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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	BoliviaReviewed	LithuaniaReviewed	BeninReviewed
Legal family	Civil law with indigenous jurisdiction	Civil law	Civil law (French tradition)
System of government	Unitary presidential republic	Unitary semi-presidential republic	Unitary presidential republic
Constitution	Political Constitution of the Plurinational State of Bolivia	Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania	Constitution of the Republic of Benin
In force since	2009	1992	1990
Capital	Sucre	Vilnius	Porto-Novo
Official languages	Spanish, Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní	Lithuanian	French, Fon, Yoruba
Currency	Bolivian boliviano (BOB)	Euro (EUR)	West African CFA franc (XOF)
Population	12,400,000	2,860,000	13,700,000
Division of powers	Unitary with autonomies. Nine departments, municipalities, regions and indigenous territories each have elected assemblies and defined legislative competence under the Framework Law of Autonomies, which makes Bolivia substantially more decentralised than its unitary label suggests.	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.	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 reach the Assembly from members, the executive, citizens or indigenous nations, and must pass both chambers. The President may observe a bill, and the Assembly insists by two-thirds. Total constitutional reform requires a constituent assembly activated by referendum; partial reform needs a two-thirds Assembly vote confirmed by referendum.	Bills are adopted by the Seimas and signed by the President, who may veto and return a bill for reconsideration.	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 plus a national registration with the Ministry of Justice and membership of a departmental colegio de abogados. Practitioners in indigenous jurisdiction are not lawyers: those proceedings are conducted by the community's own authorities under its own norms, and a state lawyer has no right of audience there.	Advocates belong to the Lithuanian Bar Association; notaries handle property, company and succession formalities.	Avocats admitted through the Barreau du Bénin; notaires and huissiers are separate ministerial officers.

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