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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	ParaguayReviewed	KuwaitReviewed	DR CongoReviewed	ComorosReviewed	LithuaniaReviewed
Legal family	Civil law	Mixed (civil law and Islamic law)	Civil law (Belgian tradition)	Mixed French civil law and Islamic law	Civil law
System of government	Unitary presidential republic	Unitary constitutional monarchy	Unitary semi-presidential republic	Federal presidential republic	Unitary semi-presidential republic
Constitution	Constitution of the Republic of Paraguay	Constitution of the State of Kuwait	Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo	Constitution of the Union of the Comoros	Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania
In force since	1992	1962	2006	2001	1992
Capital	Asunción	Kuwait City	Kinshasa	Moroni	Vilnius
Official languages	Spanish, Guaraní	Arabic	French, Lingala, Swahili, Kikongo, Tshiluba	Comorian, Arabic, French	Lithuanian
Currency	Paraguayan guaraní (PYG)	Kuwaiti dinar (KWD)	Congolese Franc (CDF)	Comorian franc (KMF)	Euro (EUR)
Population	6,900,000	4,300,000	102,300,000	850,000	2,860,000
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. Six governorates administered by appointed governors, with no legislative competence.	Semi-presidential: a directly elected President, a Prime Minister from the parliamentary majority, and a bicameral Parliament. The 2006 constitution split the former Supreme Court into three separate apex courts.	Federal. Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli each have a governor and their own assembly with substantial autonomy over local administration, while the Union handles defence, currency, foreign affairs and nationality.	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.
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.	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 both chambers; persistent disagreement is resolved by a joint commission or a final National Assembly vote. The President promulgates within the constitutional period, and the Constitutional Court may be seised beforehand.	Bills originate with the government or members of the Assembly of the Union, are examined in committee and passed by the Assembly, then promulgated by the President. Matters within island competence are legislated by the island assemblies, and disputes over the boundary between Union and island competence are a standing feature of Comorian constitutional practice.	Bills are adopted by the Seimas and signed by the President, who may veto and return a bill for reconsideration.
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.	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 to provincial bars under the national Ordre des avocats after a law degree and traineeship; défenseurs judiciaires assist in lower courts.	A small bar of avocats admitted after French-model legal training, supplemented by qadis who require religious-law qualification for the personal-status jurisdiction; many practitioners train in France or Madagascar.	Advocates belong to the Lithuanian Bar Association; notaries handle property, company and succession formalities.

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