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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	ParaguayReviewed	LuxembourgReviewed	LithuaniaReviewed	ChadIndexed	NamibiaReviewed	FijiReviewed
Legal family	Civil law	Civil law	Civil law	Mixed (French civil law, customary and Islamic law)	Mixed Roman-Dutch and English common law	Common law with customary law
System of government	Unitary presidential republic	Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy	Unitary semi-presidential republic	Unitary presidential republic	Semi-presidential republic	Unitary parliamentary republic
Constitution	Constitution of the Republic of Paraguay	Constitution of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg	Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania	Constitution of the Republic of Chad	Constitution of the Republic of Namibia	Constitution of the Republic of Fiji
In force since	1992	1868	1992	2023	1990	2013
Capital	Asunción	Luxembourg City	Vilnius	N'Djamena	Windhoek	Suva
Official languages	Spanish, Guaraní	Luxembourgish, French, German	Lithuanian	French, Arabic	English	English, Fijian, Fiji Hindi
Currency	Paraguayan guaraní (PYG)	Euro (EUR)	Euro (EUR)	Central African CFA franc (XAF)	Namibian dollar (NAD)	Fijian dollar (FJD)
Population	6,900,000	670,000	2,860,000	18,300,000	2,600,000	930,000
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.	A unitary state with communes as the only subordinate tier. Like France and Belgium it maintains a dual judicial structure: ordinary courts under the Cour de cassation and a separate administrative order under the Cour administrative, with the Constitutional Court resolving conflicts between them.	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 a Prime Minister, a bicameral Parliament of National Assembly and Senate under the 2023 text, and a judiciary headed by the Supreme 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.	Unitary and deliberately centralised. Section 1 declares Fiji a sovereign state whose Parliament legislates for the whole country; there are no provinces with legislative power. The 14 provincial councils and the iTaukei Affairs Board administer indigenous affairs under the iTaukei Affairs Act. Rotuma has a distinct status under the Rotuma Act.
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.	Because parliament is unicameral, a compensating safeguard applies: the Conseil d’État gives a formal opinion on every bill, and the Chamber must either hold a second vote at least three months after the first or be dispensed from it by the Chamber and the Conseil d’État acting together. The Grand Duke then promulgates the law and it is published in the Journal officiel via Legilux.	Bills are adopted by the Seimas and signed by the President, who may veto and return a bill for reconsideration.	Bills are examined in committee and plenary and passed by the legislature, then promulgated by the President. The Constitutional Council may be seised before promulgation.	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.	Bills are introduced in the unicameral Parliament, referred to a standing committee, and pass through second reading, committee and third reading before assent by the President. There is no upper house. A constitutional amendment requires the support of three-quarters of all members of Parliament and then approval by three-quarters of registered voters at a referendum, a threshold that has never been met.
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.	Avocats are admitted to the Bar of Luxembourg or of Diekirch after a law degree, the complementary course in Luxembourg law and a two-year traineeship, and are listed on List I or List II depending on the right to appear. Working knowledge of French, German and Luxembourgish is required for admission. Notaries form a separate numerus clausus profession.	Advocates belong to the Lithuanian Bar Association; notaries handle property, company and succession formalities.	Avocats admitted through the Ordre des avocats du Tchad; the profession is concentrated in N'Djamena.	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.	A fused profession under the Legal Practitioners Act 2009: practitioners are admitted by the Chief Justice as barristers and solicitors. Most qualify through the University of the South Pacific law degree followed by the Professional Diploma in Legal Practice. Admission and discipline are handled by the Chief Registrar and the Independent Legal Services Commission rather than by the Fiji Law Society, which is a voluntary professional body.

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