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Luxembourg & United States of America - Coggle Diagram
Luxembourg & United States of America
Sociocultural
Similarities
United States
15.1% of population below poverty line (Central Intelligence Agency, 2023)
Use firm handshake to greet others (Culture Crossing, n.d)
Luxembourg
17.5% of population below poverty line (Central Intelligence Agency, 2023)
Use firm handshake to greet others (Culture Crossing, n.d)
Differences
Luxembourg
Most conversations imply “reading between the lines” (Culture Crossing, n.d)
Majority of population is white, only 15.8% is of Spanish origin
United States
Conversations are in a direct, formal matter (Culture Crossing, n.d
39.3% of population is minority groups (Central Intelligence Agency, 2023)
Legal
Similarities
United States
Uses adversarial system in court (Edwards, 2009)
Human rights are constitutionally protected (Bill of Rights) (National Archives, 2023)
Luxembourg
Human rights are constitutionally protected (Gaicio-Fievez & Mounir, 2022)
Uses adversarial system in court (Gaicio-Fievez & Mounir, 2022)
Differences
United States
Laws are based in common law (Central Intelligence Agency, 2023)
49/50 states follow common law, except for Louisiana, who follows their own state law based on Napoleonic code (Central Intelligence Agency, 2023)
Luxembourg
Laws are based in civil law (Central Intelligence Agency, 2023)
Entire country follows same legal system (Central Intelligence Agency, 2023)
Political
Similarities
Luxembourg
Holds elections (Central Intelligence Agency, 2023)
Independent Country (from Netherlands) (Central Intelligence Agency, 2023)
United States
Independent country (from Great Britain) (Central Intelligence Agency, 2023)
Holds elections (Central Intelligence Agency, 2023)
Differences
United States
Constitutional Federal Republic (Central Intelligence Agency, 2023)
President is the Head of State (The White House, n.d)
Luxembourg
Constitutional Monarchy (Central Intelligence Agency, 2023)
Grand Duke is the Head of State (Luxembourg Government, 2022)