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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	BotswanaReviewed	LithuaniaReviewed	VietnamReviewed
Legal family	Mixed Roman-Dutch and English common law	Civil law	Socialist civil law
System of government	Parliamentary republic	Unitary semi-presidential republic	Socialist one-party republic
Constitution	Constitution of Botswana	Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania	Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
In force since	1966	1992	2013
Capital	Gaborone	Vilnius	Hanoi
Official languages	English, Setswana	Lithuanian	Vietnamese
Currency	Botswana pula (BWP)	Euro (EUR)	Vietnamese dong (VND)
Population	2,680,000	2,860,000	100,300,000
Division of powers	Unitary. Districts and sub-districts administer central policy, and the House of Chiefs (Ntlo ya Dikgosi) is an advisory chamber that must be consulted on bills affecting customary law, tribal organisation and tribal property.	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. 63 provinces and municipalities have People's Councils and People's Committees which administer within a centralised framework, and Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and several others have special statutes granting limited additional autonomy. There is no constitutional division of legislative competence.
How law is made	Bills are introduced in the National Assembly, take three readings with committee scrutiny between the second and third, and go to the President for assent. Bills affecting customary law, tribal property or the organisation of the tribes must first be referred to the Ntlo ya Dikgosi for its opinion, though that opinion does not bind the Assembly.	Bills are adopted by the Seimas and signed by the President, who may veto and return a bill for reconsideration.	The National Assembly meets twice yearly and enacts laws by majority; between sessions its Standing Committee issues ordinances. Drafts are prepared by ministries, reviewed by the Ministry of Justice and published for comment. The President promulgates. Most operative detail arrives later in implementing decrees and circulars, so a law's effect frequently cannot be determined from the statute alone — a practical point the topic entries flag.
Legal profession	A fused profession of attorneys admitted by the High Court after a recognised law degree and articles of pupillage; there is no split between advocates and attorneys, and the Law Society of Botswana regulates practice.	Advocates belong to the Lithuanian Bar Association; notaries handle property, company and succession formalities.	Lawyers are members of the Vietnam Bar Federation and provincial bar associations, admitted under the Law on Lawyers after a law degree, the professional training course at the Judicial Academy, a twelve-month apprenticeship and the bar examination. Foreign law firms may establish branches and subsidiaries and advise on Vietnamese law only through licensed Vietnamese lawyers, and may not appear in court.

A comparison table flattens nuance by design. Where a difference matters to a decision you are making, open both portals and read the section in full — the constitutional detail behind a one-line summary is often the part that governs the outcome.