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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	ParaguayReviewed	LithuaniaReviewed	NamibiaReviewed	SyriaReviewed	BruneiReviewed
Legal family	Civil law	Civil law	Mixed Roman-Dutch and English common law	Civil law with Islamic law influence	Mixed common law and Islamic law
System of government	Unitary presidential republic	Unitary semi-presidential republic	Semi-presidential republic	Transitional administration	Absolute monarchy
Constitution	Constitution of the Republic of Paraguay	Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania	Constitution of the Republic of Namibia	Constitutional arrangements under the 2024–25 transition	Constitution of Brunei Darussalam
In force since	1992	1992	1990	2025	1959
Capital	Asunción	Vilnius	Windhoek	Damascus	Bandar Seri Begawan
Official languages	Spanish, Guaraní	Lithuanian	English	Arabic	Malay, English
Currency	Paraguayan guaraní (PYG)	Euro (EUR)	Namibian dollar (NAD)	Syrian pound (SYP)	Brunei dollar (BND)
Population	6,900,000	2,860,000	2,600,000	23,200,000	450,000
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.	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 14 administrative regions and elected regional councils, which also constitute the National Council, the upper chamber. Traditional authorities exercise recognised functions over communal land and customary law.	Formally unitary, with fourteen governorates administered under Local Administration Law No. 107 of 2011. Effective control has been fragmented since 2012, and the northeast has been administered separately by an autonomous administration with its own councils and courts. The transitional authorities have announced an intention to reintegrate administration, which remains in progress.	Unitary, with four districts administered by district officers reporting to the Ministry of Home Affairs. No federal or devolved tier; village and mukim headmen have recognised consultative functions.
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 adopted by the Seimas and signed by the President, who may veto and return a bill for reconsideration.	Bills pass the National Assembly through three readings, then go to the National Council for review. The Council may confirm, propose amendments, or object; the Assembly can override an objection by a two-thirds majority. The President then assents, and constitutional amendments require two-thirds of both chambers and may never diminish the rights chapter.	Under the transitional declaration, legislation is issued by the interim authorities pending the election of a permanent legislature, and published in the Official Gazette. Before 2024, laws passed the People's Assembly and were promulgated by the President, who also legislated extensively by decree between sessions. Practitioners should verify the current status of any instrument, since repeals and suspensions are ongoing.	In form, bills are introduced in the Legislative Council and assented to by the Sultan. In practice the significant instruments are Orders made by the Sultan under the emergency proclamation, which take effect on publication in the Government Gazette without Council passage. The Syariah Penal Code Order 2013 was enacted this way.
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.	Advocates belong to the Lithuanian Bar Association; notaries handle property, company and succession formalities.	A fused profession under the Legal Practitioners Act: a single class of legal practitioner is admitted after a law degree and the Justice Training Centre's postgraduate course, and the Law Society of Namibia regulates practice.	Lawyers are admitted by the Syrian Bar Association under the Advocacy Law, with compulsory membership, a two-year traineeship and a right of audience that broadens with seniority. Notaries operate under the Ministry of Justice and their authentication is required for property and company transactions. Both the Bar's governance and the notarial network are affected by the transition, and displacement has made proof of title and civil status a dominant practical issue.	Advocates and solicitors are admitted by the High Court under the Legal Profession Act, generally after qualifying in England, Malaysia, Singapore or Australia and completing local requirements. The profession is small — a few hundred practitioners — and foreign counsel may be admitted ad hoc for particular cases. Syariah practice is a separate track: Syariah lawyers are certified under the Syariah Courts Act and appear only in the Syariah hierarchy, so a matter that crosses both systems needs two sets of representation.

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