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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	ParaguayReviewed	UgandaReviewed	SpainReviewed	DenmarkReviewed	BelizeReviewed
Legal family	Civil law	Mixed (common law and customary law)	Civil law	Civil law (Nordic)	Common law
System of government	Unitary presidential republic	Unitary presidential republic	Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy	Constitutional monarchy	Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Constitution	Constitution of the Republic of Paraguay	Constitution of the Republic of Uganda	Spanish Constitution	Constitutional Act of Denmark (Grundloven)	Belize Constitution
In force since	1992	1995	1978	1953	1981
Capital	Asunción	Kampala	Madrid	Copenhagen	Belmopan
Official languages	Spanish, Guaraní	English, Swahili, Luganda	Spanish	Danish	English, Spanish, Belize Kriol, Q'eqchi', Mopan
Currency	Paraguayan guaraní (PYG)	Ugandan Shilling (UGX)	Euro (EUR)	Danish krone (DKK)	Belize dollar (BZD)
Population	6,900,000	48,600,000	48,400,000	5,900,000	410,000
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 Prime Minister, a unicameral Parliament, and a judiciary in which the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal (sitting also as the Constitutional Court) and High Court form the superior courts.	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.	Parliamentary government in which the cabinet is drawn from and answerable to the Folketing, with an independent unified judiciary.	Unitary, with six districts and elected town and village councils. Maya communal land rights in Toledo are recognised through the courts rather than by statute, and implementation is supervised by the CCJ.
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 receive three readings with committee scrutiny; certificates of financial implication are required for money bills. The President assents, returns the bill twice with recommendations, or it becomes law if passed a third time by two-thirds.	Bills pass both chambers of the Cortes Generales, with the Congress of Deputies able to override the Senate, and receive royal assent.	Bills pass three readings in the Folketing and receive royal assent. A minority of members can require certain bills to be put to a referendum.	A bill passes three readings in the House of Representatives, then the Senate, and receives the Governor-General's assent. Money bills originate in the House. Constitutional amendments need a two-thirds majority of all House members, and certain entrenched provisions require three-quarters.
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.	Fused; an LLB, the Law Development Centre post-graduate diploma and enrolment admit an advocate. The Uganda Law Society is the professional body.	Abogados belong to local bar associations (colegios de abogados); procuradores represent parties procedurally and notaries authenticate deeds and company acts.	A single advokat profession admitted after a law degree, practical training and a bar course; judges are appointed from experienced lawyers.	A fused profession of attorneys-at-law admitted by the High Court under the Legal Profession Act, with the Bar Association of Belize exercising disciplinary functions. Commonwealth qualifications are recognised on application, which keeps a small bar workable.

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