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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	AustraliaReviewed	LithuaniaReviewed	HaitiReviewed
Legal family	Common law	Civil law	Civil law
System of government	Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy	Unitary semi-presidential republic	Unitary semi-presidential republic
Constitution	Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act	Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania	Constitution de la République d'Haïti
In force since	1901	1992	1987
Capital	Canberra	Vilnius	Port-au-Prince
Official languages	English	Lithuanian	French, Haitian Creole
Currency	Australian Dollar (AUD)	Euro (EUR)	Haitian gourde (HTG)
Population	26,800,000	2,860,000	11,600,000
Division of powers	Chapter III strictly separates federal judicial power; the High Court polices the boundary and may invalidate legislation for exceeding it.	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 constitutionally recognised decentralisation to 10 departments, arrondissements and communes, and to the communal section as the smallest territorial unit. In practice the elected local bodies are largely unfilled and replaced by appointed interim commissions.
How law is made	Bills pass both chambers and receive Royal Assent. A persistent deadlock can trigger a double dissolution and, ultimately, a joint sitting.	Bills are adopted by the Seimas and signed by the President, who may veto and return a bill for reconsideration.	Under the 1987 Constitution bills pass both chambers and are promulgated by the President, who may return a text once for reconsideration. With Parliament not sitting, measures have been issued as executive decrees since 2020 — a practice widely criticised as lacking constitutional foundation, and a key reason to check the current status of any recent instrument before relying on it.
Legal profession	Admission is state-based but nationally recognised; practitioners may be admitted as barristers and solicitors, with an independent bar in most states.	Advocates belong to the Lithuanian Bar Association; notaries handle property, company and succession formalities.	Advocates are admitted to one of the departmental bars (Ordre des avocats), most prominently the Port-au-Prince bar, after a law degree and a period of pupillage. Notaries hold a separate public office with exclusive competence over authentic acts including land transfers, which matters greatly given widespread informality in land title.

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