReviewed	IndiaReviewed	LithuaniaReviewed	UruguayReviewed	KuwaitReviewed
Legal family	Civil law	Common law with personal-law pluralism	Civil law	Civil law	Mixed (civil law and Islamic law)
System of government	Unitary presidential republic	Federal parliamentary republic	Unitary semi-presidential republic	Unitary presidential republic	Unitary constitutional monarchy
Constitution	Constitution of the Republic of Paraguay	Constitution of India	Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania	Constitution of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay	Constitution of the State of Kuwait
In force since	1992	1950	1992	1967	1962
Capital	Asunción	New Delhi	Vilnius	Montevideo	Kuwait City
Official languages	Spanish, Guaraní	Hindi, English, +22 scheduled languages	Lithuanian	Spanish	Arabic
Currency	Paraguayan guaraní (PYG)	Indian Rupee (INR)	Euro (EUR)	Uruguayan peso (UYU)	Kuwaiti dinar (KWD)
Population	6,900,000	1,441,000,000	2,860,000	3,400,000	4,300,000
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.	Unitary. Nineteen departments have elected intendentes and juntas with administrative and local taxing competence, and municipalities were added in 2010, but all legislative power belongs to the General Assembly.	Unitary. Six governorates administered by appointed governors, with no legislative competence.
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 pass both chambers; disagreement is resolved by the General Assembly sitting jointly. The executive may veto, overcome by three-fifths of the joint assembly. Distinctively, 25% of registered voters can force a referendum to repeal a statute within one year of promulgation, and 10% can initiate a constitutional plebiscite.	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).
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.	A degree from the Universidad de la República or an accredited private faculty confers the title of abogado, with registration by the Supreme Court. Membership of the Colegio de Abogados del Uruguay is voluntary; the Supreme Court exercises discipline. Escribanos públicos are a separate profession with exclusive competence over conveyancing.	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.

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