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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	ParaguayReviewed	MaltaReviewed	SpainReviewed	ComorosReviewed	GrenadaReviewed
Legal family	Civil law	Mixed (civil and common law)	Civil law	Mixed French civil law and Islamic law	Common law
System of government	Unitary presidential republic	Unitary parliamentary republic	Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy	Federal presidential republic	Constitutional monarchy
Constitution	Constitution of the Republic of Paraguay	Constitution of Malta	Spanish Constitution	Constitution of the Union of the Comoros	The Grenada Constitution
In force since	1992	1964	1978	2001	1973
Capital	Asunción	Valletta	Madrid	Moroni	Saint George's
Official languages	Spanish, Guaraní	Maltese, English	Spanish	Comorian, Arabic, French	English
Currency	Paraguayan guaraní (PYG)	Euro (EUR)	Euro (EUR)	Comorian franc (KMF)	East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
Population	6,900,000	540,000	48,400,000	850,000	126,000
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 parliamentary republic with a ceremonial President, a Cabinet led by the Prime Minister answerable to the House of Representatives and an independent judiciary.	A constitutional monarchy with the King as head of state, an executive led by the President of the Government, a bicameral parliament and an independent judiciary, overlaid by extensive regional self-government.	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.	Unitary. The state comprises Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique; Carriacou and Petite Martinique have a Ministry and local administration but no separate legislature.
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 passed by the House of Representatives and assented to by the President before publication in the Government Gazette.	Bills pass both chambers of the Cortes Generales, with the Congress of Deputies able to override the Senate, and receive royal assent.	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 pass three readings in both Houses and receive the Governor-General's assent. Constitutional amendments to entrenched provisions need a two-thirds majority in the House of Representatives and then approval by a referendum, a double lock that has defeated every reform package put to voters.
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 are admitted to the bar after a law degree and warrant; legal procurators and notaries handle procedural filing and authentication of deeds.	Abogados belong to local bar associations (colegios de abogados); procuradores represent parties procedurally and notaries authenticate deeds and company acts.	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.	A fused profession of legal practitioners admitted by the High Court under the Legal Profession Act, after a law degree and the Legal Education Certificate. The Grenada Bar Association represents practitioners.

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