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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	ParaguayReviewed	MauritaniaReviewed	LithuaniaReviewed	GuyanaReviewed
Legal family	Civil law	Mixed (Islamic law and French civil law)	Civil law	Mixed common and civil law
System of government	Unitary presidential republic	Unitary presidential republic	Unitary semi-presidential republic	Unitary presidential republic
Constitution	Constitution of the Republic of Paraguay	Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania	Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania	Constitution of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana
In force since	1992	1991	1992	1980
Capital	Asunción	Nouakchott	Vilnius	Georgetown
Official languages	Spanish, Guaraní	Arabic, French, Pulaar, Soninke, Wolof	Lithuanian	English
Currency	Paraguayan guaraní (PYG)	Ouguiya (MRU)	Euro (EUR)	Guyanese dollar (GYD)
Population	6,900,000	4,900,000	2,860,000	810,000
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.	Presidential system with a President elected for five years, a unicameral National Assembly since the 2017 abolition of the Senate, and a judiciary that includes Sharia jurisdiction in personal status and certain criminal matters.	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 ten regions run by elected Regional Democratic Councils and a Local Government Commission. Indigenous Amerindian communities hold titled village lands under the Amerindian Act 2006 with village councils exercising defined local authority.
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 examined in committee and voted by the National Assembly, then promulgated by the President. The Conseil constitutionnel may be seised before promulgation.	Bills are adopted by the Seimas and signed by the President, who may veto and return a bill for reconsideration.	Bills are read three times in the National Assembly, considered in committee, and assented to by the President, who may withhold assent and return a bill once. Money bills are the executive's initiative. Ordinary amendment of the Constitution needs two-thirds of all elected members; deeply entrenched articles additionally require approval at a referendum.
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 admitted through the Ordre national des avocats; training combines French-style procedure with Islamic legal studies.	Advocates belong to the Lithuanian Bar Association; notaries handle property, company and succession formalities.	A fused profession: an attorney-at-law both advises and appears. Qualification is normally an LLB from the University of Guyana followed by the Legal Education Certificate from a Council of Legal Education school, then admission by the High Court. The Guyana Bar Association represents practitioners while discipline rests with the courts.

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