There's value in doing a de jure to de jure comparison and I endorse the several attempts to do such, but also from a practical standpoint I don't think it matters overmuch for where things are today.
For where things are _tomorrow_? For where we can take things? It may matter, but not today.
Today the only really meaningful analysis in this regard from a "debating which is better" standpoint is either de facto to de facto, or de jure to ideal.