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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	ParaguayReviewed	RomaniaReviewed	NauruReviewed	BeninReviewed
Legal family	Civil law	Civil law	Common law with customary law	Civil law (French tradition)
System of government	Unitary presidential republic	Unitary semi-presidential republic	Parliamentary republic	Unitary presidential republic
Constitution	Constitution of the Republic of Paraguay	Constitution of Romania	Constitution of Nauru	Constitution of the Republic of Benin
In force since	1992	1991	1968	1990
Capital	Asunción	Bucharest	Yaren (seat of government)	Porto-Novo
Official languages	Spanish, Guaraní	Romanian	Nauruan, English	French, Fon, Yoruba
Currency	Paraguayan guaraní (PYG)	Romanian leu (RON)	Australian dollar (AUD)	West African CFA franc (XOF)
Population	6,900,000	19,000,000	12,500	13,700,000
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: a directly elected President shares executive power with a Government answerable to Parliament, and constitutional conflicts between them are themselves justiciable before the Constitutional Court.	Unitary and highly centralised — Nauru has no second tier of general government. The Nauru Island Council was abolished in 1999, so the state deals directly with citizens, though the 14 districts remain the basis for parliamentary constituencies and the twelve tribes retain social significance in land and title questions.	Presidential system without a Prime Minister for most of its history, a unicameral National Assembly, and a Constitutional Court with broad access rules.
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.	A bill goes to a first-notified chamber and then to the decisional chamber, whose vote is final. The President may return it once for reconsideration or refer it to the Constitutional Court before promulgation and publication in Monitorul Oficial.	Bills receive three readings in the 19-member chamber and are assented to by the President. Ordinary legislation needs a simple majority, but the entrenched provisions of Part XI require a two-thirds majority and, for the most protected articles, approval at a referendum — the barrier that defeated the 2010 reform proposals.	Bills are examined in committee and voted in plenary by the National Assembly. The President promulgates; the Constitutional Court may be seised before or after promulgation, including by individuals.
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.	Lawyers (avocați) are admitted through local bars affiliated to the UNBR after examination and a two-year traineeship; notaries and judicial enforcement officers are separate professions.	A very small fused profession admitted by the Supreme Court under the Legal Practitioners Act 1973, supplemented by pleaders — non-lawyers licensed to appear in the District Court and before the Lands Committee, a practical necessity given the number of resident lawyers. Judicial officers are frequently appointed from Australia, New Zealand or elsewhere in the Pacific.	Avocats admitted through the Barreau du Bénin; notaires and huissiers are separate ministerial officers.

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